Happy to announce that the Writers' Organization: PEN has decided to go forward with NO Israeli government funding for the first time. Thank you to all the organizers and my fellow writers and PEN members who stood up for human rights.
Including:
Susan Abulhawa, Ammiel Alcalay, Meena Alexander, Nicole Aragi, Moustafa Bayoumi, Max Blumenthal, Ken Chen, Kia Corthron, Bill Klegg, Eisa Davis, Angela Davis, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Elana Dykewomon, Ben Ehrenreich, Louise Erdrich, Carolyn Forché, Laura Flanders, Richard Ford, Ru Freeman, Joshua Furst, Molly Crabapple, Ashley Dawson, Junot Diaz,Tonya M. Foster, Marilyn Hacker, Jessica Hagedorn, Barbara Hammer, Randa Jarrar, Remi Kanazi, Nancy Kricorian, Casey Llewellyn, Karen Malpede, Eileen Myles, Joan Nestle, Viet Nguyen, Pratibha Parmar, Dale Peck, Vijay Prashad, Claudia Rankine, Colin Robinson, Trish Salah, Luc Sante, Dean Spade, Madeleine Thien, Alice Walker, Naomi Wallace,Jacqueline Woodson and many others.
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