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The PEN Ten with Sebastian Rotella
"I’m obsessed with urban neighborhoods, the ideas of identity and tribe that shape and are shaped by them, the hope, conflict, and heartbreak of the ethnic, racial, and socio-economic… More
You and Your Partner…
You tell your neighbor that your friend, whom he has met, is babysitting. He says, no, it’s not him. He’s met your friend and this isn’t that nice young… More
2015 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize: An Interview with the Finalists
To get a better idea of the writers behind the books, we asked each of the finalists of the 2015 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize four questions addressing inspiration, routine,… More
Love Me Back
At ten a.m. I hadn’t come down even after smoking a joint and taking five sleeping pills. In the mirror I had no iris, I was all hole, falling… More
Retrospective
Boaz understood that while he respected Eva’s utter ease with herself—the woman had lost her entire family at an even younger age than Boaz but refused to act like… More
One Way to Disappear
The graphic narratives in Nine Ways to Disappear are short, charmingly peculiar, and revolve loosely around the theme of disappearance. More
USA Freedom Act First Step Towards Dismantling Surveillance but Reforms Still Needed
The signing into law of the USA Freedom Act is a milestone moment in the fight for surveillance reform, PEN American Center said today. More
South African Draft Online Regulation Bill Poses Censorship Threat
A new proposed policy to regulate online content in South Africa is poised to return the country to a worrisome state of severely curtailed free expression parallel to the… More