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

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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

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Imani Perry on Writing the Story of the American South

Imani Perry on Writing the Story of the American South

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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

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

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

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