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Joy Harjo puts long-ignored indigenous people at the center of our cultural and geographic map

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For the Journal For the second time in as many years, Joy Harjo, the current Poet Laur .

Ucross Foundation Announces Spring Speaker Lineup – Sheridan Media

The Ucross Foundation, the renowned artist residency program, today announced its Ucross Spotlight spring calendar, featuring virtual events with acclaimed artists, authors, and journalists, including visual artist Karen Kitchel; art writer Leah Ollman(The Los Angeles Times, Art in America); acclaimed authors Joshua Ferrisand Ottessa Moshfegh. Aura Estrada Prize Founder, Co-Director, and New Yorker contributing writer Francisco Goldman; writer and Aura Estrada Co-Director Gabriela Jauregui; and 2019 Aura Estrada Prize winner Natalia Trigo kicked off the spring series on April 22. The Aura Estrada Prize is given biannually to young female writers living in Mexico or the U.S. whose work is written in Spanish.

Diné College to become a hub for Native writing by offering a new degree in creative writing

Diné College to become a hub for Native writing by offering a new degree in creative writing New BFA degree begins Fall 2021 Author: News Release Diné College  Diné College will be offering a new BFA degree emphasis in creative writing beginning in fall 2021. The program was approved last month by the Board of Regents. “Based on our research, there is a demand for this degree program,” said Diné College President Charles “Monty” Roessel. “We are an indigenous-centered institution with critically-acclaimed and published faculty here at the College. It’s only fitting to offer this this degree program because it will allow the Navajo People to sustain the tradition and role of storytelling through the intense study of the creative writing discipline.”

PEN America Announces Its 2021 Literary Award Finalists

From these finalists for the PEN America Literary Awards, winners will be announced on April 8 and receive a total of more than US$380,000. Dining tents in New York City’s Bryant Park, February 4. Image – iStockphoto: Massimo Giachetti From 1,850 Submissions, 55 Finalists A total of 55 titles in 11 categories have been named today (February 10) as finalists in the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards. They now are in contention for an aggregate purse of more than US$380,000. PEN America, of course, is the US affiliate chapter of PEN International. An important and notably serious program among world publishing’s myriad awards programs each year, this series is also at times confusing because its sponsor-named categories vary widely in their nature and prize money. Some awards are funded for biennial presentation, rather than yearly.