The PEN Pod: Reimagining the Future with Jamie Metzl
“I feel like I’m at war from the battlestation of my office here on 81st Street in New York, so I’m pretty focused on reading what I need to… More
The PEN Pod: Lessons Learned in Uncertainty with Fatima Shaik
“That uncertainty can sort of be tamed, for me, by talking to other people and sharing on the phone, and by focusing on small things, small pleasures.” More
The PEN Pod: Searching for Broader Perspectives with Reza Aslan
“I think that there are forces right now that are looking for ways of taking advantage of this crisis to push through policies that they have been pursuing for… More
The PEN Pod: Getting Reacquainted with Ourselves with Gregory Pardlo
“Having the time to work through the mundane concerns and slip into the more abstract rabbit holes and turns in each other's minds has turned out to be a… More
The PEN Pod: Staying Connected Amidst Social Isolation with Andrew Solomon
“If you’re stuck in social isolation, there’s little that's better company than a really good book.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Paul Lisicky
“For me, writing is connected to my looking and curiosity. It isn’t a separate animal.” More
The PEN Pod: Breaking Down PEN America v. Trump with Nora Benavidez
“We’re all online all the time needing information, needing access to what reporters are telling us. They’re the frontlines right now, and we need their voices.” More
The PEN Pod: Remembering Terrence McNally with Jesse Green
“I think it taught him that he could do something in the theater that few people have an opportunity to do, which is to change people's minds forever.” More
The PEN Pod: Debunking Disinformation with Jane Lytvynenko
“Ultimately, it is all of us that are spreading this misinformation, and I think it’s really important to acknowledge that all of us are going to fall for it.” More
The PEN Pod: On the Importance of Hopeful Thinking and Magic with Chip Rolley
“Look at the program that we put together. Look at the writers who were there. Search out their books; their books can still be bought.” More
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The non-profit group Internet Archive has made 1.4 million books available free online, which some say hurts writers and advances a harmful “copyright ideology.” https://nyti.ms/3aESEuY
This @Google ban on ads criticizing gov't response to #COVID19 cannot stand. All must be free to message on as long as they avoid dangerous disinfo. Does @sundarpichai want to be complicit in whitewashing worst man-made disaster in US history? https://www.protocol.com/google-coronavirus-ad-ban-democrats
Civil liberties issues are being raised by measures taken on the federal and state levels to respond to the epidemic. https://bit.ly/2UzxdWz