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Jamil Jan Kochai Writes to Preserve Stories that Might Otherwise be Lost to Time

In March, Aspen Words announced the 2023 finalists for the sixth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize, a $35,000 award recognizing a work of

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04.12.2023
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Angie Cruz Addresses Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Gay Rhetoric Head-On in Her Most Recent Novel

In March, Aspen Words announced the 2023 finalists for the sixth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize, a $35,000 award recognizing a work of

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04.07.2023
Literature

Oscar Hokeah Writes to Better Understand Himself and the People Around Him

In March, Aspen Words announced the 2023 finalists for the sixth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize, a $35,000 award recognizing a work of

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04.07.2023
Literature

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri Wants to Bring Your Attention to Nature

Her short story collection What We Fed to the Manticore is narrated from animal perspectives.

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01.17.2023
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Fatimah Asghar Is Rewriting the Orphan Narrative

Her novel "When We Were Sisters" traces the bond of three siblings who are left to raise one another after their parents die.

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01.10.2023
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Announcing the Longlist for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize

The 14 titles include seven fiction debuts and five short story collections.

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12.12.2022
Literature

Dawnie Walton Wins the Aspen Words Literary Prize

The book follows the rise of an interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the secrets unearthed decades later.

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04.22.2022
Literature

5 Books That Connect Our Past, Present, and Future

Aspen Words announced the shortlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, an annual award for fiction that illuminates social issues.

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02.28.2022
Literature

Hala Ayan on Art as Activism

Her new novel The Arsonists’ City is nominated for the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

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02.24.2022
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