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One Way to Disappear
“One Way to Disappear” first appeared as “Dorado Park” in Nine Ways to Disappear. It appears in PEN America 13: Lovers. More
Mehdi’s Gone
Mehdi’s Gone is part of Zahra’s Paradise, a story set in the aftermath of Iran’s 2009 elections. First Second Books is publishing it online in Farsi, Arabic, English, French,… More
The Bhayanak Rasas, or the Rasas of Terror
The cover of PEN America 13: Lovers features a painting by Daisy Rockwell, aka Lapata, called Couple. For our online feature, we’re presenting a series of Rockwell’s paintings, part… More
The Puppet Makers
The following is an excerpt from The Puppet Makers by Molly Crabapple, a 2011 PEN World Voices Festival participant. More
Kathryn L. Pringle: Two Poems
and tracks were laid / and trains were running / and the town was divided // people who were family / people who were friends / people who were… More
Selected Poems from The Undertaker’s Daughter
Terrified at a reading to read / poems about my fears & shames, // a voice in me said: Just / open your mouth. Now // I read about… More
Venezuelan PEN Challenges Country’s Human Rights Record at UN
Last Friday in Geneva, it was Venezuela’s turn to be examined by the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations. Venezuelan PEN worked closely with International PEN to submit… More