Ruthy Ramirez News Today

If your suitcase has space only for paperbacks, choose one of these award-winning and critically acclaimed titles — then leave the book behind at your destination for the next traveler

What happened to Ruthy Ramirez is the 2023 debut novel from UofSC/USC professor Claire Jimenez and won the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for literary fiction.

Finalists have been selected for the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The winner, who will be named in early April, receives $15,000, while

Novels by James McBride and Alice McDermott and a short story collection by Jamel Brinkley are among the 10 books on the longlist for one of the literary world’s top prizes, the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction

Aspen Words, a program of the Aspen Institute, has announced the longlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize (AWLP), which is a $35,000 annual award for a work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue. The...

The Aspen Words Literary Prize in issue-driven fiction lists its seventh season's longlist, with a winner announcement in April.

The South Carolina Writers Association will recognize the work of Orangeburg publisher and photographer Cecil Williams during Storyfest 2023, a three-day writing conference that will include more than two dozen

We can imagine another Middle East, one in which Gaza will be known for its world-class beaches, Tel Aviv for its great bookshops, Riyadh for its tantalizing dining options, and Tehran for its

From a humorous mystery to stories centering on family dynamics, these books showcase the diverse array of Hispanic and Latino experiences, histories and perspectives.

If you're looking for a way to honor Hispanic Heritage Month this year, why not settle down with a new-release Latine or Hispanic book for a cozy, fall