The PEN Ten: An Interview with Truong Tran
“This has gone on for far too long. I have been silent. I have been silenced. These answers, like the book, are the breaking of silence.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Lisa Hiton
“So often, I read work that is beautifully forgettable. As an example: Pristine couplets have their place, but amid thousands of poems, they tire. Is the couplet arbitrary or… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with the 2021 Emerging Voices Fellows
“People need stories for different reasons. Perhaps to find the meaning of life or maybe to explore other ideas and worlds. Perhaps to escape from our ordinary lives.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Victoria Chang
“If Dear Memory could walk, talk, and gesticulate, it would be a melancholic Victoria Chang who was trying to speak to the dead and make sense of other people’s… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
“The stories we are told, and the stories we tell ourselves, shape us in profound ways. They affect how we see ourselves and others, for good or for ill.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Arnold Lehman
“I do believe that American museums continue to present exhibitions and programs that approach and challenge the status quo.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
“That’s all a story really is: two or more people getting together, and one of them letting out what they need to be heard.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with José Vadi
“Writing about my history and those histories I’ve inherited about my family from different family members has allowed me to embrace the missing gaps of the collective familiar timeline.” More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Steven Reigns
“I identify as a gay man. The experience of growing up as an outsider positioned me to be an observer. I think everything I do is informed by my… More
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Marisel Vera
“We, Puerto Ricans, must claim the historical truth of our ancestors and our homeland that we can learn about through stories.” More