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Literature

Reading Is an Exercise in Building Empathy

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

BY Ann Friedman

Blog Post

01.20.2022
Literature

Tahmima Anam Asks if Technology Can Disrupt Love

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

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

12.14.2021
Literature

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.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

12.08.2021
Literature

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Centers Black and Indigenous Stories

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

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

11.30.2021
Literature

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.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

11.10.2021
Literature

Fiction in a Time of Pandemic

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

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

04.23.2021
Health Care

Four Books That Will Change the Way You See Health Care

These innovative writers will be featured at Aspen Ideas: Health which will take place virtually from April 27-29.

BY Aspen Ideas: Health

Blog Post

04.13.2021
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.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.25.2021
Literature

These Must-Read Debut Works Center Black Stories

These literary debuts are worthy additions to any bookshelf and to the great American literary tradition.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.18.2021
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