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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Helen Benedict and Eyad Awwadawnan

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By: Donica Bettanin | October 27, 2022

Perhaps the easiest and yet one of the most valuable things we can all do is to be kind to newcomers in our land—offer them a seat on a… More

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

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By: Caits Meissner | October 20, 2022

It has always been my intention to give my readers truth and offer them permission to be truthful without judgment in their own lives and work. More

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Fatimah Asghar

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By: Sabir Sultan | October 13, 2022

It’s important for us to keep making stories that actually have nuanced portrayals of the communities that we come from, and also break the burden of needing our voices… More

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Donna Barba Higuera

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By: Donica Bettanin | October 6, 2022

I know that if the book banning continues on its current path, my books will soon follow. More

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Laura Warrell

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By: TC. Mann | September 29, 2022

It can be excruciating to live with uncertainty and, by creating stories, we can make sense of the nonsensical. We can decide how to act. We can move forward. More

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Chen Chen

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By: Ayla Schultz | September 22, 2022

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

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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

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By: Alejandro Heredia | September 8, 2022

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

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By: Viviane Eng | August 25, 2022

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

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By: Ben Cohn | August 18, 2022

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

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Feb 9, 6:30PM at @DIESELBrentwood in #LosAngeles:

Join celebrated authors @patricia_engel and @jeanho for PEN Out Loud—an outdoor evening of readings and conversation exploring their latest works of fiction.

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