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Isabella Hammad Wins Aspen Literary Prize

Last night at the Morgan Library in New York, Aspen Words announced the recipient of the Aspen Words Literary Prize (AWLP), a $35,000 annual award for a wo ...

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Blog Post

04.26.2024
Literature

'The Beekeeper of Aleppo' Wins Aspen Words Literary Prize

The book tells the story of a couple who flees war-torn Syria to make a treacherous journey to the UK.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

04.16.2020
Literature

A Memoir of Secrets Better Kept

This week, Adrienne Brodeur’s memoir WILD GAME: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me was released to no shortage of rave reviews. It’s a rare bird — a book t ...

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

10.18.2019
Literature

Trump’s Close Relationship with Fox News

Carolyne Heldman interviews Jane Mayer, staff writer for The New Yorker, as part of an author series held by Aspen Words.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

04.03.2019
Literature

10 Writers to Watch (and Read) in 2019

Aspen Words provides fellowships to emerging writers demonstrating exceptional talent and promise.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.25.2019
Literature

Elaine Pagels' Search for Religion

Pagels will join Aspen Words for their Winter Words event on February 26.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.22.2019
Literature

Why Poems Stick With Us Forever

Tracy K. Smith says poetry can bridge the gap between what we experience and how to explain it.

BY Sean McGovern

Blog Post

01.25.2018
Literature

Roxane Gay on How Fiction Creates Empathy

The Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee discusses the emotional forces behind her latest short story collection.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

01.22.2018
Literature

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Politics and Poetry

The Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee talks about how politics shift with age and why fiction and invention are devices for truth.

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Blog Post

01.18.2018
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