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The 15 nominees for this year’s Aspen Words Literary Prize span the globe and the headlines — from Uganda to Palestine to Miami to rural North Dakota, and even a nameless Wilderness that’s not quite in the world we know.
Wherever they are, the characters in these novels are grappling with issues that we’re all familiar with, whether in headlines or in our own lives.
