Free expression and press freedom advocate. Keen on facts and informed debate. Prior: Chief Operating Officer @PENamerica
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Dru Menaker retweeted
PEN America mourns the death of prize-winning Ukrainian author and @PenUkraine member Victoria Amelina who was struck by a Russian missile in Kramatorsk on Tuesday and died on July 1.
pen.org/press-release/pen-am… #VictoriaAmelina #RIP
Dru Menaker retweeted
Our dearest friend and brilliant Ukrainian writer and human rights activist Victoria Amelina passed away.. killed by a Russian missile.. since RU invasion she has been documenting RU war crimes.. now killed by one of them.. devastating…..
pen.org.ua/en/ne-stalo-vikto…
Dru Menaker retweeted
Fired for not removing books, Escambia superintendent told the board: “There’s something bad that exists here. There’s something toxic that exists here." @michelleinbklyn adds: "And it doesn’t exist only in Escambia, which is why this lawsuit matters."
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Dru Menaker retweeted
🧵 @realJennyBoylan at #PENGala 2023:
"Just because you’ve banned #TheHandmaidsTale, it’s not like there won't be any more feminists. That’s not how it works..."
Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America #IStandWithTheBanned
This would be a great time to join @PENamerica and support authors, parents, and students seeking to protect the freedom to read pen.org/membership/
PEN America v. Book Bans.
CEO @SuzanneNossel explains why we have filed a lawsuit—along with Penguin Random House and a group of authors, parents and students—to push back against “egregious book bans” that violate both the First and Fourteenth Amendments. #IStandWithTheBanned
We are defending books at @PENamerica. Joining with parents, writers, and publishers, we are fighting unconstitutional politicized censorship — and protecting the wonder of reading and learning.
🧵PEN America Files Lawsuit against Florida School District over Unconstitutional Book Bans
Lawsuit joined by @penguinrandom, parents, and authors asserts that Escambia County School Board unlawfully removes or restricts access to books about race, racism, and LGBTQ identities.
Dru Menaker retweeted
"These bills are not about protecting children. They are about using the power of the state to intimidate private companies and ban ideas and stories that some people find offensive or uncomfortable." @summerelopez on book banners' extreme new tactic: time.com/6277933/state-book-…
For #WorldPressFreedomDay, PEN America hosted an advance screening of 20 Days in Mariupol—plus a discussion with the film director @mstyslav9, PEN America CEO @SuzanneNossel, AP Executive Editor @JuliePace and the Ukraine journalists union president.
Dru Menaker retweeted
For #WorldPressFreedomDay, PEN America hosted an advance screening of 20 Days in Mariupol—plus a discussion with the film director @mstyslav9, PEN America CEO @SuzanneNossel, AP Executive Editor @JuliePace and the Ukraine journalists union president.
We need to defend the right to read, to learn, and to teach. Join us in this crucial mission @PENamerica. We can't stand by.
NEW: "Book bans are rising at a rapid pace in school districts around the United States, driven by new laws and regulations that limit what kinds of books children can access, according to a new report from PEN America."
Read free: nytimes.com/2023/04/20/books…
Dru Menaker retweeted
NEW: "Book bans are rising at a rapid pace in school districts around the United States, driven by new laws and regulations that limit what kinds of books children can access, according to a new report from PEN America."
Read free: nytimes.com/2023/04/20/books…
#FreeEvan
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Jailed WSJ Reporter in Letter Home Says He Is ‘Not Losing Hope’ - @WSJ wsj.com/articles/jailed-wsj-…
Dru Menaker retweeted
"The Llano County Library Board, like 1950s Prince Edward County and Montgomery before it, would rather take away this public good from every resident rather than allow BIPOC and queer people representation there."
bookriot.com/llano-county-vo… #Texas #Libraries #LetAmericaRead
“For nearly two years, The Associated Press assembled puzzle pieces from across three continents to uncover the story of this boat — and the people it carried from hope to death.”
Excruciating but imperative to read. From @AP apnews.com/article/663a576e2…
Dru Menaker retweeted
Digital Archive Aims to Preserve a Threatened Russian Independent Media
Partnership between PEN America, @BardCollege comes as WSJ reporter #EvanGershkovich remains imprisoned in Russia wsj.com/articles/digital-arc… via @WSJ
Dru Menaker retweeted
A devastating, shocking sentence for Xu Zhiyong, courageous Chinese writer and activist and @PENamerica's 2020 PEN/Barbey #FreedomToWrite Award honoree. His only "crime" has been to dream of a free, democratic China. The fight for his freedom will continue. #FreeXuZhiyong
Chinese writer and activist Xu Zhiyong sentenced to 14 years in prison today on charges of "subversion", one of the longest sentences handed down to a Han Chinese human rights activist recently. He wrote and yearned for a democratic China. #FreeXuZhiyong
Dru Menaker retweeted
To Twitter, regarding this new label for @NPR - This inaccurate label is a disservice to our democracy. The U.S. government has no editorial control over NPR or any of the public media outlets across the country.
npr.org/2023/04/05/116815854…
Dru Menaker retweeted
More Than 100 Writers from 27 Countries to be Featured in the 18th Annual @PENworldvoices Festival
Writers include John Irving, Roxane Gay, Ayad Akhtar, Reza Aslan, Marlon James, Ottessa Moshfegh, and more. broadwayworld.com/los-angele… #PENWorldVoices
Don't miss!
Mark your calendars! @PENworldvoices — America’s premiere international literary festival — returns to New York City and Los Angeles from May 10 - 13!
More details: worldvoices.pen.org/
#PENWorldVoices #WorldVoicesFestival
