The PEN Ten: An Interview with Chen Chen
Art matters because it nourishes the heart. Like plums do. Like sunflowers. Like a good, long kiss in this brief, brief life. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with the 2022 Emerging Voices Fellows
Identity can serve as a type of complex shorthand. It gives us the power to declare ourselves to the world, but it can also flatten and politicize us in… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with James Hannaham
Don’t let a message get in the way of the truth, even when that truth is embarrassing, counterintuitive, or unpopular. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Eloisa Amezcua
I told my life story in a way that invites you, the reader, to see our commonality and take the journey with me as a fellow traveler through life. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Sholeh Wolpé
I told my life story in a way that invites you, the reader, to see our commonality and take the journey with me as a fellow traveler through life. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with t. jahan
We need stories to know ourselves. We also need stories to empathize. Stories are an accessible space to come to a place of true understanding. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Cleyvis Natera
These days, I write from a place of celebration and freedom I never imagined would be available to me until much later in my writing career. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Tuhin Das
People assume that things get lost in translation, but translations give me literary freedom. Translations prove that words are not bound by any border or ideology or tyrant. More
An Interview with 2022 DREAMing Out Loud Contributors, Aria Gallo and Luz Aguirre
We spoke with 2022 DREAMing Out Loud cohorts Aria Gallo and Luz Guirre about their submissions to the PEN America DREAMing Out Loud anthology. More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Chinelo Okparanta
It’s a wonderful thing to learn the rules, and to learn them well. Only by learning them can you learn the clever ways to break them. More
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Banned in the USA - Censorship
Of the 2,532 bans ➡️ 96% were enacted w/o following the best practice guidelines for book challenges outlined by the American Library Association @ALALibrary and the National Coalition Against Censorship @ncacensorship .
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