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
Two Poems by Carmen Giménez Smith
What is your provenance / where did you suffer / what is your affiliation / how are you acquainted with industry / what will you bring to our guild… More
The PEN Ten with Carol Edgarian
"I guess you could say that today our job is to work against the collective numbness. To act as the opposing force. Where there’s shadow, bring a lantern." More
The Book Report: Rick Moody
"A book is 'great' or canonical, for me, in proportion to the way it rethinks the conventions of form. This might imply that the canon for me is always… More
No Diplomacy
Illustrated PEN guest editor and New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly on the plight of journalist Khadija Ismayilova, recipient of the 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. More