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Read “Ai Weiwei and Others: The 2011 Crackdown in China”.
— Oct 20, 2026 12:35AM
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Read “The Half-Woman God” on India’s hijra, who are officially recognised as a third gender.
— Oct 23, 2026 12:00AM
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Read ”The Liberty Instinct”, which deals with different conceptualisations of freedom, noting a distinction between the European, Enlightenment idea of freedom from religion and the U.S. notion, born out of persecution of freedom forreligion.
— Oct 01, 2026 05:33PM
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Read the compilation ”Texts for PEN”, consisting of five pieces stretching over a number of years: ”The Pen and the Sword”, ”The Birth of PEN World Voices”, ”The Arthur Miller Lecture, 2012”, “PEN World Voices Opening Night 2014”, and “PEN World Voices Opening Night 2017”.
— Sep 28, 2026 08:16AM
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Read the essay, ”Truth”, which is both interesting and fascinating,with many salient points.
— Sep 23, 2026 04:40PM
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Read the short piece “Very well then I Contradict Myself”.
— Sep 19, 2026 05:24PM