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
The PEN Ten with Marcus Wicker
There will always be a special place in my heart for those of us who find ways to express our beliefs and life obsessions absent of politics and megaphones... More
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PEN America On 
A rising tide of nationalism in India is driving ordinary citizens to spread fake news, according to BBC research. https://t.co/7SI0IDGrn2
The Hungarian government is about to hit another milestone in its move away from democracy by ejecting the prestigious Central European University from its capital. Protecting institutions of higher education is an essential part of democracy. https://t.co/z4Gx2imwc4
Argentinian artist Marta Minujín made a full-size replica of the Greek Parthenon using 100,000 copies of banned books, built on the very same historic site where the Nazis burnt around 2,000 books in 1933. https://t.co/lb9heR9e5N