Chic Tribune Prize
George Saunders is a 2018 recipient of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for his first novel Lincoln in the Bardo.
NPR
Interview with Claudia Rankine on her art exhibit Stamped: One young woman said, “When I went blonde, I found myself.”
New York Times
Peter Balakian reflects on how his Armenian ancestry connects to his work – the translation of a book, a lecture tour, a symposium.
The New Yorker
Review of Forrest Gander’s newest collection Be With: the poet yearns, endures, and tries to spin the inchoate into words.
Star Tribune
Review of Natalie Goldberg’s Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home chronicling the process of illness, fear, and recovery.
The Atlantic
Claudia Rankine discusses her installation Stamped, the politics of hair color, and the significance and ethnic pressure to be blonde.
Poetry to Power
A profile on Joy Harjo where she shares her thoughts on poetry, politics, and power throughout the history of America.
Bustle
Review of Vanessa Hua’s A River of Stars: Hua uses her characters to challenge popular portrayals of motherhood.
NY State Poet
Alicia Ostriker has been named New York’s 11th State Poet, a writer described as: essential to understanding our American selves.
Parade
Are Braces a Birthright? by Vanessa Hua: My parents had tried to give me the teeth they didn’t have, and I had squandered it.