When You Are Stripped of All Else, You Will Need Poetry
lisa minerva luxx on poetry, memory, and breathing.
PEN Transmissions
Articles
Relishing In My Pain
Simone Yasmin on the catharsis, and trauma, of performing poetry
Editorial: Young Voices
Our editorial on forthcoming work in PEN Transmissions.
Letting Us Adults In on a Secret: An Interview with Liliana Corobca and Monica Cure
Liliana Corobca and Monica Cure on children, Moldova, and secrets.
Art and Fire: An Interview with Ben Okri
Ben Okri on climate crisis, the purpose of writing, and what we leave behind.
Our Tongues Were Forked Along Lines of Migration
Janika Oza on language and migration.
Lubunca Is the Language of Activism: A Conversation with Lilith Bardakçı
Lilith Bardakçı on the history and evolution of Lubunca, the language spoken by the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey.
It’s Michael Rosen!
Joseph Coelho on his poem marking Michael Rosen winning the 2023 PEN Pinter Prize
Bookpocalypse: AI and the Risks to Literature and Free Expression
Monica Ali's PEN H.G. Wells Lecture
Dice
By Gazan writer Nayrouz Qarmout, translated by Sawad Hussain and Perween Richards.
Painful Encounters with Bureaucracy
Hanna Komar on visas, Belarus, and sunsets on Peckham Rye.
In the Midst of This, I Write
Michael Rosen's PEN Pinter Prize 2023 speech