Interviews & Features
PEN America produces a breadth of interviews and features throughout the year.
The PEN Ten with Camille Rankine
I like to hear stories from worlds that aren't my own. Sometimes, when I'm listening, a phrase floats into the air and everything else gets quiet, and it's like… More
The PEN Ten with Troy Wiggins
"We all have a preoccupation with mortality because time is such a limited currency for us. Alongside that, I have to reckon with the reality that as a Black… More
The PEN Ten with Heid E. and Louise Erdrich
It seems to me that being a public intellectual is crucial these days. Even if it is out fashion, we all have to fight for the freedom of conscience… More
PEN Bangladesh: Protecting Digital Space From Raising Extremism
The PEN World series showcase the important work of the more than 140 centers that form PEN International. Each PEN center sets its own priorities, but they are united… More
The PEN Ten with Phenderson Clark
"I have been on the opposite end of a police officer’s drawn weapon on at least three separate occasions in three different American cities. I can still recall… More
The PEN Ten with Olivia Cole
"If we have a responsibility as writers—and I’m not sure we do—ours is to see ourselves as clearly as we think we see the world, to, in the pursuit… More
The PEN Ten with Morgan Jerkins
"Love. I know it's cheesy but I am obsessed with love and how it shapes a reality between two individuals, a reality that others sometimes cannot fully perceive but… More
The PEN Ten with Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes
"Censorship is not being allowed to speak your language, it is having your mother tongue beaten out of you, it is being told your experiences are worthless because they… More
The PEN Ten with Rebecca Carroll
"The collective purpose of writers might be keep us all sane, generous and accountable." More
Toni Morrison: On Censorship, Literacy, and Literature
"I come from a race of people for whom, at one time in this country it was illegal to be taught to read, it was illegal and punishable by… More
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