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Jean Guerrero is author of the new book Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda. She joins us to talk about how Miller's rise has coincided with the rise of hatred in America and the perils she faces as a reporter. Then, PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel joins to talk about the controversy surrounding Mulan, hate speech online, and how to stop your friends and family from becoming disinformation spreaders.
We're back for an all-new season and an interview with Maaza Mengiste, whose book The Shadow King is now out in paperback — and has been longlisted for the Booker Prize. We talk about the text, grappling with writing amid and pandemic, and more. Plus we preview some of the great conversation up ahead on the second season of The PEN Pod. Thanks again for listening.
On this encore episode, we talk to film executive and PEN America board member Franklin Leonard on the coronavirus crisis' impact on screenwriters and the dynamic in Hollywood.
Author Yaa Gyasi's new book TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM publishes today, and tonight she joins PEN America for PEN OUT LOUD, our hallmark conversation series, for a talk with acclaimed writer Roxane Gay.
As the national debate over balancing the risks of social isolation heats up, author and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon discusses the consequences for mental health.
On this edition, we talk to British author Bernardine Evaristo about her latest novel and how she was able to assemble its incredible assortment of characters.
On today's episode, poet and activist Carolyn Forché shares insights on the power of poetry, the concepts of migration and movement during a lockdown, and reads from her new collection.
On this episode, we talk to Hugo Award winning author N.K. Jemisin about reckoning with real themes in a fantasy world.
On this episode, PEN America president Jennifer Egan discusses her own bout with a suspected case of coronavirus and how we can pull together as a literary community.
We speak to author of UNORTHODOX Deborah Feldman, whose hit memoir about leaving an ultra-religious Jewish community in Brooklyn is now the basis of a Netflix series.
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