The PEN Ten with Trifonia Melibea Obono
In this week's interview, translated by Lawrence Schimel, Kyle Dacuyan speaks to Trifonia Melibea Obono, a journalist and professor at the National University of Equatorial Guinea. More
Gender, Power, and Authoritarianism in the Dystopian Age—2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Marge Piercy, Alice Sola Kim, Namwali Serpell, and Jeff VanderMeer discuss gender, power, and authoritarianism. More
Lily La Tigresse: A Melodrama
Sometimes I see less significant people too—girlfriends, high school teachers, men I once went to bed with. A few days ago, for example, I clearly saw Bruria Zimmel, who… More
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