Conversation: Something to Declare

Richard Blanco, Ed Bok Lee, Andrew Lam, and Sonia Sanchez in conversation at the 2006 PEN event Something to Declare: Celebrating Writers of Color. More

Writing and Reading Multilingual Haiti

Dany Laferrière and Madison Smartt Bell discuss the Haitian literary scene and the way in which the multilingual and multicultural contexts of Haiti have affected their experience as writers… More

Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage

Neil Gaiman, Isabel Hoving, Janne Teller, and Markus Zusak discuss the theme of "home" and leaving home at the event Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage, part of… More

Misleading Book Jackets

Adam Gidwitz, Nora Raleigh Baskin, and Rita Williams-Garcia discuss the problem of misleading book jackets at the PEN event Writing Dangerously. More

Writing for an Audience

Adam Gidwitz, Gary Golio, Nora Raleigh Baskin, and Rita Williams-Garcia discuss censorship and imagining an audience at the PEN event Writing Dangerously. More