The PEN Ten: An Interview with Kristín Ómarsdóttir
I was inspired by our contemporary times and the growing possibility of this world's end. The story is told from some distance, from the future. It tells of events… More
DARE: Denver Post Rebels Against Its Hedge-Fund Ownership
In extraordinary public appeal, Denver Post’s “News Matters" report on its own fate shows readers how far-away hedge fund investors demanding greater profits can decimate local information sources. More
The PEN Ten with Oddný Eir
"The writer is responsible for what he writes. I'm old fashioned and think that the writer is responsible for making us more responsible and keeping words alive so we… More
Cold Moons
Meg Matich, a recipient of a 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, translates a collection of sparse, minimalistic ecopoetry by Icelandic poet Magnús Sigurðsson that deals with nature's resilience to… More
A Cosmologist of Language: On Translating Magnús Sigurðsson
Through intricate wordplay and a titanic understanding of his native Icelandic, Sigurðsson is able to create tiny but arresting artifacts—fragments that scale an instant to an aeon, and a… More
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CEO of @PENamerica, Suzanne Nossel, joins us to talk about her new (really great) #book, Dare to Speak: Defending #FreeSpeech for All, and important aspects of #opendiscourse in today's political and social context. #podcast #BookRecommendation
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/books-shows-tunes-mad-acts/episodes/2022-07-01T19_18_55-07_00
Such a pleasure to chat with @kavitamix about her book Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues! https://twitter.com/kavitamix/status/1598355263265947649
PEN America is alarmed by the recent news out of Brigham Young University-Idaho (@byuidaho). Firing professors—or not renewing their contracts—because of their #LGBTQ+ related expression is a grave threat to academic freedom. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/12/01/new-church-office-cutting-faculty-members-brigham-young