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In Service: Writers on Making Ends Meet in the Service Industry

In Service: Writers on Making Ends Meet in the Service Industry

“It’s easy to remain clueless about how the world works for most people.”

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Here are the 2024 finalists for the $50,000 Gotham Book Prize.

Here are the 2024 finalists for the $50,000 Gotham Book Prize.

By Literary Hub | April 15, 2024

Exclusive: Read a new poem by National Book Award finalist Joan Wickersham.

Exclusive: Read a new poem by National Book Award finalist Joan Wickersham.

By Literary Hub | April 15, 2024

Sculpting Sound: Alison C. Rollins on Silence, Afrofuturism, and Writing Poems Across Time

Sculpting Sound: Alison C. Rollins on Silence, Afrofuturism, and Writing Poems Across Time

The Author of “Black Bell” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | April 8, 2024

Then and Now: How the AIDS Crisis Changed Queer Storytelling

Then and Now: How the AIDS Crisis Changed Queer Storytelling

Timothy Schaffert in Conversation With Eric Schnall

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Claire Jiménez has won the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for <em>What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez.</em>

Claire Jiménez has won the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez.

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Paul Yoon has won this year's Story Prize for The Hive and the Honey.

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Here are the winners of the 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.

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Here are the winners of this year's National Book Critics Circle Awards.

By Literary Hub | March 22, 2024

Here's the shortlist for the 2024 Dylan Thomas Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2024 Dylan Thomas Prize.

By Literary Hub | March 20, 2024

“The Act of Writing is a Haunting Experience.” A Roundtable on Community, Craft, and Ghosts

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Jenny Irish Talks with Her Former Students, Writers Kalani Pickhart, Winslow Schmelling, Christina D’Antoni, and Arya Naidu

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30 New Books Critics Think You Should Read Right Now

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NBCC Board Members Review This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists

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Naomi Klein, Hisham Matar, Maaza Mengiste and More Have Withdrawn From the PEN World Voices Festival

Naomi Klein, Hisham Matar, Maaza Mengiste and More Have Withdrawn From the PEN World Voices Festival

“In the context of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, we believe that PEN America has betrayed the organization’s professed commitment to peace and equality for all.”

By Literary Hub | March 14, 2024

Here are the finalists for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

By Literary Hub | March 13, 2024

Here's the longlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize.

Here's the longlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize.

By Literary Hub | March 11, 2024

Armen Davoudian on Immigration, Enjambments, and How Poems Can Make Loss Tangible

Armen Davoudian on Immigration, Enjambments, and How Poems Can Make Loss Tangible

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