The PEN World Voices Festival, held in New York City every year, brings together writers from all over the world to converse about their own and others’ work. The acronym stands for Poets, Essayists and Novelists,...

For those of you who feel the written word is in disrepair, it was alive and well at PEN’s 8th Annual World Voices Festival held the first week of May in New York City.

“Some moments in life stand out with hallucinatory intensity, shaping everything that comes afterward: the birth of a child, a victory earned after steady, hard work; a bitter loss or humiliation; a marriage...

In all the years of her advice-giving career, it is unlikely Ann Landers was ever faced with a question like “Is Jesus a lot of hype?” The same goes for her sister; a special no-prize...

Ivan Jenson has worn many hats during his career, but throughout stints as a pop singer, a painter, a poet, a sculptor and more, he has maintained the soul of an artist. In his new novel,...

Berlin’s Marcus Speh Birkenkrahe does not have a new book, movie, or record to promote. His old, new, and ever ongoing project that he has devoted his far reaching, scientific,...

You may or may not have found God in your life, but if you read Ben Ehrenreich’s new novel, Ether, you will find God — and find him in situations and positions not unlike many of...

It goes without saying that Stephen King is known for his twisted tales of horror. However, his most recent novel, 11/22/63, does not fall under this genre. The story is odd enough...

For those who grew up in the 60s, coming of age was simultaneous with attending the Woodstock music festival, Beatlemania, and experimenting with mind altering drugs. But it was also a...

“In certain latitudes there comes a span of time approaching and following the summer solstice, some weeks in all, when the twilights turn long and blue.” So begins Joan Didion’s...