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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Arinze Ifeakandu

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By: Viviane Eng | June 16, 2022

It was clear to me how deeply I loved Nigeria, which made my anger and heartbreak at the dysfunction even more incandescent. More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Christopher Gonzalez

Interview
By: Viviane Eng | December 2, 2021

“I’m always drawn to writing by other queer authors of color, whether they’re writing about joy or anger or quiet narratives or love or sex. . . . More… More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Truong Tran

Interview
By: Jenn Dees | November 11, 2021

“This has gone on for far too long. I have been silent. I have been silenced. These answers, like the book, are the breaking of silence.” More

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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Lisa Hiton

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By: Viviane Eng | November 4, 2021

“So often, I read work that is beautifully forgettable. As an example: Pristine couplets have their place, but amid thousands of poems, they tire. Is the couplet arbitrary or… More

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Fall Bootcamp: LGBTQ+ Digital Safety & Online Abuse Defense

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 – Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Free Expression in Alabama

Monday, September 27, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CT
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The PEN Pod: Queering an Epic Tale with DREAMing Out Loud’s Arjun Dhawan

InterviewAugust 6, 2021

“In terms of migrant literature, the migrant voice, there’s something bubbling that needs to be said, that needs to be heard, that’s unbiased. A story that you’ve never heard.” More

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The PEN Pod: On Identity Politics, Queer Selfhood, and Libraries with Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno

InterviewJune 25, 2021

“Queer poetics right now, at least as the poems that we have are beginning to tell us, say a lot about revolution, image, form—form being an equivalent to the… More

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Words and Actions: A Pride Month Reading List from ONE Archives Foundation

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This Pride Month, PEN America Los Angeles invited the ONE Archives Foundation to create a reading list as an extension of their exhibition, Pride Publics: Words and Actions. More

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Black Abundance and Radical Love

Saturday, May 22, 2021 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET
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