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  • A person with long dark hair sits on a stone ledge in a lush, green outdoor setting. They are wearing a black sleeveless dress, with a tattoo on their upper arm and sunglasses on their head, looking towards the camera with a relaxed expression.

    Bishakh Som

    Bishakh Som is an Indian-American trans femme visual artist and author. Her work has appeared in many publications including The New Yorker, MoMA.org, Autostraddle, The Strumpet, The…

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    Burhan Sönmez

    Burhan Sönmez is the author of six novels. He is president of PEN International and a Senior Member of Hughes Hall College and Trinity College, University of…

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  • A man with curly dark hair wearing a gray blazer and black shirt stands outdoors, looking directly at the camera, with a blurred green background.

    Jason Stanley

    Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. Before coming to Yale, he was Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University.…

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    Sabir Sultan

    Sabir Sultan is the director of the World Voices Festival and Literary Programs at PEN America. He has curated literary programs for nearly a decade. Prior to PEN…

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    Sam Sussman

    Sam Sussman is the author of the debut novel Boy From the North Country (Penguin Press, September 2025). His writing has been recognized by BAFTA and published…

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  • James Tager

    James Tager is the former Director of Research at PEN America. Tager previously led PEN America’s research and campaigning efforts on freedom of expression issues related to the…

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    Meredith Talusan

    Meredith Talusan (she/they) received a Creative Capital Award, MacDowell Fellowship, and Special Mentions from the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories in 2023; her stories appear…

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  • A man in a black shirt sits in front of a bookshelf filled with books. He is resting his arm on his knee and looking at the camera with a neutral expression. The photo is in black and white.

    Anderson Tepper

    Anderson Tepper is co-chair of the international committee of the Brooklyn Book Festival and curator of international literature at the City of Asylum in Pittsburgh. He was…

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  • A person with a bald head and goatee is wearing a gray suit with a striped shirt. They are looking at the camera with a slight smile. The background is blurred greenery.

    Héctor Tobar

    Héctor Tobar is a Los Angeles-born author of six books, including, most recently, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of Latino,…

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  • Julie Trébault

    Julie Trébault is the Executive Director of Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) – an independent organization that defends and advances the right to artistic freedom, providing practical…

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    Paul Tremblay

    Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie:…

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    Fernanda Trías

    Fernanda Trías was born in Uruguay and is the author of four novels and a short story collection. Pink Slime (Scribner, tr. by Heather Cleary) was longlisted…

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  • A person with curly hair and hoop earrings smiles slightly, wearing a pinstripe blazer and a white shirt. They are standing in front of a wrought iron fence.

    Adriana Trigiani

    Adriana Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Good Left Undone, The Shoemaker’s Wife and Lucia, Lucia.…

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  • A man with short dark hair, a goatee, and a dark jacket with a fur-lined hood stands outdoors. A pole with stickers and a blurred background of a building are visible. The mood is neutral.

    Radu Vancu

    Radu Vancu (Sibiu, Romania, 1978) is a Romanian poet, novelist, scholar, and translator. Between 2019 and 2023, he has served as president of PEN Romania. He works…

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  • A man with short gray hair and glasses is wearing a black polo shirt. He is standing in front of a bookshelf filled with various books and decorative items, looking at the camera with a slight smile.

    Jeff VanderMeer

    Jeff VanderMeer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including 2024’s Absolution. His other novels include Hummingbird Salamander; the Borne novels (Borne,…

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  • A person with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses smiles at the camera. They are wearing a black blazer over a blue top, and their arms are crossed. The background is a plain, light-colored wall.

    Lynn Vavreck

    Lynn Vavreck is the Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a…

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