The 2020 Literary Awards Longlists

PEN Poetry Series

“Nin” by John James

“Somewhere in the distance / a lemon tree’s lemons drink in the sun, / convert hard light to citrus” 

INTERVIEW

The PEN Ten with Angie Cruz

Lily Philpott

This week, we spoke with Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana (Flatiron Books, 2019). “Writing nuanced and complicated characters is already an act of resistance against the stereotypes in the entertainment and corporate culture.”

INTERVIEW

The PEN Ten with Dohra Ahmad

Lily Philpott

Earlier this month, we spoke with Dora Ahmad, editor of The Penguin Book of Migration Literature (Penguin Classics, 2019). “The biggest threat to free expression has always been, and will continue to be, unequal access to publication and publicity.”