Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu writes to Amanuel Asrat on his 50th birthday. Translated by Issayas Beyene.
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The Words We Choose II: A Roundtable with the International Booker Prize Shortlisted Translators
The shortlisted translators of the 2021 International Booker Prize in conversation with Maureen Freely.
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The Words We Choose: A Roundtable with the International Booker Prize Shortlisted Translators
The shortlisted translators of the 2020 International Booker Prize in conversation with Georgina Godwin.
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By Nanthikadal Lagoon, Our Dreams Lie Rusting in the Mud
Shash Trevett on the poetry of Nillanthan.
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In Their Minds: An Interview with Samira Sedira
Samira Sedira discusses race, class, resentment and crime.
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My Mother’s Land Is Over
Worapoj Panpong on family, land, and money. Translated from the Thai by Mui Poopoksakul
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EROSION, A6: Notes on the Waikīkī Blackout Poetry Project
Noʻu Revilla, Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), on the power of ecopoetry
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We Too Are the Trees
Karlo Mila on language, knowledge, and right relationships.
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My Eraser is a Memory
Nayrouz Qarmout writes from Gaza
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Three Years of Solitude
Suad Aldarra’s commission for the 2021 Cúirt International Festival of Literature, part of the PEN x Common Currency residency.
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Those Riding Shotgun
Nadine Anne Hura (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi) on climate, making time, and making people listen.
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Editorial: Pasifika Voices
Our editorial on forthcoming work in PEN Transmissions.
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Decolonial Feminisms: An Interview with Françoise Vergès
Françoise Vergès discusses decolonial feminism, free expression, Reunion and white feminism.
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Writers’ Contributions to the History of Ideas about Rural England and the Colonial Countryside
Corinne Fowler on how writers and writing explore the colonial histories of the English countryside.
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Why We Choose not to See the Old
Dulce Maria Cardoso on ageing. Translated by Ángel Gurría-Quintana.
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Once Again Our Democracy Is at Stake: Illustrating Orwell
Fido Nesti on adapting Nineteen Eighty-Four into a graphic novel in the shadow of Brazilian populism.
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Translating Emergencies
Sophie Lewis on translating Noémi Lefebvre.
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Spicy’s Story
Omid Tofighian and Behrouz Boochani tell the story of Bangladeshi refugee Spicy – across borders, seas and prisons.
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Working Masks
Kikuko Tsumura on making masks work. Translated by Polly Barton.
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Memories of the Fires
El Salvador’s Claudia Hernández on war, women, and burning. Translated by Julia Sanches.
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Lest Writers Become Accountants: An Interview with Mauro Javier Cárdenas
Ecuadorean Mauro Javier Cárdenas discusses radical grammar, Spanish, and US politics.
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For Uncle Milton
Robert Jones, Jr. on discovering he was not the only Black, queer member of his family.
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A Conversation with Andrew Black: A Conversation with Steven Hall
Steven Hall on thirteen years between novels, parent-children relationships, and full stops.
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For the Stories, or for the Visa Delays?
Nayrouz Qarmout writes about Edinburgh, Gaza, short stories, and packing her bag.
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A Broken Story: A Conversation with Mia Couto
Mia Couto discusses colonialism, Covid-19 and silence.
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Breaking Lines: An Interview with Tine Høeg
Danish writer Tine Høeg discusses line breaks, desire and and narrative puzzles.
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On the Pacific Coast: The English PEN Membership Interview Pilar Quintana and Lisa Dillman
Pilar Quintana and Lisa Dillman, author and translator of PEN Translates award-winning The Bitch, are interviewed by the English PEN Membership from their homes in Colombia and the USA.
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Shuddhashar at 30: An Interview with Tutul
Bangladeshi publisher Tutul – with whom Margaret Atwood shared her 2016 PEN Pinter Prize – discusses exile, free thinking, and thirty years of the magazine and publisher Shuddhashar.
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Already Bedfellows: A Long Interview with So Mayer
So Mayer discusses fascism, cinema, genderqueerness and freedom of expression.
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Why I Wrote ‘England Street’
Read Jay Bernard’s ‘England Street (Reggae fi Linton)’, commissioned to celebrate Linton Kwesi Johnson winning the 2020 PEN Pinter Prize. Featuring a specially commissioned introduction to the poem from Jay.
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A Dossier of Hate
Priyamavada Gopal writes on her experience of online hatred, and calls for an end to a politics of hate.
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Translating Every Day: The Importance and Impossibility of Decolonising Translation
Kavita Bhanot writes on mother-tongue shame, translating across generations, and decolonising translation.
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