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EXCLUSIVE: PEN America is both a lifeline and a ‘wasted opportunity’ for some incarcerated writers

Tamar Sarai
PEN’s decades-old prison programming lacks the organization and infrastructure to effectively communicate with and pay incarc

Why isn’t PEN America paying its incarcerated literary prize winners?

Alex Tretbar Natalye Childress
color collage with a red-and-white border and the PEN America logo among barbed wire, an outstretched hand with coins falling

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Circle of trust

Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.
color digital collage of a hand holding up a skull on a teal background

Never eat the candy on your pillow: Technology and the imprisoned

Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.
digital collage on a light teal background with a drawn image of a tablet with black circular scribbles at the center

Incarcerated writers struggle to be heard—the tech they use creates additional hurdles

Rukiya Colvin
color photograph inside a prison. a black man in an orange sweater holds a tablet while a man in a blue button-down stands to