Provenance Notes
An excerpt from Lauret Savoy's memoir about history, race, and the American landscape, which was longlisted for the 2016 PEN Open Book Award. More
Dear Voyage
Brian Batchelor was awarded First Place in Poetry in the 2015 Prison Writing Contest. More
Turning Japanese
Mari-san, why didn’t your mother teach you Japanese? That’s a question I’ve been asking for a long time. More
Two Poems by Arielle Greenberg
Sarah, I want to tell you that we defeated the bid / for the building of the petroleum tank / me and the kids and Rob and Mike and… More
The PEN Ten with Philip Metres
"I think we Americans have to flip the question and ask, in what ways are we ourselves in a condition of carceral submission, surveilled and made docile? How much… More
The Centaur’s Son
As I lay in my crib, sleeping only three crow miles away in another small sandstone farmhouse was a 15-year-old boy who was dreaming of graduating from high school… More
The Virgo Thing
New Illustrated PEN guest editor Robert Kirby examines the trials and tribulations of being a Virgo. More
After the Cameras Leave, In Three Parts
I drink the house into a desert / I keep the whole world thirsty / I stay after everyone else leaves / I keep you awake until the sun… More
The PEN Ten with Lauren Beukes
"I joke that some people go to see psychologists, but I get my issues out on the page and make it my readers’ problem." More
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