PEN America to Confer Voice of Influence Award on President Barack Obama
“As an organization of writers, we have always seen President Obama not just as a leader, but as one of us: an author.” More
Stop Treating Trump’s Press Conferences As Must-See TV
[caption id="attachment_184375" align="aligncenter" width="720"] President Trump speaks at a White House briefing. | White House Photo[/caption] This piece was originally published on Medium. The cable networks should stop treating President Trump’s… More
The PEN Ten with Jennifer Clement
"I’m always in search of how the divine and profane coexist and how the powerless find ways to exercise power." More
Two Poems by Kirill Medvedev
On the day of my thirty-seventh birthday I ended up involved / in murdering the president. I was in charge of watching the windows of his palace / and… More