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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

BY Aspen Words

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04.12.2023
Literature

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

BY Aspen Words

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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

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

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.

BY Aspen Words

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01.17.2023
Literature

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.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

01.10.2023
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

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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

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11.30.2021
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