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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress! Learn more about their groundbreaking and original books and read excerpts from their work on our website: www.whiting.org/writers/crea...
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress! Learn more about their groundbreaking and original books and read excerpts from their work on our website: www.whiting.org/writers/crea...
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress! Learn more about their groundbreaking and original books and read excerpts from their work on our website: www.whiting.org/writers/crea...
Congratulations to Raksha Vasudevan, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for EMPIRES BETWEEN US! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/raks...
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congratulations to Raksha Vasudevan, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for EMPIRES BETWEEN US! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/raks...
Congratulations to Avi Steinberg, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for GRACE PALEY: A LIFE! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/avi-...
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Congratulations to Avi Steinberg, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for GRACE PALEY: A LIFE! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/avi-...
Congratulations to @alexmlwrites.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for BOTH AND NEITHER! Read more about their work here: www.whiting.org/content/alex...
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Congratulations to @alexmlwrites.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for BOTH AND NEITHER! Read more about their work here: www.whiting.org/content/alex...
Congratulations to Will Harris, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for NEED IS NEED! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/will...
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Congratulations to Will Harris, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for NEED IS NEED! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/will...
Congratulations to Grace Elizabeth Hale, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THEY DON'T OWN US! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/grac...
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Congratulations to Grace Elizabeth Hale, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THEY DON'T OWN US! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/grac...
Congratulations to Elena Dudum, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THEY TOLD ME BACK HOME WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/elen...
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Congratulations to Elena Dudum, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THEY TOLD ME BACK HOME WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/elen...
Congratulations to @caitlindickerson.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for DEPORTED! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/cait...
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Congratulations to @caitlindickerson.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for DEPORTED! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/cait...
Congratulations to S.C. Cornell, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THE MIGRANT AND THE MURDERER! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/sc-c...
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Congratulations to S.C. Cornell, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THE MIGRANT AND THE MURDERER! Read more about her work here: www.whiting.org/content/sc-c...
Congratulations to Jason Cherkis, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THE ATTEMPTERS! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/jaso...
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Congratulations to Jason Cherkis, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for THE ATTEMPTERS! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/jaso...
Congratulations to @paulbogard.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for HOW TO SEE THE SKY! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/paul...
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Congratulations to @paulbogard.bsky.social, recipient of a 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress for HOW TO SEE THE SKY! Read more about his work here: www.whiting.org/content/paul...
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Ocean Vuong remembers listening to Sufjan Stevens’s Carrie & Lowell for the first time: “The songs prove that we were here. They are made of air—and yet we walk on them.”
“The Songs Prove That We Were Here”: Ocean Vuong on Sufjan Stevens
When Carrie & Lowell was first released in 2015, I was still in grad school at NYU, trying to finish what would become my first book of poems, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. I remember listening t…
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May 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ocean Vuong remembers listening to Sufjan Stevens’s Carrie & Lowell for the first time: “The songs prove that we were here. They are made of air—and yet we walk on them.”
"That is the great miracle of this work. Words weigh nothing, and yet they make everything occur."
We are so thankful to Ocean Vuong, who gave the keynote speech at the 2025 Whiting Awards in April. Read his full speech via @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/ocean-vuong-...
We are so thankful to Ocean Vuong, who gave the keynote speech at the 2025 Whiting Awards in April. Read his full speech via @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/ocean-vuong-...
June 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"That is the great miracle of this work. Words weigh nothing, and yet they make everything occur."
We are so thankful to Ocean Vuong, who gave the keynote speech at the 2025 Whiting Awards in April. Read his full speech via @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/ocean-vuong-...
We are so thankful to Ocean Vuong, who gave the keynote speech at the 2025 Whiting Awards in April. Read his full speech via @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/ocean-vuong-...
What a lineup! Join us next week to celebrate previous Whiting Literary Magazine Prize Winner The Common's 15th Anniversary!
We're coming to the Big Apple! In a few short weeks, come celebrate The Common's 15th anniversary in NYC with some of our esteemed authors: Xochitl Gonzalez, Lynn Steger Strong, and Rumaan Alam, with Leigh Newman moderating. Click the link below to RSVP!
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June 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What a lineup! Join us next week to celebrate previous Whiting Literary Magazine Prize Winner The Common's 15th Anniversary!
Congratulations to Ocean Vuong (Whiting Award 2016), whose new novel THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS is out today from @penguinpress.bsky.social!
Buy the book, and read more work by Vuong on our website: www.whiting.org/new-books
Buy the book, and read more work by Vuong on our website: www.whiting.org/new-books
May 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Congratulations to Ocean Vuong (Whiting Award 2016), whose new novel THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS is out today from @penguinpress.bsky.social!
Buy the book, and read more work by Vuong on our website: www.whiting.org/new-books
Buy the book, and read more work by Vuong on our website: www.whiting.org/new-books
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Annie Wenstrup, author of The Museum of Unnatural Histories, has just won the #WhitingAward!
Learn more about this amazing achievement from
@whitingfoundation.bsky.social: www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
#AnnieWenstrup #IndigenousAlaska #Poetry #Booksky
Learn more about this amazing achievement from
@whitingfoundation.bsky.social: www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
#AnnieWenstrup #IndigenousAlaska #Poetry #Booksky
April 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Annie Wenstrup, author of The Museum of Unnatural Histories, has just won the #WhitingAward!
Learn more about this amazing achievement from
@whitingfoundation.bsky.social: www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
#AnnieWenstrup #IndigenousAlaska #Poetry #Booksky
Learn more about this amazing achievement from
@whitingfoundation.bsky.social: www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
#AnnieWenstrup #IndigenousAlaska #Poetry #Booksky
Congratulations to @shubhasunder.bsky.social, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
April 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Congratulations to @shubhasunder.bsky.social, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
Congratulations to Claire Luchette, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
April 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Congratulations to Claire Luchette, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
Congratulations to @samuelkolawole.bsky.social, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
April 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Congratulations to @samuelkolawole.bsky.social, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
Congratulations to Emil Ferris, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction!
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April 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Congratulations to Emil Ferris, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction!
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Congratulations to Elwin Cotman, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
April 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Congratulations to Elwin Cotman, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Fiction! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
Congratulations to Liza Birkenmeier, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Drama! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
April 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Congratulations to Liza Birkenmeier, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Drama! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
Congratulations to Sofi Thanhauser, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Nonfiction!
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April 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Congratulations to Sofi Thanhauser, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Nonfiction!
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Congratulations to Aisha Sabatini Sloan, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Nonfiction!
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April 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Congratulations to Aisha Sabatini Sloan, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Nonfiction!
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Congratulations to @akwenstrup.bsky.social, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Poetry! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...
April 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Congratulations to @akwenstrup.bsky.social, winner of a 2025 Whiting Award for Poetry! www.whiting.org/awards/winne...