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Los Angeles Plays Itself
"As much as any city, Los Angeles is a work-in-progress, a landscape of fragments where the boundaries we take for granted in other environments are not always clear." More
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay for Between the World and Me. Read an excerpt of the book. More
The Seizure of a Book Review
The editor of Kitap Zamanı, which was shut down by the Turkish government earlier this month, reflects on the popular literary magazine's 10-year history and the future of press… More
Alvina Ling
*This roundtable is a part of PEN's new and ongoing initiative, The PEN Equity ProjectGO DIRECTLY TO THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONINTRODUCTIONWhen I was a child, I read everything… More
Alvina Ling
*This roundtable is a part of PEN's new and ongoing initiative, The PEN Equity ProjectGO DIRECTLY TO THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONINTRODUCTIONWhen I was a child, I read everything… More
Alvina Ling
*This roundtable is a part of PEN's new and ongoing initiative, The PEN Equity ProjectGO DIRECTLY TO THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONINTRODUCTIONWhen I was a child, I read everything… More
Robie Harris
*This roundtable is a part of PEN's new and ongoing initiative, The PEN Equity ProjectGO DIRECTLY TO THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONINTRODUCTION“Who am I?” “Who are you?” “Who are… More
Daniel José Older
*This roundtable is a part of PEN's new and ongoing initiative, The PEN Equity ProjectGO DIRECTLY TO THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONINTRODUCTIONLike most sci-fi and fantasy fans, as a… More
Wade Hudson
*This roundtable is a part of PEN's new and ongoing initiative, The PEN Equity ProjectGO DIRECTLY TO THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONINTRODUCTIONI grew up in Louisiana during the height… More