The PEN Pod: An Interview with Parnaz Foroutan

Every month we highlight a guest curator. This month’s curatorial partner, PEN America, was founded in 1922 to champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. PEN America works to ensure that people everywhere have the freedom to create literature, to convey information and ideas, to express their views, and to access the views, ideas, and literatures of others. PEN America’s strength is its Membership – a nationwide community of more than 7,200 novelists, journalists, nonfiction writers, editors, poets, essayists, playwrights, publishers, translators, agents, and other writing professionals, as well as devoted readers and supporters who join with them to carry out PEN America’s mission. Learn more at pen.org.