An Endangered Species in Uganda
Stella Nyanzi on dissident writers and free expression in Uganda.
PEN Transmissions
Articles
Salman the Wordsmith
By Zadie Smith.
An Irresistible Contradiction: An Interview with Idza Luhumyo
Idza Luhumyo, winner of the 2022 AKO Caine Prize, discusses short stories, agency, and power.
Books, Books, Books
Julian Barnes on collecting books, reading books, and annotating books.
I Am a Writer Because My Will to Understand People Is Greater Than My Need to Judge Them: Pajtim Statovci in Conversation with Octavia Bright
Pajtim Statovci talks to Octavia Bright about tricky protagonists, Albanian mythology and multilingualism
The Freedom and Right to Share Our Stories: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Decolonising Literature
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on decolonising literature about Việt Nam by writing in the language of the coloniser.
On Translation
Astrid Alben on language, childhood, photographs and translation.
The Words We Choose III: The 2022 International Booker Prize Shortlisted Translators in Conversation
The shortlisted translators of the 2022 International Booker Prize in conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama.
I Want to Be Commissioned to Review Love Island
June Bellebono on the pigeonholing of identities, being commissioned on topics other than that which you embody, and Love Island.
I Do Not Want You to Escape the Real World
Yara Rodrigues Fowler on material as a part of reading, the making of zines, and writing there are more things.
Osman Kavala and the Life of the Mind
Thomas de Waal on sending Osman Kavala books to read in Silivri Prison.
When a Country’s Soul Succumbs: Laws, Migration and Culture
The 2022 StAnza Lecture by Mona Arshi.