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The event is at the American Museum of Natural History on May 15, 2025." class="wp-image-72421" srcset="https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gala-2025-Featured-Image-1-jpg.webp 720w, https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gala-2025-Featured-Image-1-300x200-jpg.webp 300w" /></a></figure> <p class="has-text-align-center has-inverted-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b0b2cde222c0634165c637f69dcb13f3" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10-small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10-small)"><strong>Literary Gala</strong><br><strong>May 15</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull latest-updates-section has-grey-light-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50-section);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80-section)"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-background-line-red" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20-standard);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20-standard)">Featured Work</h2> <div class="wp-block-query dynamic-blocks--container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-query-is-layout-1 wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained"><ul class="columns-3 grid-three-up facetwp-template wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-1 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid"><li class="wp-block-post post-73722 report type-report status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry topic-u-s-free-expression"> <div class="wp-block-group latest-updates-card has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-11 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30-medium);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30-medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30-medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30-medium)"><figure class="wp-block-post-featured-image " style="" ><img data-od-added-loading data-od-replaced-sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" data-od-xpath="/HTML/BODY/DIV[@class='wp-site-blocks']/*[5][self::DIV]/*[2][self::DIV]/*[1][self::UL]/*[1][self::LI]/*[1][self::DIV]/*[1][self::FIGURE]/*[1][self::IMG]" loading="lazy" width="720" height="480" src="https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/A-Five-Alarm-Fire-for-Free-Speech-Featured-Image-png.webp" class="attachment-full size-full has-transparency wp-post-image" alt="A graphic showing the Bill of Rights being shredded in a meat grinder, with text: “A Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech: The Trump Administration’s 100 Day Assault on Free Expression.”." decoding="async" srcset="https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/A-Five-Alarm-Fire-for-Free-Speech-Featured-Image-png.webp 720w, https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/A-Five-Alarm-Fire-for-Free-Speech-Featured-Image-300x200-png.webp 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" data-has-transparency="true" data-dominant-color="ce293c" style="--dominant-color: #ce293c;" /></figure> <h1 style="font-size:22px;font-style:normal;font-weight:800; padding-right:0;padding-left:0;" class="wp-block-post-title has-heading-font-family"><a href="https://pen.org/report/trump-administration-100-days/" target="_self" >A Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech</a></h1></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-73208 report type-report status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry topic-global-free-expression topic-writers-at-risk"> <div class="wp-block-group latest-updates-card has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30-medium);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30-medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30-medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30-medium)"><figure class="wp-block-post-featured-image " style="" ><img data-od-xpath="/HTML/BODY/DIV[@class='wp-site-blocks']/*[5][self::DIV]/*[2][self::DIV]/*[1][self::UL]/*[2][self::LI]/*[1][self::DIV]/*[1][self::FIGURE]/*[1][self::IMG]" width="720" height="480" src="https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Freedom-to-Write-Index-2024-Featured-Image-jpg.webp" class="attachment-full size-full not-transparent wp-post-image" alt="Six people stand side by side in front of a blue, handwritten-text background. 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BOOK BANS” stamp. The books include titles by Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood, Angie Thomas, and others." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/PEN-America-Tennessee-Lawsuit-Featured-Image-jpg.webp 720w, https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/PEN-America-Tennessee-Lawsuit-Featured-Image-300x200-jpg.webp 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" data-has-transparency="false" data-dominant-color="beb7b2" style="--dominant-color: #beb7b2;" /></figure> <h1 style="font-size:22px;font-style:normal;font-weight:800; padding-right:0;padding-left:0;" class="wp-block-post-title has-heading-font-family"><a href="https://pen.org/roe-v-rutherford-county-board-of-education/" target="_self" >Roe v. 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Maas, lies in the bottom section. In the background, a chalkboard displays the text: Cover to Cover: An Analysis of Titles Banned in the 23-24 School Year." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cover-to-Cover-Featured-Image-jpg.webp 720w, https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cover-to-Cover-Featured-Image-300x200-jpg.webp 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" data-has-transparency="false" data-dominant-color="524849" style="--dominant-color: #524849;" /></figure> <h1 style="font-size:22px;font-style:normal;font-weight:800; padding-right:0;padding-left:0;" class="wp-block-post-title has-heading-font-family"><a href="https://pen.org/report/cover-to-cover/" target="_self" >Cover to Cover</a></h1></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-66194 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized article-type-blog-post article-type-reading-list audience-activist audience-writer blog-series-the-state-of-book-bans 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stories often found on the banned books list 2024, alongside Crank and Thirteen Reasons Why." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Top-Banned-Books-2024-Featured-Image-copy-jpg.webp 1440w, https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Top-Banned-Books-2024-Featured-Image-copy-300x200-jpg.webp 300w, https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Top-Banned-Books-2024-Featured-Image-copy-1024x683-jpg.webp 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px" data-has-transparency="false" data-dominant-color="8b7a74" style="--dominant-color: #8b7a74;" /></figure> <h1 style="font-size:22px;font-style:normal;font-weight:800; padding-right:0;padding-left:0;" class="wp-block-post-title has-heading-font-family"><a href="https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/" target="_self" >Banned Books List 2025</a></h1></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-53451 report type-report status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry topic-educational-censorship 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