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Actualities
“Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others.” This is just one of the terrific sentences from a letter Charles Bukowski wrote in response to one of his books being removed from a public library in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Read the rest of the letter here.Read More
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Stop the Censorship of Rohinton Mistry
Order via IndieBound PEN Center USA is supporting PEN Canada and the Writers Union of Canada by gathering signatures for a petition condemning the censorship of Rohinton Mistry’s novel Such a Long Journey from the English literature syllabus at the University of Mumbai.Read More
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A Digital Recipe for Free Speech?
A distressing article about censorship in Iran ends with an account of one writer, novelist Reza Ghassemi, who dodged the repressions of Ahmadinejad’s “cultural ministry” by issuing his latest novel in PDF format. In this he joins our own Bill Knott in committing works to digital packets instead of paper.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
