Regret’s Tragic Romance
"Didn't anybody understand he was MY dad long before he was anything to them? I admit I was jealous and a little angry. I may even have subconsciously wandered… More
Conflagration
"I felt a line of saliva fall out of my numbing mouth while I stared at the bright red bumps of the stings on my ankles. I don't remember… More
On a Railroad (Soo-Line)
"The Soo-Line was not the sole property of youth, though. Others, who had once been young and full of bravado, traveled on occasion down its rusted steel path. They were… More
Solitary Confinement
"The smile I wear is a disguise. It masks my tears. My eyes reveal the deception. This is my 19th year in prison. Year five living in the dungeon.… More
Steeped in Specificity
From Issue 21 of PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers, coming your way in one week, Mythologies considers stories that have been transmitted to us and the mechanisms of… More
Mythologies: A Forum
From Issue 21 of PEN America: A Journal for Writers and Readers, coming your way in two weeks, Mythologies considers stories that have been transmitted to us and the mechanisms of… More
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
To the author of a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit and critical perspective that illuminates important contemporary issues... More
PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing
For an exceptional book on the subject of physical or biological sciences... More
On Difficult Conversations
As I look at the gulf between these bases of support, I’ve been thinking about “difficult conversation”—what that means, how it happens, and what we hope can come… More
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