Here are the finalists for the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards.

Here are the finalists for the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards.

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We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

David L. Ulin Traces a Season of Displacement in Old Los Angeles

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Let’s Talk About Bruno: In <em>Encanto</em>’s OCD Allegory, the Weird Brother Deserves Better

Let’s Talk About Bruno: In Encanto’s OCD Allegory, the Weird Brother Deserves Better

What Rachel May Wants People to Know About Living with OCD

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Imani Perry on Writing the Story of the American South

Imani Perry on Writing the Story of the American South

The Author of South to America Discusses the Space Between Public and Personal Narratives

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All About My Mother: A Case Study in Fragments

All About My Mother: A Case Study in Fragments

Silvina López Medin Explores the World of a Family

By Silvina López Medin | January 26, 2022

The Parkmaker and the Formgiver: On the Creative Friendship That Reshaped the American Streetscape 

The Parkmaker and the Formgiver: On the Creative Friendship That Reshaped the American Streetscape 

Hugh Howard on the Collaboration Between Frederick Law Olmsted and Henry Hobson Richardson

By Hugh Howard | January 26, 2022

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Edith Wharton’s groundbreaking Pulitzer was originally meant for Sinclair Lewis.

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Place is Not a Character—It is Its Own Story

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Morgan Thomas on the Way We Write Natural Landscapes

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On the Insanity of Being a Scrabble Enthusiast

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Oliver Roeder Navigates the Highs and Lows of His Stint as a Competitive Player

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Michael Brooks on How Mathematics Shapes Our World

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How American Authors Helped Push an Agenda of “Temperance”

How American Authors Helped Push an Agenda of “Temperance”

Carl Erik Fisher on the "Drunkard" Character and Early Prohibitionist Campaigns

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