“A necessary voice on the page”: a PEN Ten Interview with Amber Flora Thomas
"Yes, I do experience this persona. She (generally) is a necessary voice on the page—she gives me distance from experiences I cannot hold in my body any longer." More
A PEN Ten Interview with Poet Cynthia Manick
"It’s a writer’s job to take truth and empathy and stretch it every direction; to make sense of things that don’t make sense." More
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Big Tech consistently shortchanges non-English language content on fact-checking, so news consumers are forced to take matters into their own hands. We can help: @AAAJ_AAJC and our media literacy team present "Digital Health and Connection" on 12/2: https://bit.ly/3xbvAjy.
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This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, PEN America is proud to present a reading list highlighting books that spotlight Native American writers and their experiences and celebrate Indigenous histories and cultures. https://bit.ly/3165xib
