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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 fiction that a ...

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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 fiction that a ...

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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 fiction that a ...

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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.

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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.

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01.10.2023
Literature

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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12.12.2022