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Clockwise from top right: Emily Bernard, Louise Erdrich and Adrienne Brodeur at the virtual awards ceremony for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Louise Erdrich giving her acceptance speech Thursday night. Her novel, “The Night Watchman,” won the fourth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize. Louise Erdrich’s “The Night Watchman” won the fourth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize in a virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday night. Louise Erdrich’s “The Night Watchman” won the fourth annual Aspen Words Literary Prize in a virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday night. Louise Erdrich’s “Th...

Matt Kuhn has been named the city of Aspen’s director of parks and open space. Kuhn has been serving as the interim director since June. Kuhn previously served as the business services director, operations manager and trails manager for the city’s parks and open space department and began his career doing summer seasonal trail maintenance in 2005. “I feel honored to have this opportunity to serve the public by helping guide the preservation, stewardship and management of our valuable city owned public lands,” Kuhn said in a news release. “I understand how much our properties and fac...

Three novels and two short story collections are in the final running for the 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize, the nonprofit announced Wednesday. The $35,000 annual award, now in its fourth year, goes to a work of fiction that “illuminates vital contemporary issues.” The finalists are “Against the Loveless World” by Susan Abulhawa, “Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam, “The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich, “The Office of Historical Corrections” by Danielle Evans and “If I Had Two Wings” by the late Randall Kenan. The shortlisted titles address a broad range of imp...

The shortlist for this year’s $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize for fiction on ‘vital contemporary issues’ features three novels and two short story collections. Finalists in the 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize program are, from left, Susan Abulhawa (image: T. Sau); Rumaan Alam (image: David A. Land); Louise Erdrich; Danielle Evans (image: Beowulf Sheehan); and the late Kenan Randall (image: Miria Berkley Brodeur: ‘The Way We See the World’ As our international Publishing Perspectives readership knows, the Aspen Words Literary Award, directed by author Adrienne Brodeur, is distinc...