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The PEN Ten Interview Series

The PEN Ten Interview Series

The PEN Ten is on the pulse of literary culture to help you discover your next great read. In this interview series, we ask authors 10 questions about their latest work and art.

  • A woman with long dark hair looks at the camera, set against a red circle on a gray background. Next to her is the book BIRTHSTONES in the PROVINCE OF MERCY by Bo Hee Moon, featuring green and white artwork.

    Bo Hee Moon’s Adoptee Narrative Imagines What Might Have Been

    Thursday February 19
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  • A bald man with a slight smile is shown next to the book cover of Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr, which features a view from an airplane window with a person lying on the wing at sunset.

    With ‘Every Exit Brings You Home,’ Naeem Murr Draws On His Palestinian Heritage to Ask Universal Questions 

    Thursday February 12
    Mira Seyal
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  • Donna Everhart On Why She Prefers to Write ‘Looking Backward Instead of Forward’ 

    Thursday February 5
    Erica Galluscio
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  • How Brad Meltzer’s Childhood Love of Comic Books Shaped His Latest Thriller 

    Tuesday February 3
    William Johnson
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  • Ten colorful book covers are displayed in two rows. Each cover features distinct titles, author names, and unique designs, showcasing a variety of fonts, colors, and graphics against a light gray background.

    What Do Authors Need When They Travel?

    Monday December 22
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  • A woman with wavy brown hair and a red top stands in front of a red circle, next to the cover of a book titled Galápagos by Fátima Vélez, featuring a purple illustration of a ship on green background.

    How a Contemporary Plague Novel Drew on the Voice of a Community

    Thursday December 18
    Aileen Favilla
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  • A smiling woman with long brown hair is pictured next to the book cover for A Sun Behind Us / Un sol caído avanza, which features a sunset with a dark silhouette of mountains and text in English and Spanish.

    María Auxiliadora Álvarez’s Collection Honors Her Father’s Legacy 

    Thursday December 11
    Sarah Dillard
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  • A woman with long dark hair and a serious expression appears beside the book cover for The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, featuring a blue background with gold and blue circular patterns.

    With Her Third Novel, Kiran Desai Centers the In Between

    Tuesday December 9
    Abhigna Mooraka
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  • A man with short gray hair and a beard smiles softly beside the book cover of The Emergency by George Packer, featuring a painted face with cracks and green vines on a black background.

    George Packer’s ‘The Emergency’ Wants Us To Rekindle Our Shared Sense of Humanity

    Wednesday November 12
    Julia Goldberg
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  • Portrait of a woman with wavy dark hair next to the cover of the book Lightbreakers: A Novel by Aja Gabel, featuring a cactus and abstract orange and pink circles on a yellow background.

    Using Science Fiction to Write About Grief, Marriage, and Memory

    Friday November 7
    Sabir Sultan
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  • A smiling person in a hoodie holds a tabby cat, with a red circle behind them. Next to them is the book cover of I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan, featuring an illustrated cityscape and a person with parcels.

    Humor, Exhaustion, and Resilience in the Ups and Downs of a Delivery Worker in China

    Thursday October 30
    Malka Margolies
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  • A woman with long dark hair and bold lipstick is pictured next to the book cover for When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee, which features a womans face and a butterfly with red and gold tones.

    Girl Gangs, Found Families, and Creating Kinship Outside of the Mainstream

    Thursday October 23
    Sarah Dillard
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