In a previously unannounced highlight of the event directly linked to PEN AmericaвЂ™s rallying against a recent onslaught of book bannings, Salie revealed a partnership between Margaret Atwood, Penguin Random House, and the Canadian creative agency Rethink to create a special edition of a book that has been challenged and banned for decades-AtwoodвЂ™s The HandmaidвЂ™s Tale. Hosted by Emmy-winning CBS News Sunday Morning contributor, NPRвЂ™s Wait WaitвЂ¦DonвЂ™t Tell Me! panelist, journalist, and writer Faith Salie with arch humor and a running current of foreboding over our democracyвЂ™s imperilment, the gala was both a celebration of the work that has been done by PEN America and the luminaries it honors, and an urgent warning of this its ever-deepening necessity. Approximately 650 attendees seated under the iconic blue whale in the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life bore witness to riveting speeches denouncing censorship at home and abroad, and honoring those who have fought to uphold the freedom to write, read, and learn. (New York, NY) - As PEN America marked its centenary with the 2022 Literary Gala, distinguished writers and artists, global human rights advocates and humanitarians, and influential thinkers gathered last night at the American Museum of Natural History to celebrate the organizationвЂ™s defense of free expression from smothering regimes and ideologies throughout the last century and in our tumultuous present. Gala Raised $2.6 Million for PEN AmericaвЂ™s Work to Defend Free Expression

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