The PEN Ten: An Interview with Vauhini Vara
Get used to slowness, failure, doubt, and fallow periods. Learning how to move through this hard stuff is part of the job. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Marwa Helal
Get used to slowness, failure, doubt, and fallow periods. Learning how to move through this hard stuff is part of the job. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Chantal V. Johnson
Get used to slowness, failure, doubt, and fallow periods. Learning how to move through this hard stuff is part of the job. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha
Do not allow the present moment to control your writing; rather, write to control the seemingly uncontrollable reality. More
Necessary Unlearning: On Derecka Purnell’s ‘Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom’
Prison and Justice Writing Postgraduate Sophia Ramirez Fellow reviews Derecka Purnell’s "Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom." More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Damon Galgut
Language is at the core of the literary experience, and should try to extend itself to its fullest power, not to contract and tame itself. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Azar Nafisi
Do not allow the present moment to control your writing; rather, write to control the seemingly uncontrollable reality. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Katherine Locke
It’s worth it even if it feels futile and even if you don’t get to reap the rewards of the world you’re building. Everything we do is a choice,… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Taylor Mac
What we craft for the audience to experience is the reaching for truth or fiction, not the things themselves. More
Addiction, Subjectivity, and Selfhood: Introducing David Sanchez’s First Novel, “All Day is a Long Time”
Prison and Justice Writing Fellow Emma Stammen speaks with writer David Sanchez about his debut novel, "All Day is a Long Time." More
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