Lacey talks about the romantic connections documented in her latest book, The Art of the Affair, including the Samuel Beckett affair that left her surprised. 

The Times praises Peelle's animal characters and "agile" voice in her first novel.

In a starred review, Publishers Weekly writes that Passarello’s collection of essays about animals “satisfies through a feast of gorgeous prose.”

Tran talks about the ways in which first chapters – including one by fellow Whiting winner Jeffrey Eugenidies - affect readers and fulfill their author’s intentions. 

Maris Kreizman writes that Batuman’s writing “tends to hit home” and praises the “abundant humor” of Batuman’s first novel. 

Jericho Brown talks with fellow poet and podcast host Rachel Zucker about why the American education system has failed us and how to be more loving. 

Dwight Garner applauds Daniels’s “thoughtful” and “intoxicating” essays, writing that the collection is “packed with so much promise that 2017 looks better already.”

In The New York Times, Whitehead writes an ode to the musical legend: "Thanks for your weird ubiquity. As if you were not a person but a destination.”

Corral was awarded the honor by the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton. Hodder Fellowships are given annually to artists with “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts.”

Honored alongside leaders like Hillary Clinton, Vuong was chosen for the because of his “reminder of how essential immigrant voices are to the American cultural landscape.”