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Four novels and one short story collection are on the shortlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, the organization announced Wednesday. The award…
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Author Christopher McDougall’s best-seller “Born To Run” looked at what an obscure tribe of elite runners in Mexico could teach ultra-marathoners. He’s in…
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One night, when Aspen Words executive director Adrienne Brodeur was 14, her mother snuck into her bedroom and told her that she was having an affair, and…
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Aspen Words’ annual Literary Prize recognizes a work of fiction that tackles a contemporary social issue. The organization, along with NPR Books, has…
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The final Aspen Words writer-in-residence for 2019 speaks about her work Tuesday evening. Aja Gabel’s debut novel “The Ensemble” offers a glimpse into the…
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Controversial surgeon J. Marion Sims, sometimes called the father of gynecology, experimented on enslaved women in the South during the 19th century.…
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Tuesday, Aspen Words and the Pitkin County Library host a discussion about mass incarceration and criminal justice reform. It’s the culmination of a…
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Tayari Jones won the Aspen Words literary prize earlier this year for her novel “An American Marriage.” She speaks in Aspen Tuesday as a part of the…
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In Tayari Jones' acceptance speech for this year’s Aspen Words Literary Prize, she said, "So many of us who want to write, and engage the issues of the…
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Luis Jaramillo is the first Aspen Words writer-in-residence of 2019. Jaramillo is best known for his 2012 book “The Doctor’s Wife,” a collection of…