The M Word Stories: Omar Etman
What does it mean to me to be Muslim in America? I think it means needing to be exceptional to be accepted, which is tiring. More
“Zoned” and “Red Tape”
Before your clothes get recycled, dumped in the landfill, or even purchased—at the thrift store or the mall—they're packed up at warehouses and brought in overland by trucks. More
The Transformation
In deeper waters / were hairtail, and cuttlefish. Hairtail were called knife fish / in my language. If you’re shipwrecked, some say, / knife fish are the first… More
The PEN Ten with Rion Amilcar Scott
The only responsibility of a writer is to zealously chase his or her obsessions to every weird logical and illogical end. More
2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners
PEN America is thrilled to announce the winners for its 2017 PEN America Literary Awards. This year's awards will confer over $300,000 to writers and translators for their exceptional literary works and careers… More
from Airstrip Falconry
my brother died that day / already at twenty-three / past highway 7 if wishing what / he’d stay for wasn’t me / wasn’t someone else // the smell… More
Black History in Its Own Words
“In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing, anti-humanism.” More
The PEN Ten with Marge Piercy
Even very dangerous books are worth reading, if only to know my enemy. I don’t think anybody has the right to censor another person’s ideas. More
The M Word Stories: Hana Esa
Being a Muslim woman in America means defying misconceptions on a daily basis. My hijab is my superhuman cape. More
The Best We Could Do
I think a lot of Americans forget that for the Vietnamese the war continued, whether America was involved or not. More
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