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From these finalists for the PEN America Literary Awards, winners will be announced on April 8 and receive a total of more than US$380,000. Dining tents in New York City’s Bryant Park, February 4. Image – iStockphoto: Massimo Giachetti From 1,850 Submissions, 55 Finalists A total of 55 titles in 11 categories have been named today (February 10) as finalists in the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards. They now are in contention for an aggregate purse of more than US$380,000. PEN America, of cou...

This morning, PEN America released the 2021 Literary Awards Finalists. More than forty-five imprints and presses are featured on the list, with half of the titles coming from university and indie presses. Twenty books are from writers making their literary debuts, and half the titles among the open-genre awards are poetry collections. Chosen by a cohort of judges representing a wide range of disciplines, backgrounds, identities, and aesthetic lineages, these fifty-five Finalist books represent...

1. “ ” at Pace Gallery, New York If you, like me, have ever wanted to be able to articulate responses to Tara Donovan’s something-extraordinary-from-nothing-special installations that are fitter for intelligent company than, “WTF, how did she do this?!” then Wednesday afternoon presents a golden opportunity.  To provide the high-level context Donovan’s current solo show at Pace’s New York flagship (through March 6) deserves, the gallery will host an online panel discussion betwee...

How novelist Anna North built a Western around a gang of gender-non-conforming outlaws.

How novelist Anna North built a Western around a gang of gender-nonconforming outlaws Vox.com 1/14/2021 © Left, Seth Pomerantz. Right, Bloomsbury Publishing. Less than two weeks into its run, 2021 is already a year that could use a little joy. Here to provide some is the scrappy new feminist Western novel Outlawed by Vox gender reporter Anna North, which has been announced as a Reese’s Book Club pick. It’s an absolute romp and contains basically everything I want in a book: witchy nuns...

Local leaders, constituents react to events on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Elise Stefaniks objections Protesters gather outside of Congresswoman Stefaniks Plattsburgh office Share Updated: 5:07 PM EST Jan 9, 2021 Protesters gather outside of Congresswoman Stefaniks Plattsburgh office Share Updated: 5:07 PM EST Jan 9, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AFTER YESTERDAYS EVENTS ON CAPITOL HILL. LEADERS AND VOTERS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY. REACTING TO CONGRESSWO...

acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com In this image from video, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks as the House reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6. (House Television via AP) North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik objected to electors from Pennsylvania but voted to confirm electors from Arizona in an overnight joint congressional session in which the House and Senate approved Joe...

acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com In this image from video, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks as the House reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. (House Television via AP) North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik objected to electors from Pennsylvania but voted to confirm electors from Arizona in an overnight joint congressional session in which the House and Senate approved Joe Biden a...

acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com In this image from video, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks as the House reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6. (House Television via AP) North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik objected to electors from Pennsylvania but voted to confirm electors from Arizona in an overnight joint congressional session in which the House and Senate approved Joe...

Its never too late: Why this successful NJ historian changed career paths in her late 60s Replay Video UP NEXT Nell Painter requires two lengthy CVs not only to fit in all shes accomplished in her long life, but also for the myriad identities shes fashioned for herself: historian and artist, Black woman and, yes, "old" woman. At 78 , Painter, who lives in Newark, boasts a decorated legacy as a scholar of Black history. Shes received degrees from Harvard, the University of Ghana and the Uni...