Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week’s Department of Education ...

Amid mounting protests over its response to the war in Gaza, PEN America has canceled its annual Literary Awards ceremony. The cancellation comes after one-third of the 87 authors and translators ...

Literary organization PEN America has issued a statement on a book launch earlier this week in Los Angeles that was disrupted by protesters. The organization hosted an author's event for the ...

The Trump administration's U.S. Education Department said on Friday it dismissed 11 complaints related to book bans by local ...

Update published Jan. 28, 2025: This article, originally published in 2024, has been updated to reflect the latest findings in PEN America's banned books report, "Banned in the U.S.A." The list at ...

Mayim Bialik, Brett Gelman, Gabrielle Zevin and Sarah Maas are among the Jewish creatives caught up in recent literary Israel controversies. (JTA) – The Jewish Book Council has launched an ...

It's drawn two notable federal First Amendment lawsuits, including one from PEN America and Penguin Random House. "Too Bright to See" has raked in significant acclaim since its 2021 publication ...

Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel Nineteen Minutes, a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in ...