literary awards

By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the minds and official records of the publishing community, Sarah Thankham Mathews is a…

By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since Annie Ernaux won the Nobel literature prize last week, the French author's books have gained…

By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gayl Jones' “The Birdcatcher,” a short, lyrical novel about a writer's trip to Ibiza and the…

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press This year's Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost…

NEW YORK (AP) — Marilyn Nelson has won the $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award, a lifetime achievement honor presented by the Academy of American Poets for “proven mastery in the…

By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A picture story co-authored by Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and a novel by Nobel laureate…

By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This fall, Art Spiegelman will receive an honorary National Book Award for Distinguished…

NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Desmond's first book since his Pulitzer Prize winning “Evicted” is not just a study of who is poor in the world's richest country. It also asks why.Crown will publish…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Reuters photographer who was killed while covering fighting in Afghanistan was part of a team that took home the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Poetry magazine, one of the country's oldest and most prominent literary publications, will for the first time have a Black editor. Adrian Matejka, an…