To write thinking of a novel’s reception and anticipating that it will be of interest is an idea of hell, a betrayal. The writer’s motivation needs to be linked to the notion of being outside the world, above it.
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On the move: Olga Tokarczuk
The concept of a ‘nation’ doesn’t have the power to describe the contemporary identity of people living in the world. We should look for other ideas to describe us as a collective, as a group, as a society.
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A revolution awaiting its name
Was the ruling system in need of all the propaganda it made? A dictatorship such as this one grows up with propaganda, nourishes itself on shaping people’s consciousness, and fades when they stop believing it.
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Going home
I hope that when we read each other’s work, we are better able to comprehend the struggles of those around us. I hope it helps us perceive the humanity of those with lives different from our own.
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Editorial: hope after crisis
We asked four writers what happens after a revolution, after a political crisis or transformation, once the cameras have moved on, when it’s just you and the aftermath of whatever happened.
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After apocalypse, exile
I continue to be haunted by a persistent feeling of being neither here nor there: a sense of emptiness people can only experience when they feel they are uprooted from their natural environment.
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Welcome
Welcome to PEN Transmissions! We are a new online zine dedicated to international writing.
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