topic: REVOLT medium: video PenTales co-founder Saskia Miller chats with Mexican writer (and PenTales Damascus organizer) Diego Gomez-Pickering about living in Syria during pretty turbulent times.

Farley Katz is from Texas originally but has been living in NYC since 2007. His cartoons appear in The New Yorker magazine. He also writes and draws the web cartoon Kids Are Dumb This is his submission to PenTales Love and Heartbreak. PenTales: What are the ingredients of a good […]

PenTales: You’re the Mexico City Instigator. Tell us a 100-word story to help us get to know Mexico City. Pablo: In the suburbs of Mexico City, there is a place called Chalco Solidaridad. It is an urban development built after the 1985 earthquakes that tore down several parts of the […]

Stephanie Yee contributed an illustration to our open call for stories on Love and Heartbreak. Check out more of her work here. PenTales: What are the ingredients of a good illustration? Stephanie: I have no idea. And by that I mean that my favorite drawings are usually the ones that […]

topic: REVOLT medium: interview Daniel Rasmussen is the New York Times best-selling author of American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt, which the Financial Times wrote had “a breadth and sweep reminiscent of The Black Jacobins.” Rasmussen has been described as a “crisp, confident writer” (Wall Street […]

SC Whiddon is a NY based illustrator and children’s book writer. This is her contribution to our Love and Heartbreak open call. PenTales: What are the ingredients of a good comedy? Sofia: I think a story that is relatable to people and honest. Also, witty dialogue helps. PenTales: Tell us […]

PenTales co-founder Saskia Miller chats with IP lawyer and PenTales Panama organizer Maria Arrocha about the current creative boom in her country.