Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2023 Insider Prize, Selected by Nickolas Butler

Last spring, I approached Nickolas Butler, internationally bestselling author of the novels Shotgun Lovesongs, The Hearts of Men, and Godspeed, to be the judge for this year’s Insider Prize, American Short Fiction’s annual literary award for incarcerated writers in Texas. He’d worked with incarcerated writers in the past, championing their work. His own writing explores […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-22 08:15:30 UTC ]

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Screen legend Sophia Loren is back in an adaptation of a Goncourt Prize-winning novel.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-29 17:36:47 UTC ]
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Jeff Daniels Tells Michigan What Trump's Really Like: ‘Not Much Of A Man At All’

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Book Deals: Week of October 26, 2020

Bestselling author Steve Berry finds a new home at Grand Central, Grove Buys a Norwegian debut, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Anna Burns wins the International Dublin Literary Award for Milkman.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-22 15:20:06 UTC ]
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Aleksandar Hemon has been awarded the 2020 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-13 17:31:47 UTC ]
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Thomas Nelson, Lysa TerKeurst Launch New Book Brand

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100 Essential Books by Iranian Writers: Children’s and Young Adult Titles, by Niloufar Talebi

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[ Electric Literature | 2020-09-25 11:00:06 UTC ]
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Embracing the Wildness of Diaspora: A Conversation with K-Ming Chang

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On Creating Family in the Poetry Classroom

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We Need to Talk About Audible

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‘That’s A Cult’: Bestselling Author Hits Trump-Supporting Coronavirus Deniers

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Famed Neustadt Lit Fest for 2020 Goes 100% Online

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Bestselling Author Don Winslow Reveals ‘The Greatest Lie Donald Trump Ever Told’

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