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2015 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
WinnerJack Livings for The Dog (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work—a novel or collection of short stories—represents distinguished literary achievement… More
Counterpointed Sonic Progressions: On Translating Gozo Yoshimasu
"The poems are incredibly powerful and, in performance, even magisterial; the difficulties fade away and the force of the poems—chanted, sung, whispered—transcends many linguistic and cultural barriers." More
Dear Monster: The Naked Poetry of Gozo Yoshimasu
Gozo Yoshimasu, an aurally and visually stunning poet known for his Talmudic density, struggles to respond to the 3.11 nuclear disaster in Japan. In her deft, polyvalent translation, Okamoto… More
from Alt Vices
When I feel a human-sized void, is it instinctual that I fill it with a human? More
Two Poems by Forrest Gander
the woodpecker’s / long tongue, forked / at the base of its throat and / wrapped over the top of its head / and around the eye socket, /… More
The PEN Ten with Jynne Martin
"I live in a time and place where poetry is rarely read, much less taken as a provocation. I will reserve the term "daring" for writers in other parts… More
Argentine Intimidation Tactics ‘Kafkaesque,’ says PEN
PEN is gravely concerned by reports that journalist Damián Pachter has been the target of intimidation by the Argentine government, forcing him to flee to Israel. More
Eritrea: Writers Released After Six Years of Arbitrary Detention
The news that six Eritrean writers and journalists have been unexpectedly released is a welcome step from a country with an atrocious record on freedom of expression. More
The Invisible Wall
Karl Ove Knausgård delivered this year's keynote address at the 14th Oxfam Novib/ PEN-International Awards for Freedom of Expression, in which he championed courageous writers from around the world… More
My Cosmic Ransom: On Translating Johannes Urzidil
"Urzidil’s world is still very much an enchanted one, with an underlying, often mystical meaning and sense of connectedness. Urzidil is a truth-seeker, and I knew I had to… More
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