Oscar Hokeah Binds Together the Threads of Native American Experience in His Debut Novel Calling for a Blanket Dance
Hokeah Was One of Two Writers of Native Heritage to Receive Book Prizes at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony By Suzanne Trimel (NEW YORK)— Oscar Hokeah writes fiction grounded… More
Author Morgan Talty Welcomes New Son and PEN America Literary Award
Author Morgan Talty won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for a debut short story collection days after his wife gave birth to their first child. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Monica Youn
The poem doesn’t live for me until it reaches the mind of the reader, as if the poem is a musical composition and the reader is both the musician… More
From Movie Star to Book Translator, Molly Ringwald Makes a Splash (In Pink) at the PEN America Literary Awards
(NEW YORK)— Books aside, some of the chatter among the literary and publishing crowd at PEN America’s Literary Awards ceremony last Thursday night zeroed in on a surprise guest… More
‘Literature lasts’: Erika Dickerson-Despenza basks in career achievement award
For Erika Dickerson-Despenza, receiving the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award meant something special – an honor for words on the page. More
Genre-Defying Author Percival Everett Takes Top PEN America Literary Award
Percival Everett’s body of work has been called many things — experimental, idiosyncratic, “gleefully unhinged” — and perhaps most frequently, prolific. “It’s a tasteless thing to do, but I… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with De’Shawn Charles Winslow
I wanted to show what lengths people would go to just to conceal truths: a child’s queerness, an addiction, hypocrisy. More
Derrick Barnes Calls Canceling School Visits Cowardly
Award-winning author Derrick Barnes’ school visits to Alabama were canceled after the superintendent called him a “controversial guy.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Lamya H
Finding queer Muslim community taught me it was possible to live. More
Julia Cameron Is Still Showing the Way
It has been more than 30 years since Julia Cameron published The Artist’s Way, and she's adding some new tools to her morning pages and artist dates. More
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