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    5 Finalists Still Have A Chance At Aspen Words Literary Prize

    The annual award, doled out in partnership with NPR, honors fiction that doesn't shy from grappling with thorny social issues. Just one of the five books remaining will win $35,000 come April.
    by Colin Dwyer Feb 19, 2020 1 minute
    Just five books have been named finalists for the 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize: <em>Patsy</em>, by Nicole Dennis-Benn; <em>Lost Children Archive</em>, by Valeria Luiselli; <em>Lot</em>, by Bryan Washington; <em>Opioid,</em> <em>Indiana</em>, by Brian Allen Carr; and <em>The Beekeeper of Aleppo</em>, by Christy Lefteri.

    Just five books remain in the running for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, an award with one major goal in mind: to reward and

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