Sabir Sultan is the director of the World Voices Festival and Literary Programs at PEN America. He has curated literary programs for the past six years. Most recently, he was the Director of Events at The Strand Book Store. Previously, he was an Events Manager at Barnes & Noble. He has a broad background in managing author and publisher relations. He attended Bard College at Simon’s Rock and George Mason University.
Sabir Sultan
Director, Literary Programs & World Voices Festival
Articles by Sabir Sultan
Using Science Fiction to Write About Grief, Marriage, and Memory
How can we truly love someone if there’s a part of ourselves that the other can never know, and if there’s a part of the other that we can never know?
A Travel Ban Reading List: 50+ Books to Broaden Your Horizons
To limit our experience of the fullness of the world’s cultures, to cause us to live in a circumscribed culture, is itself a form of censorship.
Edward Underhill | The PEN Ten
All of those mistakes we make shape who we become, and the best we can do is learn from them and build on them to become kinder, gentler humans.
