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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jane Wong

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By: Donica Bettanin | May 22, 2023

I think often of my familial ancestors and what trickled into me – were they poets too? More

Introducing Catherine LaFleur, the 2023-2024 Luis Angel Hernandez Poet Laureate with Exchange for Change and O, Miami

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By: Valentina Flores | April 21, 2023

PEN America's Valentina Flores interviews Catherine LaFleur, the 2023-2024 Luiz Angel Hernandez Poet Laureate with Exchange for Change and O, Miami. More

Tommy Trantino on Perseverance and Protest

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By: Jess Abolafia | April 21, 2023

Jess Abolafia introduces Tommy Trantino, author of "Lock the Lock" (1974), who speaks with the Works of Justice podcast about his experience writing and making art on death row. More

The Legacy of Martin Sostre (1923-2015)

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By: Moira Marquis | April 19, 2023

Moira Marquis pays homage to Martin Sostre, a self-taught jailhouse lawyer who won several lawsuits against censorship to secure the rights of incarcerated people. More

Announcing PEN America’s 18th Annual World Voices Festival, May 10-13 in New York City and Los Angeles

Press ReleaseApril 4, 2023

Ta-Nehisi Coates, a MacArthur “genius” grant honoree, will deliver the festival’s keynote, the annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, May 11 at the New School on the book… More

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Rushi Vyas

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By: Caits Meissner | April 4, 2023

I’d rather tend toward over-sharing than under-sharing. I’d rather tend toward more understanding than less. More

An Evening with Patricia Smith

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
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On Bridgeworks Oregon’s “Prisons Have a Long Memory: Life Inside Oregon’s Oldest Prison”

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By: Moira Marquis | March 16, 2023

Moira Marquis reviews Tracy D. Schlapp and Danny Wilson's "Prisons Have a Long Memory: Life Inside Oregon's Oldest Prison" (Bridgeworks Oregon, 2022). More

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Monica Youn

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By: Saeri Plagmann | March 9, 2023

The poem doesn’t live for me until it reaches the mind of the reader, as if the poem is a musical composition and the reader is both the musician… More

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Rešoketšwe Manenzhe

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By: Sabir Sultan | December 15, 2022

I think art, in general, is important for society, to nurture the softer aspects of what makes us human. More

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