2018 Aspen Words Literary Prize Shortlist

The Aspen Words Literary Prize announced their 2018 shortlist yesterday. The annual award is given to “an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.” This year’s finalists are:

• What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
• What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Our review of Exit West)
• Mad Country by Samrat Upadhyay
• Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (The Millions’ interview with Ward)

The winner will be announced live at a ceremony on April 10th.