Anna Konkle spent years portraying a version of her younger self on screen. In her new memoir "The Sane One," she finally ...

The writer and actor spent years grappling with childhood shame, parental estrangement, and self-doubt. Now, she’s made it to ...

The author of “The Sane One” and co-creator of Pen15 answers the Harper’s Bazaar Questionnaire ...

Coming-of-age tales are nothing new. However, coming-of-age tales told from the female perspective kind of are. When one does show up, all eyes are instantly upon it as there’s often an audience ...

The Hulu series, "PEN15," may be set in a '00s-era middle school, but it's very much an adult comedy. The series about two best friends as they head into 7th grade explores middle school as it really ...

PEN15 premiered with its 10-episode first season in February 2019. The series depicts the lives of two teenagers, Maya Ishii-Peters and Anna Konkle, who are best friends. They begin their 7th grade ...

Thus far 2019 is turning out to be an interesting year for TV comedies, with two edgy, worthwhile shows, Hulu’s “PEN15” and TBS’ “Miracle Workers,” premiering in the next week, following Comedy ...

The success of recent titles like “Big Mouth” (2017–), “Eighth Grade” (2018) and “Sex Education” (2019–) makes it clear: raunchy coming-of-age cringe comedies are having a well-deserved moment, taking ...

Something funny is happening at Hulu. The streaming network whose original output had heretofore been best defined by the grim drama of The Handmaid’s Tale has spent the first few months of 2019 ...