Holding Up a Funhouse Mirror: Lavie Tidhar in Conversation with Robert Sharp
As part of our Digital Literary Salon, Lavie Tidhar speaks to Robert Sharp about speculative fiction, cultural appropriation, and what we can – and should – write.
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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.
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.
Zoonotic
South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes writes on lockdown in Cape Town, and spider bites.
Plague Diary: A Week
Three days from a week of Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares's coronavirus diary.
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.
Editorial: Transmissions in the Time of Coronavirus
Changes to PEN Transmissions during our current crisis.
How to Quarantine a Revolution
Lebanese writer and actress Dima Mikhayel Matta writes on quarantine, revolution, and being queer in Beirut.
Silence, Our Noisy Silence: A Conversation with Sema Kaygusuz and Nicholas Glastonbury
Sema Kaygusuz and Nicholas Glastonbury discuss shame, representation and the Turkish language.
Who Gets to Write What?
Ananda Devi writes on Mauritius and London, the purpose of fiction, and appearing to tread dark territories.
Where Should They Throw Us? An Interview with Rodaan Al Galidi
Iraqi-Dutch novelist speaks to us about writing the asylum process, language and the value of humour.
Free Music
Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian writes on his time in Evin Prison, and music as a form of resistance in the Middle East.