The Big Idea

How Music Helps Us Mourn

To launch The Big Idea series, we delved into the theme of How Music Helps Mourn. PEN/Faulkner partnered with Goethe-Institut Washington to present novelist Martha Anne Toll, author of Duet for One, in dialogue with interdisciplinary artist Leigh Davis, the creator of...

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The Siren Song of Homeownership

The second installment in PEN/Faulkner’s The Big Idea series focused on The Siren Song of Homeownership. We paired Marisa Kashino, author of Best Offer Wins—a whip-smart thriller set in DC’s cutthroat real estate market—in conversation with features journalist Rachel...

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