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News, Publications, and Awards

Garth Greenwell wins 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Jenny George, Daniel Khalastchi and Jerald Walker are finalists for 2025 PEN Literary Awards Jamel Brinkley and Charles D'Ambrosio awarded Academy of Arts and Letters awards Jamel Brinkley wins 2024 Maya Angelou Book Award Juan Felipe Herrera awarded 2024 MacArthur Genius Grant Ruthvika Rao shortlisted for the Center For Fiction First Novel Prize Elizabeth Willis and m.s. RedCherries longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in Poetry Tony Tulathimutte longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in Fiction

Before the Mango Ripens
Afabwaje Kurian
_{September 24, 2024 | Fiction}

The Goner School
Jessica Laser
_{September 27, 2024 | Poetry}

Small Rain
Garth Greenwell
_{September 3, 2024 | Fiction}

Terminal Maladies
Okwudili Nebeolisa

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Spoken Word Open Mic & Jazz Jam at The Black Angel restaurant in Iowa City on January 20, 8-10 PM https://iowacitypoetry.com/events/spoken-word-open-mic-jazz-jam

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Donna Stonecipher teaching Wednesdays February 2- March 2 in Berlin [Germany] https://www.thereaderberlin.com/advanced-poetry-workshop/

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Olivia Parkes teaching Wednesdays January 14-February 25 in Berlin [Germany] https://www.thereaderberlin.com/the-fiction-workshop-6/

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Rich Levy hosted conversation, "When The World Fractures: Voices from Isolation," at Jaipur Literature Festival International in Houston, TX last month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZmgrxxefvs

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Ayana Mathis teaching at the Iceland Writers Retreat, April 15-19, in Reykjavík icelandwritersretreat.com https://icelandwritersretreat.com/

"Dreaming of writing your novel this year? Rip up all the rules!", excerpt from 'A Long Game: How to Write Fiction', by Elizabeth McCracken https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jan/03/dreaming-of-writing-your-novel-this-year-rip-up-all-the-rules?CMP=share_btn_url