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Melissa Joskow

Senior Manager, Graphic Design & Communications

Melissa Joskow is the senior manager of graphic design and communications at PEN America. Previously, Joskow has worked as an associate digital designer at Media Matters for America in Washington, D.C., where she created visual assets for the organization’s website and social media channels. She holds an MA in art history, renaissance studies, and curatorship from the Warburg Institute in London, and a BA from Wesleyan University in studio art and government.

Articles by Melissa Joskow

A woman with short red hair, glasses, and a black top smiles in front of a red circle. Next to her is the book cover for Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab, featuring yellow and white text on a dark background.
Writing as Craft
Thursday June 12

Toxic Lesbian Vampires and ‘What Liberation Looks Like’

Queer presence, and queer existence, shouldn’t be radical, but it is.

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Four panelists sit on stage in front of an audience at the PEN America World Voices Festival. Two women and one man are seated, and one woman speaks into a microphone. Banners with the festival name flank the stage.
World Voices Festival
Friday May 16

2025 PEN World Voices Festival: Writing as Resistance

Every poem is a smuggled truth.

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Three women sit onstage in front of a screen reading PEN America World Voices Festival for the love of books, engaging in a lively panel discussion before an audience. Books and water bottles are on the tables beside them.
Wednesday May 7

2025 PEN World Voices Festival: Slices of American Life

At the World Voices Festival, Chung and Bilal explored the power of storytelling to reflect the lives and desires of their communities.

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