Kirstin Valdez Quade, John Leonard Award

By Kirstin Valdez Quade

The John Leonard award, honoring a founding member who reveled in discovering new voices (he was the first to champion the work of Toni Morrison, Mary Gordon, Maxine Hong Kingston

Sandrof Winner Wendell Berry

By Wendell Berry

From the Periphery to the Center When I learned that this award for my life’s work as a writer, so far, would require a little more writing, I began of

Final Round of John Leonard Award Voting Begins

By Jane Ciabattari

The ballot has gone out! Eight titles–all written by women– are longlisted for the John Leonard Prize for first book, to be chosen by a vote of the National Book