The Center for Fiction
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s Big Girl included on The Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize Shortlist.
American Poets Prizes
Marilyn Nelson, Jericho Brown, and Mai Der Vang among winners of the 2022 American Poets Prizes.
National Book Awards
Jenny Xie’s The Rupture Tense and Meghan O’Rourke’s The Invisible Kingdom among titles included on the National Book Awards’ longlists.
Booker Prize
Congratulations to all the 2022 Booker Prize finalists, including Percival Everett for his novel The Trees!
Kirkus Reviews
Congratulations to Mecca Jamilah Sullivan whose debut Big Girl is longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize.
Forbes
Joy Harjo on being named artist-in-residence at The New Bob Dylan Center: “I remember being caught by his voice and his lyrics.”
Newswires
UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture awarded to poet Dunya Mikhail.
Miami-Herald
He was President Barack Obama’s inaugural poet. Now, Richard Blanco is Miami-Dade’s first poet laureate.
Anisfield Wolf
Percival Everett wins in fiction for the Cleveland Foundation’s 87th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.
LA Times Book Prize Finalists
Mai Der Vang (Yellow Rain) and Saïd Sayrafiezadeh (American Estrangement) named among finalists for the 2022 LA Times Book Prize.