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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Taylor Mac - PEN America
Publish Date
March 24, 2022
Interviewees
Taylor Mac
Interviewers
Nancy Vitale
Publisher
PEN America
Topics
Biggest threat to free expression today
Impact of capitalism on creativity
Importance of stories and communion
Relationship between truth and fiction
Role of a writer in an era of social unrest and polarization
Scope of work like 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music'
Writing as Craft
People Mentioned
Dirty Martini
Frederick Taylor
Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Italo Calvino
Jesse Greene
Mandy Patinkin
Matt Ray
Plato
Socrates
Susan Stroman
Ted Nugent
Works Mentioned
#24 in “A Song of Myself”
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Comparison is Violence
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Hir
Holiday Sauce
Red Tide Blooming
The Baron in the Trees
The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac
The Hang
The Last Two People on Earth: an Apocalyptic Vaudeville
The Lily’s Revenge
The Walk Across America for Mother Earth
The Young Ladies Of
Places Mentioned
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