The PEN Ten: An Interview with Chantal V. Johnson
Get used to slowness, failure, doubt, and fallow periods. Learning how to move through this hard stuff is part of the job. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Mosab Abu Toha
Do not allow the present moment to control your writing; rather, write to control the seemingly uncontrollable reality. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Damon Galgut
Language is at the core of the literary experience, and should try to extend itself to its fullest power, not to contract and tame itself. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Azar Nafisi
Do not allow the present moment to control your writing; rather, write to control the seemingly uncontrollable reality. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Katherine Locke
It’s worth it even if it feels futile and even if you don’t get to reap the rewards of the world you’re building. Everything we do is a choice,… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Taylor Mac
What we craft for the audience to experience is the reaching for truth or fiction, not the things themselves. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Moncho Alvarado
I had to stop living in silence and erasure, to speak out on the issues that happened to me, my family, my community, to be out loud and proud. More
The PEN Ten with Martín Espada
"As a poet with a background in law, I am obsessed by the philosophy, the poetics, and the practice of justice. I am obsessed by what Whitman calls, 'the… More
The PEN Ten with Lauren Beukes
"I joke that some people go to see psychologists, but I get my issues out on the page and make it my readers’ problem." More