PEN/Faulkner Foundation Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

PEN/Faulkner Foundation

In her essay collection "Upstream," poet Mary Oliver writes: "Attention is the beginning of devotion." What a succinct way to remind us about the precious seconds of our limited days. —@bookbent, PEN/Faulkner's Director of Education Programs #wordsthatshapeus https://t.co/KqtLkunNOA

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Women in their Beds is Gina Berriault's breakthrough short-story collection, which won her the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1997. Published when the author was 70, this volume of new and selected stories was widely praised in the press and won a number of prestigious literary awards. https://t.co/mnj7e2oif9

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Rafi Zabor's debut novel The Bear Comes Home is the winner of the 1998 PEN/Faulklner Award for Fiction. The hero of this sensational book is an alto-sax virtuoso trying to evolve a personal style out of Coltrane and Rollins. He also happens to be a walking and talking bear. https://t.co/jW0dTnr2hJ

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E.L. Doctorow received his second PEN/Faulkner Award in 2006, this time for his book The March. A historical fiction novel, The March follows a fictionalized version of the Union general William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamously destructive trek through Georgia. https://t.co/a1SSoD0MAJ

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Our upcoming #LiteraryConversation on CHOICE features @lenizumas, author of the bestselling novel, Red Clocks. She described the importance of the female experience in an interview with @EntropyMag. Get your tickets and join on discussion on September 14: https://t.co/qgqXZtX0aF https://t.co/omFvux1gKv

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Mark your calendars for April 4 and join the @cheusecenter in the event sponsored by @busboysandpoets to hear a free lecture by @azarnafisi, the New York Times best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Register here: https://t.co/Nyr4mtvJol

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Finalist @CarolynF21 reading from their book, “Dear Miss Metropolitan.” https://t.co/7ndeSIqTQu

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Sherman Alexie's War Dances won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2010. In this collection of stories, poems and short works that defy categorization, Alexie successfully mixes up tragedy and comedy, capturing modern relationships from a variety of angles. https://t.co/aetaSBr4Ng

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Voting for the @nytimesbooks very best books closes in 6 days! Love to see PEN/Faulkner Award finalist "The Overstory" by Richard Powers on this list. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/24/books/best-book-vote.html

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Congratulations to Bobbie Ann Mason, whose novel "Dear Ann" – longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction – has been selected by Kentucky Humanities for its 2022 Kentucky Reads! (via @ABC36News) https://t.co/u2p6nKzZUC