Interviews
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All Experiences ‘Deserve Space on the Page’ — and Sex Is No Exception, Argues YA Author Elana K. Arnold
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Uneasy About Sexual Content in a YA Novel? ‘Read the Whole Book,’ Urges Author Malinda Lo
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Derek Trumbo Sr. Left Prison an Accomplished Author, a Pathway Opened By PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program
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Why Editor Andrew Karre Can’t Imagine YA Literature Without Sexual Content
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George Packer’s ‘The Emergency’ Wants Us To Rekindle Our Shared Sense of Humanity
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Using Science Fiction to Write About Grief, Marriage, and Memory
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Humor, Exhaustion, and Resilience in the Ups and Downs of a Delivery Worker in China
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Girl Gangs, Found Families, and Creating Kinship Outside of the Mainstream
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Confronting a Rise in Misogyny and Violent Extremism Online and Off
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2025 Emerging Voices Fellows | The PEN Ten Interview
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‘True Crime’ From a New Point of View
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‘Sex Work Isn’t Just One Thing’: New Memoir Explores Nuance of a Sugar Baby
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‘These are bad times for the world, but fertile and decisive moments for a writer’
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A Novel Takes on the Threat of Political Violence
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A Mother’s Love and a Mysterious Father in ‘Boy From the North Country’
