Prize Puzzle Practically every day we’re faced with deciding which of the multitude of prizes and awards to cover. PEN gets lots of coverage today for the latest new prize in their program to create new ways of honoring established writers who have already received lots of honors. This time it’s the inaugural PEN/Borders Literary Service Award — honoring “a truly distinguished American writer whose critically acclaimed work helps us to understand the human condition in original and powerful ways” — going to Gore Vidal. (Last week honored the even more overlooked Philip Roth.) In a similar vein, tomorrow look […]