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Yoon Ha Lee

“Being a Writer is a Matter of Doing”: A PEN Ten Interview with Yoon Ha Lee

Interview
By: Lily Philpott | December 27, 2018

"It is through fiction we tell ourselves the emotional truths about life and living, from birth to death, from friendship and love to betrayal, from madness to mercy." More

Susan Bernhard

A PEN Ten Interview with Author Susan Bernhard

Interview
By: Hafizah Geter | December 13, 2018

"Facts are provable, truths are held, like beliefs. Perception is more interesting to me—how we see a set of facts through the lenses of individual experience." More

Cynthia Manick

A PEN Ten Interview with Poet Cynthia Manick

Interview
By: Della Green | December 3, 2018

"It’s a writer’s job to take truth and empathy and stretch it every direction; to make sense of things that don’t make sense." More

Wayétu Moore

On History, Self-Censorship, and Bravery: A PEN Ten Interview with Wayétu Moore

Interview
By: Lily Philpott | November 29, 2018

"I do recognize that the desire to resist stems from being socialized in a system that institutionally devalues my worth." More

Naima Coster

“Whenever I Write, I’m Asserting That I Matter”: A PEN Ten Interview with Naima Coster

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By: Lily Philpott | November 26, 2018

"Whenever I write, I’m asserting that I matter . . . I see that as resistance, even if it only changes what it’s like for me to be in… More

Julian Randall

“To Remember is a Kind of Resistance”: A PEN Ten Interview with Julian Randall

Interview
By: Natalie Desrosiers | November 19, 2018

"I’m glad so many people have found something they know to be true, someone like themselves in what I’ve written." More

Katya Apekina

On Identity, Perspective, and Influences: A PEN Ten Interview with Katya Apekina

Interview
By: Lily Philpott | November 1, 2018

"I’m looking at emotional truth, and that’s subjective and contradictory. The facts might be the facts, but how does one interpret them?" More

Dessa Photo

On Language, Truth, and Self-Expression: A PEN Ten Interview with Dessa

Interview
By: Lily Philpott | October 21, 2018

The PEN Ten is PEN America’s weekly interview series. This week PEN America's Public Program Manager, Lily Philpott, speaks to Dessa, a rapper, a singer, an essayist, and a… More

Alethea Black

The PEN Ten Interview with Author Alethea Black

Interview
By: Hafizah Geter | October 18, 2018

"I think the biggest threat to free expression today is the use of social media (or media in general) to bully and intimidate voices of dissent." More

2018 Los Angeles Literary Award Winners

“What Matters is the Writing Itself”: A PEN Ten Interview with the 2018 Los Angeles Literary Award Winners

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By: Stacy Valis | October 12, 2018

"Every step of the writing process is also a choice to include or exclude, and being aware of our own biases in making those choices seems necessary." More

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