PEN World Voices

A New Poem by Tracy K. Smith

Celebrating This Year's PEN World Voices Festival

 
By Tracy K. Smith  May 13, 2022
Open Letters

A Letter from Eileen Myles to Save East River Park

By Eileen Myles  May 12, 2022
Home

“Loyalty Rather Than Love,” by Nadifa Mohamed

By Nadifa Mohamed  May 11, 2022
Poetry

“Monody,” a Poem by Canisia Lubrin

By Canisia Lubrin  May 10, 2022
Poetry

“Nobody in the Water,” a Poem by Tayi Tibble

By Tayi Tibble  May 9, 2022
The Hub

This year’s PEN World Voices Festival lineup includes Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, and more.

By Jessie Gaynor  February 28, 2020
The Hub

Inside Salman Rushdie’s former safe house on London’s shady “Billionaires Row.”

By Aaron Robertson  November 20, 2019
News

PEN World Voices Festival: Resistance, Roxane Gay, and the Next Generation

By Matt Grant  April 10, 2018
Events

One of America’s Most Bookish Cities is Getting a New Lit Festival

By Steph Opitz  December 13, 2017
Politics

Maaza Mengiste, Carrie Brownstein, and Jill Filipovic on Gender and Power

By Literary Hub  May 3, 2017
Where to Go

5 Must-See Events at the PEN World Voices Festival on Gender and Power

By Emily Temple  May 2, 2017
Uncategorized

The Modern and the Medieval Collide: Aminatta Forna on Ebola

By Aminatta Forna  April 22, 2016
Criticism

Beyond the Afropolitan Writer

By Rahawa Haile  May 12, 2015
Short story writers

The World in 2050: Women in Power

By Mona Eltahawy  May 11, 2015
Conversations

The View of Haiti from Brooklyn

By Kerri Arsenault  May 8, 2015
Essay

On Memoir: Ondaatje, Smith, and Sante

By Kerri Arsenault  May 8, 2015
Excerpts

Atticus Lish: A Prayer for Rockers

By Atticus Lish  May 7, 2015
Excerpts

Edwidge Danticat: A Prayer Before Dying

By Edwidge Danticat  May 7, 2015
Speech

Sayed Kashua: No Choice But to Pray

By Sayed Kashua  May 7, 2015
Events

Hands On at PEN World Voices

By Kerri Arsenault  May 6, 2015
Events

Last Night at PEN World Voices: Dystopian Africa

By Rahawa Haile  May 5, 2015
Essay

How to Eat a Forest: In Two Acts

By Billy Kahora  May 4, 2015
Archives

A Preview of this week’s PEN World Voices Festival

By Rahawa Haile  May 4, 2015
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