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The PEN Ten with Mona Eltahawy
"I believe it's the writer's job to tell society what it pretends it doesn't know." More
Syrian Books and Journals Return to U.S.
Treasury Department Heeds Call by Publishers and Authors to Amend Syrian Sanctions Regulations NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, D.C.—A coalition of leading publisher and author associations today commended the Office of… More
Controlled Abandon: A Conversation with Gregory Pardlo
In the realm beyond conventional reason there can be found opportunities to transcend the categories that corrupt our social interactions. More
A Letter from an Azerbaijani Prison
“If we can continue to reject the thinking that is imposed on us and believe that human dignity is not for sale, then we are the winners, and they,… More
Two Poems by Jericho Brown
I was smaller then / One road went through me / No airport / I drove him home / There had been a wreck / On the interstate /… More
The Middle of Things: Advice for Young Writers
I don’t know what you may presume impossible, but I can say that some of it will turn out otherwise. More
Trance Notebook #15
fell into a reverie about / asking the interviewer / to pose nude for me or / somehow making it / clear that he could / invite himself to… More
Remembering Günter Grass (1927-2015)
PEN American Center mourns the loss and celebrates the life of German PEN member, honorary PEN president, and Nobel Laureate Gunter Grass, who died on Monday, aged 87. More
Remembering Eduardo Galeano (1940-2015)
PEN American Center is deeply saddened by the passing of Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin America's most iconic writers and famed for his journalism, novels, and political satire… More
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