"Thirty-one authors and translators have withdrawn their work from consideration for or declined PEN America’s 2024 literary awards over the organisation’s 'failure to protect' Palestinian writers in Gaza.
"Nine out of 10 longlistees for the PEN/Jean Stein book award, worth $75,000, have withdrawn their books. Christina Sharpe, Catherine Lacey and Joseph Earl Thomas are among the withdrawing writers."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/18/writers-withdraw-from-pen-america-literary-awards-in-support-of-gaza
[@palestine](https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine) #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #books #bookstodon [@bookstodon](https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon)
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