Works of Justice: How to Write a Novel in a Month (During a Pandemic)
This year, the PEN America Prison Writing team had 10 incarcerated writers participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). More
The PEN Pod: Finding Inspiration in History with Maaza Mengiste
“What writers and novelists force us to do in the work is to pause. . . And if there’s anything that COVID has made me consider, it’s how we… More
The PEN Pod: Finding Hope in Endurance with Emily St. John Mandel
“This is something that our ancestors endured, and something that our descendants will endure, and our society. . . has endured through all of that.” More
The PEN Pod: Connecting through Translation with Ali Araghi
“One function of translation we could think about is the way it shows how literature of other cultures have reacted to similar problems we are dealing with.” More
The PEN Pod: Mapping the Life Cycle of the Virus with Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell
“Whenever I have the opportunity to choose a movie, I always try to choose something post-apocalyptic. . . that's even scarier than what we're going through.” More
The PEN Pod: Recalibrating Our Priorities with Ruchika Tomar
“The desire that I’m seeing for connection is really heartening, because what we’re doing as writers is responding to human experience.” More
The PEN Pod: In This Together with M. NourbeSe Philip
“It’s true that we are all in this together, but there’s a sense in which we have not been in this together.” More
The PEN Pod: Reimagining the Future with Jamie Metzl
“I feel like I’m at war from the battlestation of my office here on 81st Street in New York, so I’m pretty focused on reading what I need to… More
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On this episode of #thePENpod, we speak with Uli Beutter Cohen, creator of @SbwyBookreview, about her new book, which collects over 170 interviews from the acclaimed social media movement that highlights books and the people who cherish them. https://bit.ly/3FTqNak
Would love to see you join us for this final reading from the @PENamerica Emerging Voices Fellows on October 27+28. The virtual readings will air 5-6 PM PST each night, and each reading will include personal intros from our mentors. @pen_ev @kaokaliayang https://pen.org/event/2021-emerging-voices-final-reading
As this year's Nobel Peace Prize acknowledges the unprecedented crackdown on independent media by authoritarian regimes, PEN America's @PSadovskaya2020 draws attention to the trend of “foreign agent” laws that attempt to silence media & journalists: https://bit.ly/3lIB6pO.
