Six Poems by Lucas de Lima
tree we imagine in memory of the slave who preferred / 200 lashes instead of fulmination / live blood running down the trunk instead of latex in the thorax… More
The PEN Ten with Adriana E. Ramírez
Adriana Ramírez is the winner of the inaugural PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize for her manuscript "Dead Boys," which takes an unflinching look at the bodies of those who have… More
Two Poems by M. NourbeSe Philip
rupert and his mother / one such family / wearing hair in dread / locks furious / fear / he will be killed / young white woman / falling apart /… More
The PEN Ten with Kelly Braffet
"So many of the awful things I see in the real world seem at their heart to stem from a failure of empathy, from an unwillingness to see those… More
Two Poems by Jay Deshpande
You / in the ropes / in the black ropes / shining // Come, / king, / take up / your instrument. More
The PEN Ten with Achy Obejas
"My most recurrent images involve water, and specifically, our rescue in the Straits of Florida when we escaped from Cuba: our small wooden fishing boat up against a giant… More
PEN Podcast: Lisa Appignanesi Reads from the Final, Unfinished Column of Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist, writer, and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated in October 7, 2006. Today's #PENpodcast honors Anna Politkovskaya by featuring Lisa Appignanesi reading from her final unfinished… More
PEN Podcast: Russell Banks Reads “The Virtue of Disloyalty” by Graham Greene
Graham Greene was denied entry to the United States because of his short stint as a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. As we celebrate Greene's birthday… More
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