The PEN Ten: An Interview with Dohra Ahmad
"The biggest threat to free expression has always been, and will continue to be, unequal access to publication and publicity." More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Azar Nafisi
"Literature resists tyranny mainly by refusing to remain silent, by giving voice to the voiceless, the silenced and the suppressed." More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
"If you’re stuck in your own work, read someone else’s." More
Works of Justice: An Interview with Raquel Almazán
A conversation with Raquel Almazán about her writing, her play La Paloma Prisoner and her fight against mass incarceration. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Poet Tsitsi Ella Jaji
"Poetry is a mode of discovery—I don’t know my identity except through the writing, making, contemplating of it." More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Daniel José Older
"There is no more powerful force in our armory than story." More
Two Interviews with PEN Out Loud Participants Lindy West and Hari Kondabolu
Prior to their PEN Out Loud event, author Lindy West and comedian Hari Kondabolu talk about why they're excited to be in conversation. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with the 2019 Writing for Justice Fellows
"Not everyone will understand what they’re trying to do or why it matters, but plenty will. And those are the people you want to write to and for." More
Works of Justice: Sarah Wang on Bearing Witness
"When we write our own stories, and the stories of those who are unable to write their own, we are choosing to not submit to language used in service… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Rivers Solomon
"Not everyone will understand what they’re trying to do or why it matters, but plenty will. And those are the people you want to write to and for." More
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We made an error - Saeed Jones is no longer a PEN America Member. We congratulate Saeed on being on The New Yorker’s list of Best Books for 2019.
Two publishers of prestigious scientific journals said they would re-evaluate previously published papers, on ethnic minorities and co-written by scientists backed by the Chinese gov, to ensure the authors got consent from those they studied: https://bit.ly/389lXFc via @nytimes.
In a portfolio commissioned by the @econhardship, poet @dougvangundy and photographer Matt Eich sought to shed light on life in Webster County, West Virginia and add dimension and detail to an often oversimplified portrayal of the area: https://bit.ly/3676dk9.