Transgender Awareness Week: A Reading List
In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, PEN America and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute have gathered books that center trans individuals and communities. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Raquel Almazan
"People need stories the way they need water. Our stories are our culture, our history, and a map for our future." More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Danez Smith
"The idea that there is only one kind of poet or one kind of poetry worth listening to is long dead." More
Expand Your Understanding: A Reading List
A recommended reading list compiled in anticipation of March's PEN Out Loud discussion with Layli Long Soldier and Claudia Rankine. More
Madness and Mania: A Reading List
PEN America and Strand Book Store present a reading list on "Madness and Mania" in celebration of tonight's PEN Out Loud event featuring an intimate poetry reading with sam… More
Five Poems by Danez Smith
light fell on a door, & in the door / a me i didn’t know & knew, the now me / whose blood blacks & curls back like paper… More
The Book Report: Jeff Shotts
"Contemporary American poetry is experiencing an extraordinary wave of first books that are expanding our conceptions of what poetry is and what it means to be human." More