Citation: Stephen Adly Guirgis writes dramatic dialogue with passion and humor, creating characters who live on the edge, and whose linguistic bravado reinvigorates the American vernacular. More »

Citation: In a land where even the most cautious nonfiction can draw howls of protest, Adina Hoffman combines fastidious listening, even-handed research, and prose so engaged that it makes the long-vanished visible again. More »

Citation: Tom McCarthy constructs strange worlds where we find reflective echoes of our own and meditations on the meaning and making of art. More »

Citation: Tarell Alvin McCraney’s working class characters inhabit an extraordinary mythic universe, speaking a poetic language through which we grasp the spiritual stature of embattled people. More »

Citation: Sentence by sentence, James Salter’s elegantly natural prose has a precision and clarity which make ordinary words swing wide open. More »

Citation: Jeremy Scahill’s investigative reporting is in the best tradition of speaking truth to power, waging a political campaign by journalistic means, indefatigable in its detail and international in outlook. More »

Citation: Using a novelistic style that gives everyday people heroic complexity and scale, Jonny Steinberg allows us to encounter lives that enlarge our empathy and sharpen our understanding of the human condition. More »

Citation: Naomi Wallace mines historical situations in plays that are muscular, devastating, and unwavering. More »

Citation: Zoë Wicomb’s subtle, lively language and beautifully crafted narratives explore the complex entanglements of home, and the continuing challenges of being in the world. More »