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Dailihana Alfonseca

Dailihana Alfonseca | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 25, 2023

Believe in yourself enough to bet on your journey as a writer and try not to let the pressures of wanting to publish alter the story you are attempting… More

Ren Arcamone

Ren Arcamone | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 22, 2023

In writing “Allen”, I wondered what might happen if the invisible housemate took up even more space inside the relationship. More

Mengyin Lin

Mengyin Lin | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 20, 2023

Every person’s reality is different from another’s, even from those who are closest. How do we move forward? How do we think about the future without overlooking the present? More

Lisa Wartenberg

Lisa Wartenberg | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

InterviewSeptember 18, 2023

I was interested in the stories young girls are told, and how wildly violent these can be –– reflecting, of course, the atrocities of the larger landscape. More

Verity McKay

Verity McKay | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 15, 2023

A woman pushed to the brink by the pressures of every day life in the wake of carrying around an awful secret for far too long. The awful secret… More

Annabelle Ulaka

Annabelle Ulaka | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 13, 2023

After completing a story, I show it to people who tell me what the words mean. These people are the readers. More

Jo Saleska

Jo Saleska | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 11, 2023

Are not we all just fleshy, rebellious little sculptures that move about the world, evoke emotion, make impact? More

Patrick Zhou

Patrick J. Zhou | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 8, 2023

I’m a firm believer that to get less and fewer hollow answers, we need to ask better questions. Of ourselves and others. Be gracious and curious. More

Faire Holliday

Faire Holliday | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 6, 2023

I think many of the gray areas that we find ourselves in come from the disconnect between how we think we’re living and how we actually are. More

clara mundy

Clara Mundy | 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize Winner

Interview
By: Lili Stern | September 5, 2023

I hope that readers consider the subtle ways that power can seep into a person’s life and manipulate their self-image: What parts of ourselves did we only feel ashamed… More

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