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PEN Pals: Nikki Grimes and Padma Venkatraman Discuss Challenged Books

InterviewNovember 2, 2021

“I created my [Dyamonde Daniel book] series so that emerging Black readers would see themselves represented in that genre.” More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

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By: Viviane Eng | September 30, 2021

“That’s all a story really is: two or more people getting together, and one of them letting out what they need to be heard.” More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Mirin Fader

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By: Sandy Mui | August 26, 2021

“Though [the Antetokounmpo brothers] didn’t have much money, they had each other. They were, in a sense, each other’s refuge.” More

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The PEN Pod: The Other Black Girl with Zakiya Dalila Harris

InterviewJune 11, 2021

“I’d always wanted to be a writer before working in publishing. . . . I was also feeling fatigued as the only Black woman on my floor and in… More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Brian Broome

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By: Viviane Eng | May 20, 2021

“I’m trying to tell the truth every chance I get. Storytelling in front of an audience has become a big part of that.” More

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Mining History

Thursday, May 20, 2021 | 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm ET
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The People’s History: Writing the Wrongs

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm ET
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The PEN Pod: Reckoning with Aftershocks with Nadia Owusu

InterviewFebruary 5, 2021

“It was really important to me to write about. . . my struggles with depression and anxiety because there is a harmful, dominant narrative that holds that mental illness… More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Deesha Philyaw

Interview
By: Jared Jackson | December 23, 2020

“Writers speak truth to power. Writers disrupt white supremacist narratives with truer, more just narratives. Tenderness, joy, humor, and imagination are among our weapons of resistance.” More

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The PEN Pod: The Restorative Power of Black Art with Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham

InterviewDecember 4, 2020

“[The book] also allows us to look at how artists are processing all of the Black pain and trauma that’s inherent to the history of this country and our… More

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