Lily Philpott

Literary Programs and World Voices Festival Producer

Lily Philpott was born in South America, raised in New England, and studied Literature and Creative Writing at Beloit College in Wisconsin and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. She is thrilled to take on the role of literary programs and World Voices Festival producer at PEN America, bringing a robust yearly calendar of public programs to life, curating the PEN Out Loud series at the Strand Book Store, and coordinating Lit Crawl twice a year, in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Philpott first joined PEN America as the membership and programs assistant, and worked on the 2017 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. Prior to joining PEN America, she worked with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and at the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park.


Articles by Lily Philpott

Thursday January 23

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Danez Smith

“The idea that there is only one kind of poet or one kind of poetry worth listening to is long dead.”

Thursday January 16

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Tochi Onyebuchi

“I think in America, the biggest threat to free expression is, paradoxically, American publishing.”

Thursday January 9

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Annalee Newitz

“Indeed, survival has been an ongoing preoccupation of mine, in both fiction and nonfiction.”

More Articles by Lily Philpott

Thursday January 2

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Aleksandra Lun, translated by Elizabeth Bryer

Thursday December 26

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Will Mackin

Thursday December 19

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Amal El-Mohtar

Thursday December 12

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Angie Cruz

Thursday December 5

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Dohra Ahmad

Thursday November 28

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Azar Nafisi

Thursday October 24

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Rivers Solomon

Thursday October 17

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Nicole Chung

Thursday October 10

“Find your truth and tell it:” A PEN Ten Interview with Etaf Rum

Tuesday September 17

“Paint the World with Words”: A PEN Ten Interview with Ibram X. Kendi

Thursday September 12

The PEN Ten: Jordy Rosenberg on Inspiration, Graphic Novels, and Radical Historians

Tuesday September 3

“No Language Has Power Over Another”: A PEN Ten Interview with Jhumpa Lahiri

Thursday August 29

The Power of Storytelling: A PEN Ten Interview with Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Thursday August 22

The PEN Ten: An Interview in Translation with Ha Seong-nan

Thursday August 15

“Be Versatile and Stay Curious”: A PEN Ten Interview with Zahra Hankir

Thursday August 8

The PEN Ten: An Interview in Translation with Duanwad Pimwana

Thursday July 25

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Author and Translator Stefania Heim