Kori Davis

Kori Davis was a database coordinator for the Membership and National Engagement team at PEN America. His role was to provide support to current members, perform outreach to attract new members to PEN America, and a wide variety of additional projects.


Articles by Kori Davis

Writing as Craft
Thursday August 15

Yahia Lababidi | The PEN Ten Interview

When we refuse to acknowledge the suffering of others, and the role we play in it, we contribute to our own suffering, since we are One. The violence we commit throughout the world or allow to take place in our name is like a karmic serpent that will find its way home, to our doorstop.

A person with short blonde hair sits on a gray chair against a red circle background, next to the book cover of Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender.
Writing as Craft
Thursday February 8

Kacen Callender | The PEN Ten Interview

I wanted to offer the idea that power is naturally inside of all of us, and that we can feel empowered and worthy and loved even when rejected by others for not meeting their criteria of worth.

A person with long dark hair and hoop earrings stands among green leaves, with sunlight casting leaf-shaped shadows across their face and shoulder.
Writing as Craft
Thursday November 10

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Cynthia Dewi Oka

To question something is to refuse its inevitability; to me that is one way we exercise our humanity in the face of inhumane conditions.