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Samrat Upadhyay on Why Writing Short Stories Is Difficult

The Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee talks about 'Mad Country,' his latest short story collection.

BY Aspen Words

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02.12.2018
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Mohsin Hamid on the Books that Shaped Him

The Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee discusses his latest novel about migration and discrimination.

BY Aspen Words

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02.08.2018
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Vaddey Ratner on Embracing Refugees

The Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee discusses her own experience escaping the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia and how it shaped her latest book.

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02.05.2018
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Hala Alyan on Palestine, Family, and Learning to Write

The poet and Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee discusses her debut novel, Salt Houses.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.01.2018
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5 Questions with Novelist Jesmyn Ward

The Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee discusses her latest book, Sing, Unburied, Sing.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

01.29.2018
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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
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Megan Hunter on Imagining Disaster

The Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee opens up about climate change and motherhood in her debut novel.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

01.25.2018
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Roxane Gay on How Fiction Creates Empathy

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

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Blog Post

01.22.2018
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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.

BY Aspen Words

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01.18.2018
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