Triple Sessions
"I grew up at perhaps the tail end of the “spare the rod, spoil the child” generation, so violence was normalized and mitigated with life lessons." More
Death By Incarceration: Cruel And Unusual
"If there is no chance of parole than those sentences are not about corrections or rehabilitation, but are only about retribution and revenge." More
Thorazine, Haldol & Coffee: My Life in a Prison Mental Health Ward
"When the security officer opened the door, and I walked into the unit, I had no idea what I’d find and what to do." More
Parole Reform
"Prisoners must have a mode in which they can challenge the state’s actions in parole decisions. Any system that cannot be held accountable is an unjust system." More
Mass Incarceration: The Shame of a Nation
"This new criminal injustice system is doing exactly what it was designed to do; exactly what Jim Crow and slavery did before it." More
Lexie’s Books
"It is the essence of transformation, the protean nature of our imagination and expressions that compel us to write, to rant and rave and strive to be heard." More
Daughters of Toni: A Remembrance
"Her books lined our living room shelves and appeared in multiple copies, as if my mother was trying to reassure herself that Morrison was here to stay." More
Treatment Plan: An Essay by 2019 Emerging Voices Fellow Anthony Hoang
"You should apply for the EV Fellowship because it means that you are doing something for yourself, and sometimes that's the hardest thing to do." More
“Writing Is Core”: An Essay by 2019 Emerging Voices Fellow Judy Choi
"Though some aspects of writing will forever remain a mystery to me, this Fellowship has cleared the smoke around the business of writing." More
“These Are the Stories I Want to Tell”: An Essay by 2019 Emerging Voices Fellow Fajer Alexander Khansa
"When my stories get published, some readers will be disappointed; they’ll want more. That’s okay. Because these are the stories I want to tell." More
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Colleagues @PENsweden and Culture Minister @amandalind_ rightly face down thuggish Chinese threats of reprisal for honoring Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai who has been detained for 4 yrs and is believed to be seriously ill https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-sweden/china-envoy-threatens-sweden-over-award-to-detained-writer-gui-minhai-idUSKBN1XP197
BERKELEY! Calling all poetry lovers for an intimate evening of readings from author Marilyn Chin and San Francisco Jazz Poet Laureate Genny Lim. Join us 11/20 at Moe's Bookstore. Learn more and RSVP: https://bit.ly/2K33tfg.
“You make the book, you send it out into the world, and it will connect with the people that it’s for,” says PEN America Member Margaret Atwood. THE TESTAMENTS is her fast-paced sequel to her celebrated dystopian novel THE HANDMAID'S TALE: https://bit.ly/2XjJ76T via @people.