Aspen Words Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Check out the Q&A with #AspenLitPrize nominee and author of THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B Du BOIS, @BlkLibraryGirl (Honorée Fanonne Jeffers) on “Centering Black and Indigenous Stories in History” https://t.co/moVpQlOmP3

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Congratulations to @BlkLibraryGirl author of "THE LOVE SONGS of W.E.B. DU BOIS" (& 2015 Summer Words Emerging Writer Fellow) for being @Oprah's most recent book club selection!! Watch the announcement and the listen to Jeffers discuss her novel! https://t.co/vBxRozhMLf https://t.co/0cS5CxrPqj

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Thrilled to have #1 New York Times best-selling author @bobkolker (HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD) leading a 2022 #SummerWords narrative nonfiction workshop! Applications are open now, learn more at https://t.co/hNpicIpMz0 https://t.co/7FYZjog6IT

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“‘Talent is long patience.’ We tend to think of talent as a shortcut, but patience—the time to get our work right—is also a gift.” - Peter Ho Davies Read the full Q&A with #AspenLitPrize nominee & author (“A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself”) here: https://t.co/5tj1XMsZSb

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Congratulations to #SummerWords Alum @WriteMadhushree whose memoir “Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family” published today!! Enjoy the recent write up in the The San Diego Union-Tribune! https://t.co/mvw64VnRbR

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"The Night Watchman is a magisterial summation of Erdrich's influential work...setting a new foundation for the future. A historical novel...a story of love, a familial chronicle, a book about Indigenous community and anti-tribal animus, it opens worlds incessantly." @Urrealism

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Best-selling authors @Mary_Beth_Keane (ASK AGAIN, YES) & Ayana Mathis (THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE) will lead 2022 #SummerWords FICTION WORKSHOPs at the writers conference in Aspen, CO this June 19-24. Learn more at https://t.co/hNpicIpMz0. The application deadline is Feb. 28! https://t.co/rfxESWeVck

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JOIN US TOMORROW for #WinterWords w/ @ayadakhtar, author of HOMELAND ELEGIES dubbed “book of the year” by @oprahmagazine & featured on President @BarackObama’s 2020 list of fav books. Akhtar will be in convo with @washingtonpost book critic @RonCharles. https://t.co/pL9W08WPBC

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"For me, [HELL OF A BOOK] was about exploring the question of 'How does one learn to love who they are when the world tells them they shouldn’t?'" - @JasonMott 2022 #AspenLitPrize nominee and author https://t.co/w3LM7mYEhk

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"I’ve always believed that fiction is deeply political. There is no other artistic or cultural act that can so thoroughly allow us to see the world through another person’s eyes." - @tahmima - 2022 #AspenLitPrize nominee Tahmima Anam ("THE STARTUP WIFE") https://t.co/boSJaKYqqG