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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 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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  • Portrait of a smiling woman with blonde hair in a blue blazer next to the book cover for Man Up: The New Misogyny & the Rise of Violent Extremism by Cynthia Miller-Idriss, featuring bold white text on a dark, fiery background.

    Confronting a Rise in Misogyny and Violent Extremism Online and Off

    Wednesday October 22
    Amanda Wells
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  • A collage of eight people with diverse backgrounds, genders, and hairstyles, smiling or looking thoughtfully at the camera, set against varied indoor and outdoor backgrounds.

    2025 Emerging Voices Fellows | The PEN Ten Interview 

    Friday October 17
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  • Black-and-white portrait of a man with slicked-back hair next to a book cover titled “The Tragedy of True Crime” by John J. Lennon, featuring a black background and a white vertical stripe with red and black text.

    ‘True Crime’ From a New Point of View 

    Thursday October 9
    Madison Markham
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  • ‘Sex Work Isn’t Just One Thing’: New Memoir Explores Nuance of a Sugar Baby

    Wednesday October 8
    Yuliana Tamayo Latorre
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  • A woman in a black hood stands beside the book cover of Everyone Leaves by Wendy Guerra, which features a black-and-white photo of a young girl against a yellow background.

    ‘These are bad times for the world, but fertile and decisive moments for a writer’

    Wednesday October 1
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  • A man in a light shirt and cap looks to the side in front of a red circle; next to him is the colorful book cover for Dealing With the Dead by Alain Mabanckou.

    A Novel Takes on the Threat of Political Violence

    Monday September 22
    Valentine Sargent
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