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interviewsMay 27, 2020June 27, 2020

Poetry’s Democracy: An Interview with Anthony Anaxagorou

Anthony Anaxagorou – poet, writer, publisher and educator – discusses spoken word after COVID-19, Cyprus, and poetry in the age of social media.

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personal essaysMay 19, 2020June 27, 2020

This Is Not an Arthur Koestler Novel – This Is Turkey

Can Bahadır Yüce writes on Turkey’s response to coronavirus, and calls for the release of at-risk political prisoners

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Digital Literary SalonApril 27, 2020July 22, 2020

Being Seen: Dean Atta in Conversation with Keith Jarrett

As part of our Digital Literary Salon, Dean Atta speaks to Keith Jarrett about queer black British experience, schools, and writing for teens.

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editorialApril 27, 2020June 27, 2020

Editorial: A Digital Salon

Our editorial on the Digital English PEN Literary Salon – interviews with writers who were due to appear at the 2020 London Book Fair.

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interviewsApril 21, 2020May 13, 2020

The Librarian Would Give You a Lock-down Extension: An Interview with Chen Qiufan

Chen Quifan – also known as Stanley Chan – discusses Shanghai, speculative fiction, AI, and threats to humanity.

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personal essaysApril 14, 2020May 13, 2020

Zoonotic

South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes writes on lockdown in Cape Town, and spider bites.

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personal essaysApril 7, 2020May 13, 2020

Plague Diary: A Week

Three days from a week of Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares’s coronavirus diary.

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interviewsMarch 31, 2020May 13, 2020

Standing with Hong Kong: An Interview with Joshua Wong and Jason Y. Ng

Joshua Wong and Jason Y. Ng, authors of Unfree Speech, discuss free speech in Hong Kong, coronavirus, and the role of literature in campaigning for global democracy.

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editorialMarch 30, 2020June 4, 2020

Editorial: Transmissions in the Time of Coronavirus

Read about changes to PEN Transmissions during our current crisis.

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personal essaysMarch 26, 2020January 1, 2021

How to Quarantine a Revolution

Lebanese writer and actress Dima Mikhayel Matta writes on quarantine, revolution, and being queer in Beirut.

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