“And Then We Went to the Brewery”: Reading as a Social Activity in a Digital Era

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Memories from PEN, a tribute to Josephine Pullein-Thompson

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Posted July 21st, 2014 by English PEN staff & filed under Campaigns.
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Ghosts in Sunlight

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Hilton Als JULY 10, 2014 ISSUE

For Evgenia

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Kara Walker: Burn, cut paper and adhesive on wall, 1998 Continue reading →

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Stop the Clocks-‘Falling Out of Time,’ by David Grossman

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By EDWARD HIRSCHJULY 18, 2014
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The emblematic Man, any man, every man Continue reading →

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What it’s like to be interrogated by the Chinese secret police

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By Kabir Chibber @quinto_quarto July 20, 2014

A paramilitary police officer stands guard before U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and U.S. Treasury Secretary Lew arrive to tour the Badaling section of the Great Wall, on the outskirts of Beijing

It can be grim to get on the wrong side of the Chinese government. Reuters/Jason Lee

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Padraig Reidy: When truth is stranger than fiction

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By Padraig Reidy / 17 July, 2014

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Three years ago this week, David Cameron announced that a Continue reading →

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Mary Novaria:My Friend Thinks I Don’t Work Because I’m a Writer

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Wen Yunchao: Chinese Government Has Never Been Confused About It’s Own Stance On Media Controls

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I don’t believe that the government has ever been confused about its own stance on media controls. The core principle of the CCP’s Leninist notion of the press is that the Party controls the media, and the media should be the mouthpiece of the Party and the people. From Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping, even up to Xi Jinping, this stance has never changed. Continue reading →

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