Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art
The pencil that was always in her hand when she began a painting, calculating its rhythms and transcribing her vision, may also be said to have transcribed her thought;… More
The Buffalo
Though no one was paying attention, she smoothed her skirt again, did what she could so no one would notice how weak and disgraced she was, haughtily protecting her… More
The Book Report: Joseph Mains
Vulnerability has the connotation in our culture of weakness, but its true spirit is more akin to being able to withstand an attack. More
Stop Shehata: The Story of An Egyptian Judge
In this small yet powerful comic strip, anonymous Egyptian cartoonists take on the corrupt Egyptian judge Nagy Shehata. More
from All Along It Was a Fever—a what poem
Until I realized that there are events, in the life of a nation, in the life of a person, which cause time to split, simultaneously calling forth the future… More
The Book Report: Melissa Febos
"So often we mistake popularity or terminology for the advent of form (memoir did not begin with Frank McCourt, nor the essay with Montaigne). Here are some of the… More
Four Poems by Matt Longabucco
an influential poem by a person long-since changed from the person who wrote it / a bloodcurdling poem by a maniac / an idiotic poem by a tyro /… More
Zambian PEN Center: Promoting Literature & Indigenous Languages
In the fourth installment of the PEN World Series, we speak to Zambian PEN Center about the free expression challenges and literary traditions of Zambia. More
The PEN Ten with Hayan Charara
"When it comes to the censorship of Arab or Muslim lives, the 'unacceptable parts' are usually not of books or movies but of entire realities." More
The Book Report: Khadijah Queen
I became a poet because I love and am addicted to how poetry changes me, and I want to celebrate work that does so spectacularly. More
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