The PEN Ten: An Interview with Isabel Waidner
Sterling Karat Gold deliberately blurs conventional boundaries between what counts as real and as imagined. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Franny Choi
Only good long-form writing can hold you in contact with someone else’s interiority, their motivations, their makeup, for hours or days or weeks. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Saket Soni
Only good long-form writing can hold you in contact with someone else’s interiority, their motivations, their makeup, for hours or days or weeks. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Oindrila Mukherjee
No matter where you live or where you grew up or where you were issued a passport, in the end we all experience the same emotions. My wish for… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jamila Minnicks
Writers document and correct the record, both past and present. Language is a powerful choice of weapon because it preserves our history and frames our resistance. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Deena Mohamed
To me, the function of speculative fiction and magical realism, the joy of inserting fantasy in mundane urban reality, is to consider the implications of how it might function… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Rešoketšwe Manenzhe
I think art, in general, is important for society, to nurture the softer aspects of what makes us human. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Kimberly Nguyen
I believe that fiction is a mask, and the truth lurks somewhere underneath. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Kavita Das
I’ve encountered people who are unhappy and uncomfortable with the revelations in my work but they are usually interested in maintaining the status quo and so therefore are not… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Kristín Ómarsdóttir
I was inspired by our contemporary times and the growing possibility of this world's end. The story is told from some distance, from the future. It tells of events… More
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