The Thrill of Discovery
"My family was never much into literary books. They read cheap paperbacks that cost less than a dollar, the stories printed on thin newsprint." More
Emerging Voices’ Community and Connections
"Emerging Voices offers a community that is forever welcoming new family. And I can’t wait to hear how those voices sound." More
Speaking Silence
"As a Mexican-Filipino-East Indian teen, I felt most comfortable in silence—scribbling words into notebooks, hoping my classmates couldn’t see me." More
Stones Refused: A Cenacle in South Central
It’s important that we express our experience for our benefit and for the world’s. We learn through stories, we experience through stories, we are stories. More
The PEN Ten with Trifonia Melibea Obono
In this week's interview, translated by Lawrence Schimel, Kyle Dacuyan speaks to Trifonia Melibea Obono, a journalist and professor at the National University of Equatorial Guinea. More
What Am I?
"There’s no magic pill, no chemical formula, no hack, no listicle that can help you be a writer. If you want to be a writer—first, last, and always, you… More
The PEN Ten with Khadijah Queen
I wanted to say that my identity determines my opportunities to make a living, how much or little time I get to spend writing, and what I write about.… More
The PEN Ten with Luis Alberto Urrea
Writers are particularly dangerous...writing strikes the heart and mind so profoundly, in such a way that it can overturn prejudice or hidebound beliefs. More
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From the moment #Trump began lying and denigrating journalism & science I feared a pandemic where disinformation would be a matter of life or death and Americans would not be able to trust our govt. Now we're here. #COVIDー19 #CoronavirusOutbreak https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/world/asia/coronavirus-news.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Police have arrested would-be delegates of a founding congress of the opposition party in Kazakhstan, raising fears about political participation. https://bit.ly/384YLGK