The PEN Ten: An Interview with Connor Towne O’Neill
“We need enough of us to come to a common understanding of our past, one that squares up to the violence and inequity inflicted by the lie of white… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jubi Arriola-Headley
“I’ve always thought of the process of writing poetry as one of exposure, as a laying bare, as an offering, even. . . So, once I write a poem,… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Yamile Saied Méndez
“My job as a writer is to tell my characters’ truth and hope that it will help the reader see the truth in themselves.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jenny Bhatt
“I’m brown, female, middle-aged, immigrant, late-bloomer, Indian, Gujarati, American, South Asian, wife, sister, daughter. All of these make me the writer that I am.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Juan Felipe Herrera
“The poem can become the charter, the proclamation, the manifesto. It can contain key phrases, icons, master symbols, and condensed stories of the history before, during, and after the… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Fariha Róisín
“For me, the relationship between truth, history, and dreams is that I listened to the truth. . . despite the trauma of my personal history to navigate and participate… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Peace Adzo Medie
“Young women are constantly being told to respect men, but society rarely puts the same pressure on men to respect young women. So. . . I decided to write… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Frank Huyler
“I think storytelling, like language, has a biological basis. In a sense, it’s an act of the collective mind, and a uniting force.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Shruti Swamy
“I am joyfully a woman writer, a brown writer. I am interested in the ways these aspects of my identity. . . show aesthetically in my work as well… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Nate Marshall
“At the moments of highest emotional resonance for us, we look toward poetic language to give us something to help encapsulate a large moment.” More