Weekend After
I grew up in the deep south during segregation. It was the worst racism and discrimination. But we fought and we didn’t let ourselves become hopeless. More
Battleground
When I lived between border patrol checkpoints, no one ever told me to go home. More
Precious Time
There’s nothing like losing your country when you’re little to help you see NATIONALISM as the strange and unnatural thing that it is. More
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Evident Truths
My Maternal grandmother was 6 years old when the 19th amendment passed. Her mother, who was illiterate, wouldn’t get to vote until her daughters brought her to the polls… More
Those Other Nurses
What starts as a memory riff on the kind of punning coincidence that puts the very sleep-deprived into giggle fits … evolves into a powerful meditation on where we… More
The Literal World
"The piece is a meditation both on how we apply the filter of social media to ourselves and others, and how the internet can actually help bridge gaps between… More
Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Bookstores
Illustrator Bob Eckstein speaks to artists and creators then draws and writes about 75 of the most magical bookstores around the world. More
Things That Go Bump in the Night
In this installment of The Illustrated PEN, artist and writer MariNaomi recalls a traumatic encounter she suffered as a teen, and describes how, years later, she still grapples with… More
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