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August 14, 2018By Erin Somers

People, Etc.

August 14, 2018By Erin Somers

Cheryl A. Young is retiring from her position as executive director of the MacDowell Colony, which she has held since 1997. Young will remain in her position until her successor is in place in early 2019. She said, “Not only has MacDowell been a home to me, it has been a great joy to be around such passionate people … the staff, board, volunteers, and donors. Everyone is devoted to helping artists make new work. MacDowell has been an exceptional organization since its pioneering beginning, and each generation has a role to play in safeguarding it.”

Maris Kreizman has started contributing monthly lists of paperback picks for NY Magazine’s Vulture.

Awards
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize named shortlists for their two awards, with the winners to be announced on September 18. The finalists:

Fiction
Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid
Go, Went, Gone, by Jenny Erpenbeck
Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee
Salt Houses, by Hala Alyan
Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward
Spaceman of Bohemia, by Jaroslav Kalfarr

Nonfiction
Enduring Vietnam, by James Wright
Ghost of the Innocent Man, by Benjamin Rachlin
Lolas’ House, by M. Erdina Galang
Reading with Patrick, by Michelle Kuo
The Newcomers, by Helen Thorpe
We Were Eight Years in Power, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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