The Mountbatten Materials: Censoring an Archive
Andrew Lownie on making the Mountbatten diaries and letters public, and the importance of writers' access to archives.
PEN Transmissions
Articles
Listening to the Flesh: For Tsitsi Dangarembga
Panashe Chigumadzi on Tsitsi Dangarembga, commissioned to celebrate Dangarembga winning the 2021 PEN Pinter Prize.
Everyone’s In, Everyone’s Out: A Conversation with Tice Cin
Tice Cin on North London, North Cyprus, and sensitivity reads.
Translating Simone de Beauvoir
Lauren Elkin on translating de Beauvoir's newly discovered novel The Inseparables.
At the Foot of the Volcano: Charif Majdalani in Conversation with Ben East
French-Lebanese writer Charif Madjalani in conversation with journalist Ben East.
He Can Hardly Even Be Approached: On Saadat Hasan Manto
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshadri on Saadat Hasan
He Can Hardly Even Be Approached: On Saadat Hasan Manto
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshadri on Saadat Hasan Manto.
The Great Homeless of Literature
Selahattin Demirtaş on 'home', state-sanctioned writing, and what makes literature literature. Translated by Kate Ferguson.
Everywhere in Essex, They Are Building
Tim Burrows' long read on housing, the green belt, urban development and climate activism in Essex.
Journalation
Anna Aslanyan on the perils of translating news.
Mario Levrero in Conversation with Mario Levrero
An imaginary interview with Mario Levrero and Mario Levrero, translated and introduced by Annie McDermott.
To Dearest, Cherished and Longed Amanuel
Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu writes to Amanuel Asrat on his 50th birthday. Translated by Issayas Beyene.