The PEN Pod: Challenging and Critiquing White Feminism with Koa Beck
“A broader initiative that needs to be taken. . . is teaching marginalized genders. . . We have cis women, trans women, nonbinary people, trans men, gender-variant people, two-spirit,… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Danielle Evans
“Characterization and narrative tension come from the tension between a character’s inner life and their exterior life, and I’m acutely aware—because being a Black woman compels me to pay… More
Your Mestizaje is a Superpower
“Multiculturalism is not a threat to civilization. The only thing it threatens is extremism.” More
The PEN Pod: On White Supremacy and Immigration with Jean Guerrero
“How does the descendant of Jewish refugees, how does that person end up crafting Trump’s harshest rhetoric and policies targeting people fleeing violence and persecution?” More
DARE: Facebook Said to Be in Talks With Publishers on News Effort
Facebook is in talks with publishers on news effort to license articles on the platform. In an opinion piece in the Atlantic, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro... More
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Researchers debate how best to counter false narratives and racial stereotypes when it comes to the spread of disinformation in the Latinx community. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-latinx-community-and-covid-disinformation-campaigns
With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, we will be donating 75,000 copies of THE SENTENCES THAT CREATE US to prison libraries, as well as higher education & creative writing programs working with justice-involved communities. Learn more: https://pen.org/prison-writing/the-sentences-that-create-us/
