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