The PEN Pod: Finding Hope in Endurance with Emily St. John Mandel
“This is something that our ancestors endured, and something that our descendants will endure, and our society. . . has endured through all of that.” More
The PEN Pod: Recalibrating Our Priorities with Ruchika Tomar
“The desire that I’m seeing for connection is really heartening, because what we’re doing as writers is responding to human experience.” More
The PEN Pod: In This Together with M. NourbeSe Philip
“It’s true that we are all in this together, but there’s a sense in which we have not been in this together.” More
The PEN Pod: Staying Connected and Collected with Yiyun Li
“I thought every day I would write some words that give my life a structure. . . Writing words also structures my life.” More
The PEN Pod: Keeping Literary Culture Alive Through Resilience with Jennifer Egan
“By engaging in [literature], we are entering into the dream life of a different time and place, and there’s just nothing quite like it.” More
The PEN Pod: Confronting the Shadow of Our Mortality with David L. Ulin
“Somehow, maybe if we’re lucky in those moments where we can step outside of the dread, it allows us to kind of be more present in the moment.” More
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Listen to Yaa Gyasi read an excerpt from her new book TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM for @poetswritersinc, and don't miss her conversation with @rgay about the book at our virtual #PENOutLoud event on 9/1! Tickets now on sale at https://bit.ly/2Dxe02e. https://bit.ly/31XbPgi
On 8/17, PEN America and @acslaw will present a discussion on how the right to protest has come under attack, providing context for understanding the protections of the First Amendment as it relates to modern-day protesting & diving into the legislation: https://bit.ly/2PQ7aHB.
Long underrepresented in genre fiction, Native American and First Nations authors are reshaping sci-fi, often drawing on Native American and First Nations mythology and narrative traditions in ways that upend stereotypes. https://nyti.ms/3kLXj3G