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Articles by PEN America

Writing as Craft
Tuesday July 25

The PEN Ten with Dani Shapiro

Writers—by the very nature of what we do—are forced to slow down, and perhaps in so doing, we form a counterweight to the culture of instantaneous reaction.

Writing as Craft
Monday June 19

The PEN Ten with Sarah Schulman

The arresting officer testified that I said, ‘Ladies should be able to choose.’ I think that the idea of a woman’s life being a human life was too complex.

Writing as Craft
Monday June 5

The PEN Ten with Lisa Ko

I said I wanted to be a writer, but only to myself—writers were not people who looked like me.