The PEN Ten Interview with Author Alethea Black
"I think the biggest threat to free expression today is the use of social media (or media in general) to bully and intimidate voices of dissent." More
The Triumph of Life
I thought each day / to be the hard and broken prayer of the only / God degenerate enough to mix his hands in the mash / and our… More
Writing the Future: A Reading List
A young adult recommended reading list curated for PEN Out Loud: Writing the Future, presented by PEN America and the Strand Book Store. More
“What Matters is the Writing Itself”: A PEN Ten Interview with the 2018 Los Angeles Literary Award Winners
"Every step of the writing process is also a choice to include or exclude, and being aware of our own biases in making those choices seems necessary." More
All the Sad Songs
"To be a young woman and to hear other young women sing out: 'I am here! I am alive! And what I feel, see and experience matters!' was galvanizing." More
From while they sleep (under the bed is another country)
the white woman who said that we must take care of our people, spoke as an agent of the government she often claimed did not represent her. when she… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jason Stanley, Author of How Fascism Works
"Truth is one of the core ideals of my discipline. In my writing, I don’t as much try to navigate it as attempt to faithfully adhere to it." More
Bad Friends
Guest Editor Meg Lemke presents excerpts from Bad Friends by artist Ancco, translated from the Korean by Janet Hong. More
The Art of the Accused: A Conversation
Deborah Solomon, A. O. Scott, Tanya Selvaratnam, and Maggie Mustard discuss the issues surrounding power, spectatorship, violence, gender, labor, and media consumption at Art of the Accused. More
“We’re All In the Resistance Now”: A PEN Ten Interview with Jeff Biggers
"I view “resistance” through a fairly broad lens, and ultimately as part of our American credo to fend off attacks on democracy." More
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