Jennifer Finney Boylan on PEN America, the Crisis for Free Expression and the Power of Storytelling
I think that in some ways the most important thing to understand about each other’s humanity is imagination. And if you want to open a door to the imagination,… More
Zahra Hankir | The PEN Ten Interview
Eyeliner’s power as such lies in its precision and the profound impact it can have on how one is perceived by the world. More
Raj Tawney | The PEN Ten Interview
Food has remained a consistent thread since childhood and I realized that it was used in my family as a powerful tool to help navigate unknown cultures. More
Elisabeth Houston | The PEN Ten Interview
I suppose I’m driven to put my work out in the world precisely because of the desperate state of the world. More
Safiya Sinclair | The PEN Ten Interview
For me, and for the women in my family, our stories are the way we preserve our history, our culture, and the vital parts of ourselves that our ancestors… More
Paul Yoon | The PEN Ten Interview
My hope is that each story communicates with the one beside it, in setting, in movement, in what it focuses on. More
Mona Awad | The PEN Ten Interview
Really the novel explores how we often focus on the surface in order to avoid pain, or any kind of difficult, deep internal work. More
Thrity Umrigar | The PEN Ten Interview
Because what I’m most interested in is examining the systems and forces that create divides between people, those power dynamics that separate us. More
C Pam Zhang | The PEN Ten Interview
Like language, food is essential and theoretically accessible to almost anyone. The real question is which culinary voices are permitted, celebrated, amplified, valued. More
Isle McElroy | The PEN Ten Interview
It can feel amazing to be taken care of, to be known, but it can also feel limiting if one is shown things about oneself that are difficult to… More