The PEN Ten: An Interview with C Pam Zhang
“If I must live in a world in which I regularly grapple with how my identity shapes me, then the most honest thing I can do is to commit… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Mahogany L. Browne
“When I think of the stories and people I write about now, I realize my identity is carefully crafted with the wit of my grandmothers and the strength of… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Chelsea Bieker
“Stories are avenues we can and should take away from our own lives—only to be led back into them with greater compassion, understanding, and vigor.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Roya Marsh
“Poetry is a vehicle for delivering truth and possibility. It allows room for the impossible to live.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Paul Lisicky
“For me, writing is connected to my looking and curiosity. It isn’t a separate animal.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Diana Marie Delgado
“I think the best writing is where the writer makes the reader uncomfortable, maybe even worried. But the wish to take it back—never.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Vanessa Hua
“I searched for answers by reading books and through observation, following where my curiosity led me. That double-consciousness underpins my writer’s identity.” More
Free Speech 2020: An Interview with Cecile Richards
PEN America asked Cecile Richards to talk about what freedom of speech and expression mean to her, what freedom of speech and expression mean in 2020 specifically, and the… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Natalie Diaz
“Free expression is its own threat. It was never intended to include most of us. And it certainly wasn’t meant to include merciless Indian savages.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Maisy Card
“Writing it has to get me worked up. I use fiction as a vehicle to explore real emotions.” More
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Today @SaudiEmbassyUSA celebrates #SaudiNationalDay as activist and PEN America #FreedomToWrite honoree Loujain al-Hathloul continues to face imprisonment, confinement, and torture by the Saudi government. #FreeLoujain https://bit.ly/2AF3Af8
We're calling for the immediate release of Chinese dissident poet Wang Zang and his wife. His arrest is a strike at the heart of free expression and artistic freedom in China. https://bit.ly/3iXaEVJ
TODAY: Join PEN America, @HumanitiesGC, @CullmanNYPL, & @segalcenter for the 20th & final week of Translating the Future, w/ "Translating for a World on Fire" w/ Maria Dahvana Headley & Emily Wilson, joined in conversation by LTAC Director Susan Bernofsky. https://bit.ly/3cakHEk