Sabir Sultan

Director, Literary Programs & World Voices Festival

Sabir Sultan is the director of the World Voices Festival and Literary Programs at PEN America. He has curated literary programs for the past six years. Most recently, he was the Director of Events at The Strand Book Store. Previously, he was an Events Manager at Barnes & Noble. He has a broad background in managing author and publisher relations. He attended Bard College at Simon’s Rock and George Mason University.


Articles by Sabir Sultan

Writing as Craft
Thursday October 12

Paul Yoon | The PEN Ten Interview

My hope is that each story communicates with the one beside it, in setting, in movement, in what it focuses on.

Writing as Craft
Tuesday September 26

C Pam Zhang | The PEN Ten Interview

Like language, food is essential and theoretically accessible to almost anyone. The real question is which culinary voices are permitted, celebrated, amplified, valued.

Writing as Craft
Thursday September 21

Isle McElroy | The PEN Ten Interview

It can feel amazing to be taken care of, to be known, but it can also feel limiting if one is shown things about oneself that are difficult to confront.