TY - BOOK AU - Morrison,Toni ED - PEN (Organization) TI - Burn this book: PEN writers speak out on the power of the word SN - 0061774006 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - HarperStudio KW - Authorship KW - Censorship KW - Essays KW - Freedom of speech KW - Literature and society N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-113); Peril; Toni Morrison --; Why write?; John Updike --; Writing in the dark; David Grossman --; Out from under the cloud of unknowing; Francine Prose --; The man, the men at the station; Pico Iyer --; Notes on literature and engagement; Russell Banks --; Talking to strangers; Paul Auster --; Freedom to write; Orhan Pamuk --; Notes on writing and the nation; Salman Rushdie --; The sudden sharp memory; Ed Park --; Witness: the inward testimony; Nadine Gordimer N2 - From the Publisher: Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves ER -