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  • A Matter of Conscience: Alice Oswald
    May 22, 2026

    A Matter of Conscience: Alice Oswald

    Alice Oswald on what it means to write with and from conscience.

  • A Matter of Conscience: Reni Eddo-Lodge
    May 22, 2026

    A Matter of Conscience: Reni Eddo-Lodge

    Reni Eddo-Lodge on what it means to write with and from conscience.

  • You Are Now Holding the Embers With Your Bare Hands
    August 1, 2024

    You Are Now Holding the Embers With Your Bare Hands

    Syrian writer Rosa Yassin Hassan on exile. Translated by Nawara Mahfoud.

  • To Fill the Void: A Conversation with Chloe Gong
    July 31, 2024

    To Fill the Void: A Conversation with Chloe Gong

    Chloe Gong on how YA fiction and Shakespeare shaped her writing voice.

  • Caught in the Act
    July 11, 2024

    Caught in the Act

    Abhijeet Singh on the relationship between photography and literature.

  • You Can Become an Extremist in the Course of a Day: An Interview with Friða Ísberg
    June 12, 2024

    You Can Become an Extremist in the Course of a Day: An Interview with Friða Ísberg

    Friða Ísberg on freedom, referenda and Icelandic literature.

  • Creativity Rests in Hunting for the Freedom We Want to Have
    June 4, 2024

    Creativity Rests in Hunting for the Freedom We Want to Have

    Ma Thida on freedom, art, and Myanmar.

  • Languages Learnt, Languages Lost
    May 9, 2024

    Languages Learnt, Languages Lost

    Sophie Lau on the complex relationship with her mother tongue.

  • This Intangible Thing Called Storytelling
    April 18, 2024

    This Intangible Thing Called Storytelling

    Mariam Jallow on the folklore, fear, and storytelling.

  • When You Are Stripped of All Else, You Will Need Poetry
    March 26, 2024

    When You Are Stripped of All Else, You Will Need Poetry

    lisa minerva luxx on poetry, memory, and breathing.

  • Relishing In My Pain
    March 19, 2024

    Relishing In My Pain

    Simone Yasmin on the catharsis, and trauma, of performing poetry

  • Editorial: Young Voices
    March 19, 2024

    Editorial: Young Voices

    Our editorial on forthcoming work in PEN Transmissions.

  • Letting Us Adults In on a Secret: An Interview with Liliana Corobca and Monica Cure
    January 23, 2024

    Letting Us Adults In on a Secret: An Interview with Liliana Corobca and Monica Cure

    Liliana Corobca and Monica Cure on children, Moldova, and secrets.

  • Art and Fire: An Interview with Ben Okri
    January 17, 2024

    Art and Fire: An Interview with Ben Okri

    Ben Okri on climate crisis, the purpose of writing, and what we leave behind.

  • Our Tongues Were Forked Along Lines of Migration
    December 19, 2023

    Our Tongues Were Forked Along Lines of Migration

    Janika Oza on language and migration.

  • Lubunca Is the Language of Activism: A Conversation with Lilith Bardakçı
    December 7, 2023

    Lubunca Is the Language of Activism: A Conversation with Lilith Bardakçı

    Lilith Bardakçı on the history and evolution of Lubunca, the language spoken by the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey.

  • It’s Michael Rosen!
    December 5, 2023

    It’s Michael Rosen!

    Joseph Coelho on his poem marking Michael Rosen winning the 2023 PEN Pinter Prize

  • Bookpocalypse: AI and the Risks to Literature and Free Expression
    December 1, 2023

    Bookpocalypse: AI and the Risks to Literature and Free Expression

    Monica Ali’s PEN H.G. Wells Lecture

  • Dice
    November 29, 2023

    Dice

    By Gazan writer Nayrouz Qarmout, translated by Sawad Hussain and Perween Richards.

  • Painful Encounters with Bureaucracy
    November 10, 2023

    Painful Encounters with Bureaucracy

    Hanna Komar on visas, Belarus, and sunsets on Peckham Rye.

  • In the Midst of This, I Write
    October 12, 2023

    In the Midst of This, I Write

    Michael Rosen’s PEN Pinter Prize 2023 speech

  • The Hotel
    September 26, 2023

    The Hotel

    Zainab Akhlaqi, after leaving Afghanistan. Translated by Zubair Popalzai.

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