Announcing the 2023 George Plimpton and Susannah Hunnewell Prize Winners

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We are delighted to announce that on April 4, at our Spring Revel, Harriet Clark will receive the George Plimpton Prize, and the inaugural Susannah Hunnewell Prize will be presented to Ishion Hutchinson. The George Plimpton Prize, awarded annually since 1993 by the editorial committee of our board of directors, recognizes an emerging writer of […]

Patricia Engel’s Enduring Friendships Always Include Books

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What’s the last great book you read? I recently reread Edwidge Danticat’s “The Art of Death,” an extraordinary exploration of how we make meaning from death in life and literature. It was even more revelatory reading it from this point in the pandemic. Are there any classic novels that you only recently read for the […]

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In the heart of Paris, amidst the buzz of avant-garde creativity, Gertrude Stein...

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