The PEN Ten: An Interview with Suchitra Vijayan
It's easy to retreat into despair, easier to forget. So now I write in anger, and I write not to surrender my rage. More
The “Burning Poet(s)” Trilingual Poetry Days in Armenia: A Great Success
When I moved from New York to Tbilisi, Georgia last year with the intention of building closer ties between PEN America and the Eurasia region, I never expected so… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Leila Mottley
Stories expand our ideas of our world, or reflect back to us our place in it. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Arinze Ifeakandu
It was clear to me how deeply I loved Nigeria, which made my anger and heartbreak at the dysfunction even more incandescent. More
Benevolent Terror: Dorothy E. Roberts on Reimagining the Child Welfare System
Sophia Ramirez reviews Dorothy E. Roberts' new book Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World (Basic Books, 2022). More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jay Hopler
Humor allowed me to occupy a perspective that reduced cancer to the butt of a joke. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Ada Limón
"I want to be as free as anyone to write what they want to write and to be human in all those beautiful, necessary, and urgent ways." More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
"I think that the moral scandal of crimes and tragedies is visible especially when we see not only victims but also perpetrators and observers." More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Meron Hadero
I think fiction can create a sense of empathy, a pathway to understanding, allowing a reader to reflect on other experiences and lives. More
Introducing Mahogany L. Browne’s “Quilted Steel: A Choreopoem”
Caits Meissner introduces Mahogany L. Browne's choreopoem "Quilted Steel," premiering at Lincoln Center. More