An extract from In Other Words (Bloomsbury), the latest title from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.
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An extract from In Other Words, the latest title from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.
Read MoreL’adolescente peloso
An extract from In Other Words, the latest title from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A: Hiromi Kawakami and Allison Markin Powell
The author and translator of The Nakano Thrift Shop chat to PEN Atlas about literary influences, food, the beauty of everyday life and the linguistic differences between Japanese and English.
Read MoreA year of reading adventurously
The founder of the English PEN Translated Literature Book Club reflects on its first year of discussions.
Read MoreThe labyrinth
The journalist and contributor to The Sorrows of Mexico reflects on the ‘three demons’ of narco-politics, censorship and corruption, and on the future of journalism in his country.
Read MoreThe voice of this body
The award-winning novelist discusses the challenges of writing ‘about’ a real person – as she has done in her latest book, inspired by legendary Olympian gymnast Nadia Comăneci.
Read MoreFinding a shared language
#RefugeesWelcome: poet and performer Simon Mole reflects on his experience of welcoming young people to the UK through the act of writing as part of English PEN’s multilingual outreach project Brave New Voices.
Read MoreTales
#RefugeesWelcome: the poet and teacher shares his motivations for creating the Refugee Tales project – a literary journey of solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers and detainees, modelled on Chaucer’s great poem of travel and storytelling.
Read MoreThe immigrant
#RefugeesWelcome: a short, powerful extract from the play The Immigrant, written and directed by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, which turns the story of asylum on its head to ask questions of us all.
Read More‘Does Rahaf have a new doll now?’
#RefugeesWelcome: the acclaimed children’s author reflects on her experience sharing the stories of refugees in Germany – and the capacity of children to empathise across cultures. Part of a special #refugeeswelcome PEN Atlas series.
Read MoreWriting to never forget
#RefugeesWelcome: writer and former child refugee Yovanka Perdigao retraces her own journey from Guinea-Bissau to London via Dakar and Lisbon, finding solace and empowerment throughout her journey in her love of literature.
Read MoreTelling Europe’s stories
The creative producer for the European Literature Festival shares his highlights of 2016, and considers the importance of European stories in Britain after Brexit.
Read MoreIn praise of longhand
The Polish–English literary translator reflects on the UK’s EU membership referendum – its tone and its aftermath – and considers the role of literary translators in this brave new world.
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A: Anjan Sundaram
Journalist Anjan Sundaram talks to English PEN’s Robert Sharp about his latest book, Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship
Read MoreLiteratura animal
Galician poet, writer and journalist Manuel Rivas recalls stories from his childhood under Franco’s rule. His latest novel, The Low Voices (Harvill Secker), is published this month.
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A: Saša Stanišić
The acclaimed novelist talks to PEN Atlas about history, collective memory and place – the big themes of his latest book, Before the Feast (Pushkin Press).
Read MoreThe great replacement
On the day of #EURef in the UK, award-winning French-Algerian author Faïza Guène highlights the importance of citizen journalism in imagining and understanding Europe.
Read MoreAm I a European writer?
As PEN Atlas considers the theme of Europe ahead of the UK’s EU membership referendum on 23 June, novelist and essayist Janne Teller reflects on her multiple identities as a writer.
Read MoreJalada Africa: translating the continent
The Managing Editor of Pan-African writers’ collective Jalada Africa reflects on the significance of translation into and between African languages after publishing 30 translations of a story by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
Read More‘My God, so much sex?’
The author of Panty, published in English translation this month by Tilted Axis Press, describes how the limits placed on writing by South Asian women impelled her into surrealism, sexual politics, and the creation of new forms.
Read MoreDeath is like love
An exclusive extract from Second-Hand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich.
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A: Korean writers in the limelight
Asia Literary Review managing editor Phillip Kim talks to South Korean authors Cheon Myeong-kwan and Han Yujoo about the rising profile of K-Lit, Korean pop-culture and themes in their work.
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A: José Eduardo Agualusa
The author of A General Theory of Oblivion talks to PEN Atlas about his reclusive main character, the city of Luanda, living through troubled times, and the value of being translated.
Read MoreKafka’s The Trial in Eritrea
Today, on World Press Freedom Day, the director of PEN Eritrea in Exile shares his experience of life as a journalist in Eritrea.
Read MoreKafka's The Trial in Eritrea
Today, on World Press Freedom Day, the director of PEN Eritrea in Exile shares his experience of life as a journalist in Eritrea.
Read MoreWhy storytelling matters
The award-winning writer and folklorist reflects on the comfort and power of family stories.
Read MoreBards without borders
Two members of the Bards Without Borders poetry collective reveal their split opinions on Shakespeare in the lead-up to the 400th anniversary of his death.
Read MoreWorld literatures and literary worlds
As translators and publishers from around the world gather for the 2016 London Book Fair, Writers in Translation programme manager Erica Jarnes reflects on the theme of ‘reputation’ with respect to non-Anglophone writers.
Read MoreNo-platforming on campus: the student perspective
The Co-Chairs of York Student PEN explore the controversial NUS ‘No-platform’ policy, and the wider implications for freedom of speech in UK universities.
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