The PEN Ten with Cameron Awkward-Rich
I do think, now, that making space for ourselves in indifferent, hostile worlds is the most daring thing we can do. More
from Embraces the carrion
In Istanbul, you say, they took the dogs from the streets / Brought them to islands. / Then they took down the oldest Roma neighborhood to build houses Byzantine… More
Mumia and the Multitudes
A graphic short story by new Illustrated PEN guest editor Seth Tobocman on the case of Mumia Abu Jamal, who was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder… More
The PEN Ten with Saul Williams
"It is the challenges we pose to ourselves that bring the greatest honesty, lucidity, imagination, directness. I consider my responsibility as a poet as something related to the journalist,… More
Incognegro
In the early 20th century White went undercover, posing as a white man in the deep south to investigate lynchings. More
The Setting Sun
I climbed through the side door because the passenger side didn’t open, tossed my sleeping bag in the back. I thought about how lucky other kids were who had… More
Announcing the 2017 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
From a vast field of applicants, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Advisory Board has selected 15 projects, spanning 13 different languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Nepali, and more. More
PEN America’s Activist Guide to AWP 2017
PEN America has put together a guide to all events taking place at this year's Association of Writing Professionals (AWP) conference focusing on activism or action. More
The Secret Life of Gitmo’s Women
One night, a “friend” slipped something into my drink. I don’t remember what happened. But he told me I’d wanted it. More
from Gates & Fields
And in yesteryears when days seemed long / A bell around her very neck / We were there saying come what you are / We were there saying More
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