The PEN Pod: Learning from Russian Short Fiction with George Saunders
“What happens in a short story is that somebody concentrates for a long period of time to make their story as truthful and empathetic as possible, and then they… More
The PEN Pod: The Power of Writing in the Now with Rhonda Mitchell
“If you’re not vulnerable, people don’t resonate with your experience—unless they can walk in your shoes, they can’t connect. That’s the power of how we’re telling stories now.” More
The PEN Pod: On Filipino American Activism and Journalists as Storytellers with Michi Trota
“Journalists are not here to tell people what to think. . . we’re [telling] them why they should think about this, and how it fits into the larger context.” More
The PEN Pod: On the Inequities of Survival with Megan Giddings
“Our healthcare system in this country is so deeply inequitable and hostile toward the people it’s supposed to serve.“ More
The PEN Pod: Everywhere You Don’t Belong with Gabriel Bump
“What I hope that we can gain from this moment and the Black Lives Matter movement in general is that all Black lives matter.” More
The PEN Pod: How We Write Our Survival with Lisa Ko
“Even when the future does feel uncertain, like right now, it feels important to. . . imagine a future for ourselves as well as our characters.” More
PEN in the Community: California State Prison, Los Angeles County, Spring 2019
In soring of 2019, PEN in the Community writers-in-residence program hosted an eight-week-long storytelling workshop at California State Prison, LA County. More
PEN in the Community: California State Prison, Los Angeles County, Fall 2018
In Fall of 2018, PEN in the Community writers-in-residence program hosted an eight-week-long storytelling workshop at California State Prison, LA County. More
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For the first 100 days of the new @WhiteHouse @POTUS @VP admin, we @PENamerica put together 8 policy steps the admin can take. One is creation of a task force to fight disinfo, increase media literacy, study racialized efforts to sow division thru hate online. Let’s get to work. https://twitter.com/attorneynora/status/1351582487667904512