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    Here are the literary Guggenheim Fellows of 2021.

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    April 8, 2021, 12:06pm

    Today, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the recipients of its 2021 fellowships, chosen through a peer-review process from nearly three thousand applicants. Of the 184 recipients—“exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship . . . and creation”—26 were awarded to fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and poets.

    Congratulations to the 2021 fellows!

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    Poetry
    Ellen Bass
    Don Mee Choi
    Andrea Cohen
    Stephen Kuusisto
    Sandra Lim
    Tracie Morris
    Craig Morgan Teicher
    Roberto José Tejada
    Connie Voisine
    Mark Wunderlich

    Fiction
    Kaitlyn Greenidge
    Mitchell S. Jackson
    Tayari Jones
    Daniel Mason
    Laura van den Berg
    Paul Yoon

    General Nonfiction
    Alexander Chee
    Ian Frazier
    William Giraldi
    Farah Jasmine Griffin
    Helen Molesworth
    George Prochnik
    Wendell Steavenson
    Robert Sullivan
    Michelle Tea
    Kate Zambreno

    You can see the full list here.

    Alexander Chee Andrea Cohen Connie Voisine CRAIG MORGAN TEICHER Daniel Mason Don Mee Choi Ellen Bass Farah Jasmine Griffin George Prochnik Guggenheim fellows Guggenheim Foundation Helen Molesworth Ian Frazier Kaitlyn Greenidge Kate Zambreno Laura van den Berg Mark Wunderlich Michelle Tea Mitchell S. Jackson Paul Yoon Robert Sulllivan Roberto José Tejada Sandra Lim Stephen Kuusisto Tayari Jones The Hub Tracie Morris Wendell Steavenson William Giraldi

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