Tag: Jamel Brinkley
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Guggenheim Fellows 2024 announced
The Guggenheim Fellows 2024 were announced on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Here are the writers and poets of African descent on the list. Guggenheim Fellowships are grants awarded annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those “who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.” The fellowship…
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Aspen Words Literary Prize 2024 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize 2024 was announced on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The Aspen Words Literary Prize is an annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture. Eligible works include novels or short story…
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Jamel Brinkley on PEN Faulkner Award 2024 shortlist
Jamel Brinkley is on the shortlist for the PEN Faulkner Award 2024 announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, first handed out in 1981, is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year’s best works of fiction by living US American citizens. Some of the previous winners…