The M Word Stories: Bushra Rehman
I know that who I am is so Muslim in how I treat people, how I move in the world, my morals…And yet I have a crisis of faith. More
The Intersection: Let Us Now Parse Famous Men
We must still confront the broader crisis of language—of what to do with a president who defines truth on his own terms…What can writers do in this moment? More
The PEN Ten with Lisa Ko
I said I wanted to be a writer, but only to myself—writers were not people who looked like me. More
Chinese Poet Duo Duo and Artist Ai Weiwei on Tiananmen Square
"After the troops opened fire, everybody started running, but nobody left." More
Two Poems by Mia Kang
Rome made a deal / with the surrounding areas. / Let’s be friends, said Rome. / What is friends, said the world. // An engineering feat, said the city.… More
Allen Ginsberg Sings at the 1986 PEN International Congress
In celebration of Allen Ginsberg's birthday week, here are two recordings featuring Ginsberg from the PEN America Archives. More
Portraying Gay Male Life Today—2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Andrew Solomon, Garth Greenwell, Ali Asgar, and Edouard Louis discuss their take on the post-marriage equality yet homophobic state of the world in a conversation moderated by Tobin Low. More
The PEN Ten with Basma Abdel Aziz
I don’t accept the presence of censorship. I prefer to leave the final judgement to people when talking about writing. More
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