Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez" wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionClaire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” a hard-hitting and comic novel set in New York City about a Puerto Rican family’s search for a missing girl, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Alice McDermott and Claire Jiménez are among 5 finalists for PEN/Faulkner Award for fictionAlice McDermott’s novel about military wives in Vietnam, “Absolution,” and the Jamel Brinkley story collection “Witness” are among the finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award.
Oscar winner John Williams among 19 new members of American Academy of Arts and LettersOscar-winning composer John Williams has joined a new academy: the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
James McBride, Alice McDermott among authors on PEN/Faulkner award longlistNovels 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.