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Announcing the winners of the PEN/Bellwether Prize and the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize.

Announcing the winners of the PEN/Bellwether Prize and the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | March 2, 2021

Here are the finalists for the 2020 Bram Stoker Award.

Here are the finalists for the 2020 Bram Stoker Award.

By Rasheeda Saka | February 22, 2021

Meet the Creators of the <em>Toni Morrison Project</em>

Meet the Creators of the Toni Morrison Project

In Celebration of an Iconic American Writer

By Rasheeda Saka | February 18, 2021

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Aspen Literary Awards.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Aspen Literary Awards.

By Rasheeda Saka | February 17, 2021

Asako Serizawa has won the 2021 Story Prize Spotlight Award.

Asako Serizawa has won the 2021 Story Prize Spotlight Award.

By Rasheeda Saka | February 10, 2021

Here are the finalists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards.

Here are the finalists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards.

By Rasheeda Saka | February 10, 2021

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Books of the Week

  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
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  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

Mark your calendars! Kazuo Ishiguro is kicking off this May’s Wordplay Festival.

By Rasheeda Saka | February 4, 2021

Here are the United States Artists’ 2021 Writing Fellows.

By Rasheeda Saka | February 3, 2021

Here are the finalists for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award.

By Rasheeda Saka | January 25, 2021

Tessa Thompson's brand new production company is adapting two great books by Black women for HBO.

Tessa Thompson's brand new production company is adapting two great books by Black women for HBO.

By Rasheeda Saka | January 15, 2021

Today, Tsitsi Dangarembga was awarded the 2021 PEN Award for Freedom of Expression.

Today, Tsitsi Dangarembga was awarded the 2021 PEN Award for Freedom of Expression.

By Rasheeda Saka | January 13, 2021

Here are the 2020 finalists for The Story Prize.

Here are the 2020 finalists for The Story Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | January 12, 2021

Barry Lopez has won the inaugural $20,000 <em>Writer in the World</em> Prize.

Barry Lopez has won the inaugural $20,000 Writer in the World Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 22, 2020

Gabriel Bump has won the 2020 Ernest Gaines Award.

Gabriel Bump has won the 2020 Ernest Gaines Award.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 22, 2020

Penguin Random House and Jay-Z's Roc Nation have launched a new imprint.

Penguin Random House and Jay-Z's Roc Nation have launched a new imprint.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 15, 2020

Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham on Social Media, Black Futurity, <br>and the Archive

Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham on Social Media, Black Futurity,
and the Archive

Black Futures started as all great contemporary love stories do—on an app!"">"Black Futures started as all great contemporary love stories do—on an app!"

By Rasheeda Saka | December 11, 2020

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