Philip G. Alcabes 4/17/25 Philip G. Alcabes 4/17/25

Gaza and the Jewish People

How is it that we Jews may exempt other Jews from moral scrutiny?

Antonella Anedda 4/16/25 Antonella Anedda 4/16/25

Antonella Anedda: Five Poems

Five poems in honor of Emerging from the Winter Sea (FSG, 2026) by Antonella Anedda, translated by Wallis Wilde-Menozzi.

Dan Hunter 4/16/25 Dan Hunter 4/16/25

The Door is Open: Death in the Digital Age

Cradle to grave in the digital age, we are constant fodder for corporate profits.

Featured Fiction Series 4/16/25 Featured Fiction Series 4/16/25

Featured Fiction: Louis Harnett O’Meara

Maybe it was down to familiarity, or maybe it was the time that had passed, but Gabriel’s manner didn’t irritate Ollie as much as he’d expected.

Featured Poet Series 4/16/25 Featured Poet Series 4/16/25

Featured Poets: Ellen Hinsey and Madeline Gilmore

We’re proud to bring you the poems of Ellen Hinsey and Madeline Gilmore.

Jacki Lyden 4/16/25 Jacki Lyden 4/16/25

Word Pictures

Now that I have at last steeled myself and spent hours wandering amid the drawings, they fill me with awe at what one critic called his “meticulous madness.”

Judith Nies 4/16/25 Judith Nies 4/16/25

The Long Forgetting: An American Origin Story Retold

The essential element omitted from America’s origin story is the role of money, who made it, where, and how.

David Rieff 4/16/25 David Rieff 4/16/25

Preface to the Ukrainian Edition of Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag

Are photographs contexts for the nurturing of solidarity or, instead, are they forms of socially acceptable voyeurism?

ariel rosé 4/16/25 ariel rosé 4/16/25

Swimming in Odesa

A field trip with PEN Ukraine to libraries and schools in the Odesa region in February, 2025.

Marjana Savka 4/16/25 Marjana Savka 4/16/25

Crooked Runs the World

Every day at 9am, my country becomes still.

Kurt Caswell 1/17/25 Kurt Caswell 1/17/25

In the Room Where Keats Lay Dying

There in the room where Keats died, the light coming in that way, the indoor relief from the outdoor heat and humidity of late summer in Rome, my lover and I moved in silences.