On Being Lucky, or Not
Clover: “On Being Lucky, Or NotLet’s be honest: I have never beenparticularly fond of my mother,with her soft white skinand her crushing hugs, intent onswallowing me whole.let’s be real:… More
The Unspoken Stories of Those Who Cannot Speak
The Broken Shelf: Part 1: Disfigured HaikuLife as Broken ShelvesIs one without acknowledgementTreasured tales collapse.The Broken Shelf: Part 2: LimerickThe shelf reeked of knowledge and dustIts hefty insides were… More
St. Joseph’s Library Relocation
Through the initiative of Member Fatima Shaik, the Children's/Young Adult Book Authors Committee helped move an elementary school library from St. Joseph's School in Greenwich Village, New York City,… More
Essential Incarceration
At no time in the modern era has the concern over incarceration--its purpose and consequences--been so prevalent and urgent. This has been quite clear from the amount of legislative… More
Realms of Possibility: A Conversation with Phillip Gourevitch, Norbert Grstein, and Colum McCann
PHILIP GOUREVITCH: I’ve been struck over time that nonfiction writers are often treated the way photographers were treated by the great art museums and art snobs of the early… More
Sarah E. Wright passes away at age 80
Please join PEN in mourning the loss of Sarah E. Wright, a long-time PEN Member, and esteemed novelist. A tribute to her life and work will be held… More
Fabrications
Henry James said that “the terrible whole of art is free selection.” And that’s one of the thrilling things about your work, for me, just seeing where you find… More
What God Gave Me or, Instructions on How to Live a Nomadic Life
Fighter planes carrying American cigarettes, and sugar in its diabetic variations: penny candy, Wonder Bread, and cases of generic beer. Convoys of trucks bringing fire water, hundred proof. Antlers, missiles, clusters of wire, crosses, and… More
One Letter is Enough, Longing to Escape, A Small Rat in Prison, and Daybreak
one letter is enough / for me to transcend and face / you to speak / as the wind blows past / the night / uses its own blood… More
Support for the freedom to read with exclusive designs by Todd Parr, Mike Curato, Art Spiegelman, and more!
