In a display of far-right, anti-Russian chauvinism, three Ukrainian writers refused to give a presentation at the PEN America World Voices festival if the festival also sponsored a panel with three Russian writers.
When bombs are falling, can writers from across the warring sides still talk? That question was brought into sharp focus this month when freedom of expression group, PEN America, became embroiled in controversy over Ukrainian and Russian dissident writers appearing at the same event.
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