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Fiction in a Time of Pandemic

Authors nominated for the Aspen Words Literary Prize discuss writing when the real world became stranger than fiction.

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04.23.2021
Literature

Louise Erdrich Is Fighting for Our Democracy

Her novel The Night Watchman is based on the life of her extraordinary grandfather who fought against Native dispossession.

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03.23.2021
Literature

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on Black Womanhood and Non-Western Lenses

Drawn from Ugandan folklore, her novel illuminates themes of feminism and the pressures of cultural assimilation.

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02.25.2021
Literature

5 Books That Will Transform the Way You See the World

They deal with serious topics, but among these are also stunning love stories and characters who will make you laugh out loud.

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Blog Post

02.17.2021
Literature

Rumaan Alaam on How Privilege Informs Crisis Response

The author's latest work Leave the World Behind examines race, class, parenthood, and environmental issues.

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Blog Post

02.16.2021
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Facing Our Climate Future Through Literature

Diane Cook's new novel illustrates how environmental calamity will affect all of us—unless we change course.

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Blog Post

02.16.2021
Literature

Brian Washington on the Existence of Simultaneous Truths

Washington's novel Memorial tackles big issues like race with humor and real people and an electric energy.

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Blog Post

02.16.2021
Literature

Susan Abulhawa Writes to Affirm Palestinian Existence

Her book Against the Loveless World follows Nahr, a Palestinian refugee who tells her story from a solitary-confinement cell in Israel.

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02.16.2021
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Brit Bennett Writes Toward Questions, Not Answers

Her book The Vanishing Half combines a tale of love, abandonment, and betrayal with deep social insights about race and identity.

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Blog Post

02.10.2021
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