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Aspen Words Literary Prize
The Aspen Words Literary Prize, established in 2018, is an annual literary award presented by Aspen Words, a literary center in Aspen, Colorado Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mounta .... The prize is presented to an author for "an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.” Winners receive a $35,000 prize. Recipients References {{reflist English-language literary awards Awards established in 2018 Fiction awards International literary awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspen Words
Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the ''Populus'' genus. Species These species are called aspens: *''Populus adenopoda'' – Chinese aspen (China, south of ''P. tremula'') *''Populus davidiana'' – Korean aspen (Eastern Asia) *''Populus grandidentata'' – Bigtooth aspen (eastern North America, south of ''P. tremuloides'') *''Populus sieboldii'' – Japanese aspen (Japan) *''Populus tremula'' – Eurasian aspen (northern Europe and Asia) *''Populus tremuloides'' – Quaking aspen or trembling aspen (northern and western North America) Habitat and longevity The trembling of the leaves of the trembling aspen Aspen trees are all native to cold regions with cool summers, in the north of the northern hemisphere, extending south at high-altitude areas such as mountains or high plains. They are all medium-sized deciduous trees reaching tall. In North America, the aspen is referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severance (novel)
''Severance'' is a 2018 science fiction novel by Chinese-American author Ling Ma. It follows Candace Chen, an unfulfilled Bible product coordinator, before and after an incurable infection slowly obliterates global civilization. ''Severance'' explores themes of nostalgia, modern office culture, monotony, and intimate relationships. The novel, Ma's debut, won the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and was included on many prominent Best Books of 2018 lists. Setting ''Severance'' takes place in an alternate history of the United States up to the end of 2011, before and during a pandemic of the fictional Shen Fever, a fictional fungal infection caused by ''Sheniodioides'' originating in Shenzhen, China. Real world events such as Occupy Wall Street unfold differently due to the Shen Fever pandemic. People infected with Shen Fever repeat old routines compulsively, without consciousness and until death. There is no cure for the fever, and its spread eventually leads to total societal c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abundance (novel)
''Abundance'' is a 2021 novel by Jakob Guanzon about wealth inequality, and human worth. It is Guanzon's first novel. It covers concepts including inherited medical debt, poverty, food security, criminal justice system, and illegal drug trade.NPR review /ref>Twin Cities Pioneer Press review /ref> The novel was longlisted for the 2021 |
Things We Lost To The Water
''Things We Lost to the Water'' is the 2021 debut novel by American author Eric Nguyen. Synopsis The novel is told from multiple perspectives between 1978 and 2005. Most of the story takes place in the lower income neighborhoods of New Orleans, Louisiana. Hương comes to New Orleans with her five-year-old son Tuấn and baby Bình at the beginning of the story from a Singaporean refugee camp. Her husband, Công, had chosen to stay in Vietnam. And she chooses to tell her children that he had died trying to leave North Vietnam. His absence punctuates the rest of the novel The children eventually look to grow out of their mother's overcompensating behavior. Tuấn, who seeks to connect with his roots, joins the local Vietnamese gang, whereas Bình (later adopting the name Ben), who was born in the refugee camp and has no ties to the past, is guided to pursue literature by a professor. Tuấn later recognizes that empathy is a measure of masculinity and Ben realizes that his lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Strange Paradise
''What Strange Paradise'' is a novel by Canadian writer Omar El Akkad, published in 2021 by Penguin Random House. The novel centres on Amir, a young boy from Syria who has survived the sinking of a ship that was carrying him and other refugees, and his developing bond with Vänna, a teenage girl who resides on the island where Amir washed up after the shipwreck. The novel won the 2021 Giller Prize. Reception According to the book review aggregator website Literary Hub#Book Marks, Bookmarks, the novel received rave reviews. Writing for ''The New York Times'' Wendell Steavenson described how, "This extraordinary book carries a message, not of a trite and clichéd hope, but of a greater universal humanism, the terrifying idea that, ultimately, there are no special distinctions among us, that in fact we are all very much in the same boat." Ron Charles (critic), Ron Charles of ''The Washington Post'' called the novel "riveting" and noted that, "Nothing I’ve read before has given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 In Literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2022. Events *1 January – The 2022 New Year Honours List in the UK includes novelist Anthony Horowitz, cookery writer Claudia Roden and publisher Peter Usborne, all of whom receive the CBE *5 January – The Robert B. Silvers Foundation awards the inaugural Robert B. Silvers Prizes to recognize excellence in journalism, literary criticism, and arts writing * 11 January – Maya Angelou becomes the first African American woman to appear on a quarter in the United States * 25 January – Colm Tóibín is named the new Laureate for Irish Fiction *22 April – The results of a survey carried out by Mayank Kejriwal and Akarsh Nagaraj at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering, using AI, reveal evidence of gender bias in literature. *4 May – Ram Nath Kovind becomes the first President of India to address a regional language literary event in the northea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial (novel)
''Memorial'' is the debut novel by Bryan Washington. It was published by Riverhead Books on October 27, 2020, to acclaim from book critics. Plot Benson lives with Mike in Houston. Mike goes to Osaka to take care of his estranged father who is dying. Meanwhile, Mike's mother Mitsuko is visiting and staying at his place in Houston, with Benson. Characters *Benson – a black day care teacher *Mike – a Japanese-American chef at a Mexican restaurant *Mitsuko – Mike's mother *Eiju - Mike's father *Lydia - Benson's sister Reception ''Memorial'' received favorable reviews from critics, with a cumulative "Rave" rating at the review aggregator website Book Marks based on a sample of 21 reviews. In its starred review, ''Kirkus Reviews'' called it "vividly written" and wrote, "Washington's novel is richly layered and thrives in the quiet moments between lovers and family members." In its starred review, ''Publishers Weekly'' wrote that Washington applied "nuance in equal measure to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Life (novel)
''Real Life'' is the 2020 debut novel of Alabama-born American writer Brandon Taylor. Described as a campus novel and a coming-of-age novel, the partly autobiographical book tells of the experiences of a gay, Black doctoral student in a predominantly White, Midwestern PhD program. Background ''Real Life'' is Taylor's first novel; he is a "scientist turned novelist" who did his undergraduate studies at Auburn University Montgomery. Charles Arrowsmith, writing for ''The Washington Post'', said that "Like many first novels, ''Real Life'' appears to hew to its author's own experience—Taylor has written in numerous personal essays about being gay and Southern, his abusive upbringing and his experiences of sexual violence. With a boilerplate disclaimer about reading too literally, the parallels between Taylor's life and Wallace's experiences seem clear". That, says Arrowsmith, is one rationale for the book's title, but another is that "real life" points at the supposed detachment of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transcendent Kingdom
''Transcendent Kingdom'' is the second novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2020 by Alfred A. Knopf. ''Transcendent Kingdom'' was found in Literary Hub to have made 17 lists of the best books of 2020. Summary The novel follows 28-year-old Gifty, a PhD candidate in neuroscience in her fifth year at Stanford University, and her Ghanaian-American mother, who is suffering from a deep depression. While experimenting on lab mice for her research, Gifty gets a call that her mother is not feeling well. She sends for her mother so she can take care of her and is overwhelmed by the remembrance of the first time her mother fell into a similar depression, when Gifty was 11. Gifty's mother and her father, affectionately nick-named The Chin-chin man, were Ghanaians who met and married late. They had a brilliant son, Nana, and after his birth Gifty's mother, seeking a better life for her child, relocated to Huntsville, Alabama where a cousin of hers was studying. Gifty's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiebre Tropical
''Fiebre Tropical'' is a bilingual young adult novel by Juliàn Delgado Lopera, published March 3, 2020 by Feminist Press. Reception Reviews ''Fiebre Tropical'' was well-received by critics, including starred reviews from ''Publishers Weekly'' and ''Kirkus Reviews'', who also named it one of the best books of the year. ''Kirkus Reviews'' called ''Fiebre Tropical'' a "rich, deeply felt novel about family ties, immigration, sexual longing, faith, and desire," saying it was " multaneously raw and luminous." ''Publishers Weekly'' called Lopera's writing "funny, fresh, and indelible." The ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' referred to the main character's voice as "captivating" and "riotously funny." Lambda Literary said the book is " nny, irreverent, and deeply moving with its pitch-perfect rendering of the kaleidoscopic emotionality of the character." They also highlighted the book's bilingual prose, saying it is "a much-needed approach to writing about not only immigration b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2021. Events *January 1 – British writer and illustrator Anthony Browne is appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to literature. *September 7 – A Radio-Canada article reveals that 5,000 books from 30 French-language school libraries in Southwestern Ontario were destroyed by the Conseil scolaire catholique Providence because they included racial stereotypes relating to Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Although intended as a "gesture of reconciliation", the action meets with widespread condemnation. *October 6 – The National Assembly of France adopts new legislation mandating a minimum price on book deliveries to protect independent bookstores from e-commerce giants including Amazon and Fnac, who have circumvented a 2014 law banning the free delivery of books by offering discounted shipping at €0.01. New books Fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
''On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous'' is the debut novel by Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press on June 4, 2019. An epistolary novel, it is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. Plot The novel is written in the form of a letter by a young Vietnamese American nicknamed Little Dog, whose life mirrors that of Ocean Vuong. The letter is written to Little Dog's mother Hong, more often called or translated as Rose (''hồng''). The novel has a nonlinear narrative structure. The novel also recounts the life of Little Dog's grandmother, Lan, who escapes an arranged marriage during the Vietnam War and becomes a prostitute. She marries a white American soldier and gives birth to a child, although the father of the child is another man, as Lan was four months pregnant when she met the man who would become her husband. The child is Little Dog's mother, Rose. She is barely literate, having left school at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
