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.

January 17, 2023

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.

January 10, 2023

Reading Is an Exercise in Building Empathy

A member of the Aspen Words Literary Prize jury reflects on the power of the written word.

January 20, 2022

Tahmima Anam Asks if Technology Can Disrupt Love

Her novel The Startup Wife is a nominee for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

December 14, 2021

Peter Ho Davies on How Shame Makes Us Human

His new novel A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself is nominated for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

December 8, 2021

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on Centering Black and Indigenous Stories in History

Her first novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, is a nominee for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

November 30, 2021

Announcing the Longlist for the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize

Open to authors of any nationality, the award is one of the few focused exclusively on fiction with a social impact.

November 10, 2021