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AWLP2023

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

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

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

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.

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.

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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