The PEN Ten: An Interview with Emerging Voices Fellows Davin Malasarn and Monica Carter
"The program has helped me get published, given me wonderful experiences reading my work in public, and supported me at every stage of my career." More
The PEN Ten: Jevon Jackson on Uncompromising Truth and What Makes for Good Narrative
"Good Narratives create a world that we can identify with, populated with people we can relate to, and regardless of the plot or the characters' journey . . .… More
As I Hear the Rain: 2019 Prison Writing Awards Anthology
For over three decades, every year hundreds of imprisoned writers from around the country submit poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic works to PEN America’s Prison Writing Awards, one of… More
DARE: Newspapers lobbying on Capitol Hill against Facebook and Google, Khashoggi transcripts released
Dozens of U.S. states are set to launch antitrust and privacy investigations into Facebook and Google as scrutiny of the big tech firms increases. More
As I Hear the Rain
In this week's special edition of the Illustrated PEN, we present "As I Hear the Rain" a series of illustrations that accompany winning manuscripts from the 2019 Prison Writing… More
Works of Justice: Sarah Ross on Art-Making and Incarceration
For our Works of Justice series, we interviewed Sarah Ross, an editor of The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom. More
Edward Bunker Celebration Event LA RSVP
May 30, 2019, 8:00-10:00pm at The Road on Lankershim Lankershim Arts Center 5108 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601 We're sorry, this event has reached capacity and we are no longer accepting… More
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