The PEN Ten with Matthew Zapruder
It’s better to bring such things we might be inclined to censor out into the light and let their ugliness be revealed and argued against. The alternative seems fraught… More
A Banned Books Wrap Up
This September, PEN American Center reached out to writers, editors, literary illuminati, and PEN staff to write about the banned books that matter to them most. Below you’ll find… More
On Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago
Even under Stalin’s successor Khrushchev there was still no realistic hope of publishing the entire book. So in 1957 Pasternak finally allowed a manuscript (including the poems, published as… More
Royal Quiet Deluxe: A Conversation with Matthew Zapruder
My grandfather was one of those people who kept everything in immaculate condition, so the typewriter was perfectly clean and required no fixing other than a new ribbon. I… More
“Poem for a Persian Singer” and “Aubergine”
I’m pretty sure / the song describes / how it feels when / something important / does not happen / most of the afternoon / still listening I think… More
I Drink Bronze Light
Great American summer lakes/ right now I am flying above you / through a rare cloudless transparent sky / back to the city where it is always / cold… More
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