Jayne Anne Phillips on awards and prizes ‹ Literary Hub

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This week’s guest, Jayne Anne Phillips, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author for her latest book, Night watch, This gives Write-minded a chance to think about awards – why they matter, what we make of them and do with them, and where we can find awards for things we seek in addition to those we receive. Join us for this wide-ranging literary conversation about storytelling, language, short stories, reading, and of course, awards.

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Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of Black Tickets, Machine Dreams, Fast Lanes, Shelter, MotherKind, Lark and Termite, Quiet Dell, and last Night watchwhich won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Bunting Fellowship, and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. She was also a finalist for the National Book Award and a two-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She lives in New York and Boston.