The PEN Ten: An Interview with Rivers Solomon
"I write, I get tired, I stop. I drop an idea. Sometimes I pick it up again. Sometimes I don’t. I write at night, when I feel like it.… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Nicole Chung
"Not everyone will understand what they’re trying to do or why it matters, but plenty will. And those are the people you want to write to and for." More
“Find your truth and tell it:” A PEN Ten Interview with Etaf Rum
"The process of translation makes clear that no one language has power over another." More
The PEN Ten Interview: Ahmed Naji on Language, Identity, and Writing in Exile
"I don't want to be sad, or a prisoner of my own nostalgia. It's an excellent opportunity to be here, and I am thirsty. I want to learn everything,… More
“We Think in Stories”: A PEN Ten Interview with Namwali Serpell
"We think in stories. It’s so constitutive that 'need' is an understatement. It’s more like blood than water." More
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In order to circumvent censorship by China and Iran to control the flow of information amid COVID-19, journalists are using the Ethereum blockchain.
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PEN America mourns the death of Turkish musician Helin Bölek, who died following a hunger strike protesting her fellow artists' imprisonment. https://bit.ly/2JAZfL3