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from Pearl
That pearl had rolled away from a mound where brightly lit plants cast bold shadows: More
from What is Not Yours is Not Yours
Throwing the key into the fire was the first step of this man’s fever-born plan. The second step involved the kidnapping of a girl he had seen around. More
from Evicted
What the judge was saying, in essence, was: We all agree that you were poor and scared when you did this violent, hurtful thing. More
Four Questions for Simon Armitage, Winner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
For the first time in my life I was bilingual, even if I could only communicate with people who had been dead for half a millennium. More
Four Questions for Tess Lewis, Winner of the 2017 PEN Translation Prize
I always read my drafts out loud when I’m polishing them—I find it easier to hear mistakes or awkward passages than to 'see' them. More
from The Girls in My Town
With the fortune-teller’s words echoing in my head, I told myself to fight like a warrior. Screaming felt good. I screamed until my throat became sandpaper. More
In-Between Days
"I was feeling no pain, by which I mean, I was overmedicated." More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Trump marks the Independence Day holiday with a tweeted video of him pummeling a person whose head is a CNN logo. And the writer who tracked the source… More
The PEN Ten with Deborah Smith
I never discuss a translation while I’m working on it, because for me the author’s voice and intention are all there on the page. More
Read the Resistance, July 2017: The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is a great novel of resistance by a woman who opposes the patriarchy, hypocrisy, and misogyny of her world with stubborn, mute, but unbending insistence. More