The High Desert Sessions
Time rather than education is the great leveler, Li. Eventually you’ll come around to my way of thinking, everyone will. You are definitely on the wrong side of history,… More
Midnight at the Manatee
Thirty-nine inches from tip to tip, / it must have weighed, I bet, almost forty pounds. / You teased me as we passed another angler, offering / to… More
Three Poems by Ryan Collins
The choice to / Vegetablize yourself is a choice only you can / Make, New American. After this conversation / Everything I tell you will be off book, black… More
Allyson Paty Reads “Millennial”
Allyson Paty visited the PEN America offices last week and recorded her poem "Millenial." Read the poem in its entirety here. More
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Millennial
Though it somehow felt unlikely that money would continue to operate in this way for the rest of my life, it was actually probably the most likely thing to… More
from The Waters
Black hail falls on your daughter’s wedding. / Every day the next day is the biggest exam of your life. / When you say “coffee” all people hear is… More
Six Poems by Fred Moten
his hair was like furry lining brushed and see-through and he was pale, his pinkness had a descent in it, like he had warmed down More
Dot Devota: Three Poems
Dot Devota reads three poems from MW: A Field Guide to the Midwest, a selection of which first appeared in the PEN Poetry Series. More
Three Poems by Aracelis Girmay
I wanted you to, Mother, / never let me free. I am home again, // if I lay on my side beside / the sleeping wolves, once men— //… More
from MW: A Field Guide to the Midwest
What my parents were most silent about was what they hated more than anything. They were professionals afterall, and to be professional means keeping one’s mouth shut. When my… More
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