Experience the breadth of today’s literary landscape at the 20th Anniversary Winter Words series. The featured authors will take audience members from the banks of the Colorado River, to New York City’s 1980’s art scene, to 18th century Ghana, and many unexpected places in-between.
January-April 2017
Three alumni of the Aspen Summer Words writing conference published debut books in 2016 to great critical acclaim; all three focused on the coming-of-age stories of young women. Following a major two-book deal, Danler’s Sweetbitter went on to become one of the most popular summer reads of 2016. Prentiss’s Tuesday Nights in 1980 was longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s prestigious First Novel Prize, while Noyes’ story collection, Goodnight, Beautiful Women, was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice.
