The PEN Ten: An Interview with Roya Marsh
“Poetry is a vehicle for delivering truth and possibility. It allows room for the impossible to live.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Paul Lisicky
“For me, writing is connected to my looking and curiosity. It isn’t a separate animal.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Diana Marie Delgado
“I think the best writing is where the writer makes the reader uncomfortable, maybe even worried. But the wish to take it back—never.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Vanessa Hua
“I searched for answers by reading books and through observation, following where my curiosity led me. That double-consciousness underpins my writer’s identity.” More
Free Speech 2020: An Interview with Cecile Richards
PEN America asked Cecile Richards to talk about what freedom of speech and expression mean to her, what freedom of speech and expression mean in 2020 specifically, and the… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Natalie Diaz
“Free expression is its own threat. It was never intended to include most of us. And it certainly wasn’t meant to include merciless Indian savages.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Maisy Card
“Writing it has to get me worked up. I use fiction as a vehicle to explore real emotions.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Brandon Taylor
“Nothing is ever as it appears in fiction, I think. It’s almost always a composite of different truths.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Paul Yoon
"Nothing else can do what stories can do for me: they are vast, elastic, personal, intimate—it’s all there." More
Free Speech 2020: An Interview with Mira Jacob
PEN America sat down with author and illustrator Mira Jacob to talk about what freedom of speech and expression mean to her as a writer and teacher, the value… More
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Poignant statement by fired IC Inspector General Michael Atkinson, a #Trump political appointee. He implores future whistleblowers to speak up, assures there's no disgrace in doing so and voices hope that recent events won't lead them to silence. https://news.yahoo.com/former-u-intelligence-community-inspector-012926056.html
Incarcerated populations are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19, @PENamerica's Prison and Justice Writing Program has launched a new newsletter sharing original work about their own experiences
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