To Which Homeland Should I Send My Letter?
Kamran Sajid on Panjabi folk music
Art
Art – PEN Transmissions
Past and Future Death and Art
AJ Layla on legacy and creative instinct.
A Type Beat Under the Pressure Cooker: Reflecting On the First Anniversary of Art Not Evidence
Adèle Oliver on drill, resistance, and the Art Not Evidence campaign.
The Mud of Old Damascus Became My Mud: A Conversation with Issam Kourbaj
Issam Kourbaj on found art, the imagery of boats, and urgent archives.
Mostar’s Sniper Tower
Tayiba Sulaiman on memorialisation.
Find Your Mind
Tallulah Howarth on embracing your poetic mind.
I Need to Build a Different Library
Finlay Worrallo on writerly intentions and the translation of ideas.
Writing What We Know
Jade Prince on writing Gen Z authentically for the screen.
Beatnik Snappers and Salt Bae Sprinklers
Elena Barham on the the ongoing lack of access to the arts for working-class writers.
Caught in the Act
Abhijeet Singh on the relationship between photography and literature.
Creativity Rests in Hunting for the Freedom We Want to Have
Ma Thida on freedom, art, and Myanmar.
This Intangible Thing Called Storytelling
Mariam Jallow on the folklore, fear, and storytelling.
Art and Fire: An Interview with Ben Okri
Ben Okri on climate crisis, the purpose of writing, and what we leave behind.
Dice
By Gazan writer Nayrouz Qarmout, translated by Sawad Hussain and Perween Richards.
Telling Their Story As Truthfully As Possible: A Conversation with Ann-Helén Laestadius
Ann-Helén Laestadius on her latest novel Stolen, and the Sámi community.
Ghana and the Literary Industry
Elizabeth Johnson on the literary scene in Ghana, who's building it, and the value of publishing on the continent.
For Malorie
Dapo Adeola on his illustration marking Malorie Blackman winning the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize
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.
Art Is a Tool for Thinking: An Interview with Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing discusses the power of art in an emergency, the role of bad art, and our current weather.
Faces Afraid of the Mirror
Zehra Doğan imagines the future: it is 3219 and art is a crime. Mirrors are banned. States who provide welfare to their citizens are brought before the European Court of Human Rights. And a country that imprisons its artists makes more and more money from tourists...
