Sep 26 2019
Twenty-six new MacArthur Fellows have been announced for 2019. Each will receive a $625,000 grant paid out over five years. According to the MacArthur Foundation each recipient has "shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction."
Of these, 10 are writers: Elizabeth Anderson (philosopher), Lynda Barry (graphic novelist, cartoonist and educator), Danielle Citron (legal scholar), Annie Dorsen (theater director and writer), Saidiya Hartman ( literary scholar and cultural historian), Valeria Luiselli (writer), Kelly Lytle Hernández (historian), Jeffrey Alan Miller (literary scholar), Ocean Vuong (poet and fiction writer) and Emily Wilson (classicist and translator).
The House on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide.
The Flower Sisters
by Michelle Collins Anderson
From the new Fannie Flagg of the Ozarks, a richly-woven story of family, forgiveness, and reinvention.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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