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“Harriet Clark will receive the George Plimpton Prize, and the inaugural Susannah Hunnewell Prize will be presented to Ishion Hutchinson.”

Tales of foraging and magic, cults and deeply embedded social ills are among our top March picks, including new work from Mona Simpson and Victor LaValle.

Russell Banks, who has died at age 82, carried on the legacy of great American novelists probing big themes through the small lives of heroic underdogs.

“Gornick’s exceptional contributions to literature over the past several decades span autobiography, essays, and journalism.”

In “If I Survive You,” Escoffery, the son of Jamaican immigrants, wrote stories are not strictly autobiographical, but feel true to his experience.

Some of the worlds biggest stars grew up without knowing their father.

Many stars have always been very open with their fans when it comes to their family background.

We’re pleased to announce this year’s Whiting Award winners: ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.

Highlights from the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, CNN and others.

Maroo pays attention to the small torments, affinities, and shifts in mood that are rarely expressed out loud.