A PEN Ten Interview with Poet Cynthia Manick
"It’s a writer’s job to take truth and empathy and stretch it every direction; to make sense of things that don’t make sense." More
On History, Self-Censorship, and Bravery: A PEN Ten Interview with Wayétu Moore
"I do recognize that the desire to resist stems from being socialized in a system that institutionally devalues my worth." More
“Whenever I Write, I’m Asserting That I Matter”: A PEN Ten Interview with Naima Coster
"Whenever I write, I’m asserting that I matter . . . I see that as resistance, even if it only changes what it’s like for me to be in… More
“To Remember is a Kind of Resistance”: A PEN Ten Interview with Julian Randall
"I’m glad so many people have found something they know to be true, someone like themselves in what I’ve written." More
A PEN Ten Interview with Debut Author Jaclyn Gilbert
"I’ve always felt I am in conversation with writers and readers, building my own voice out of other stories that resonate with my own." More
On Identity, Perspective, and Influences: A PEN Ten Interview with Katya Apekina
"I’m looking at emotional truth, and that’s subjective and contradictory. The facts might be the facts, but how does one interpret them?" More
A PEN Ten Interview with Pussy Riot Founder Nadya Tolokonnikova
"In my art I’m trying to find truth about the world and critically reflect on the times in which I happen to live. That’s my main job in life." More
On Language, Truth, and Self-Expression: A PEN Ten Interview with Dessa
The PEN Ten is PEN America’s weekly interview series. This week PEN America's Public Program Manager, Lily Philpott, speaks to Dessa, a rapper, a singer, an essayist, and a… More
The PEN Ten Interview with Author Alethea Black
"I think the biggest threat to free expression today is the use of social media (or media in general) to bully and intimidate voices of dissent." More
“What Matters is the Writing Itself”: A PEN Ten Interview with the 2018 Los Angeles Literary Award Winners
"Every step of the writing process is also a choice to include or exclude, and being aware of our own biases in making those choices seems necessary." More
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Congratulations to 2017 Walt Whitman Award winner @jennymxie and to all the poets and authors on being long-listed for the 2019 PEN Open Book Award! @PENamerican https://t.co/VbLtcthJ0S
"We need to write now, write well—tell the truth in all its messy complexity. It’s our best shot at helping to preserve a democracy in which facts still exist and all of us can speak freely."
@Egangoonsquad on the importance of writers. https://t.co/Y3TQchkBgI
"My encounter with Kim Hyesoon’s poetry was not a chance encounter; it was already in the works on a collective level."
In 2015 @EmilyYoon spoke with @DonMeeChoi on translating Kim Hyesoon's poetry, newly longlisted for a 2019 @PENamerican award https://t.co/R86mWKMcVm