The PEN Pod: The Power of Writing in the Now with Rhonda Mitchell
“If you’re not vulnerable, people don’t resonate with your experience—unless they can walk in your shoes, they can’t connect. That’s the power of how we’re telling stories now.” More
The Path to Remembering
“I realized I wanted to write for women like me, women who want to read stories about dark, black ingenues; women who want to remember how ancient and divine… More
The Poetics of Sovereignty: Embracing Self-Determination on the Page
“My work is informed by my experience as a modern Tongva person who grew up in Tovaangar. In my poems, I start with where I’m from because it colors… More
Leave Expectations at the Door
“The book is still in progress. Some days it’s still so hard to put words on the page, but I’m not mad about any of this. I have grown… More
Tiger Heads All the Way Down
“I may not know how to finish but I do know how to start. If I start again and again, maybe my story will be tiger heads all the… More
Unwrapping
“Our stories are our gift, and what the Emerging Voices Fellowship does is help people like me, underrepresented people, marginalized people, figure out how to access our stories.” More
Emerging Voices Mentors
See a complete list of Emerging Voices mentors. More
The PEN Pod: It’s a Magnificent Time to Be a Writer with Parnaz Foroutan
“I think our stories can show that human beings have courage and they are resilient and that hope is a key factor in surviving this period. And the stories… More
Emerging Voices Fellowship
A literary mentorship based in Los Angeles that has been providing underrepresented, marginalized writers with the tools they need to launch a professional literary career, since 1996. More