2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist Announced

The 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist was announced earlier today. Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage and R.O. Kwon’s The Incendiaries were longlisted. The prize is given to “an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.” The winner will be announced on April 11.