Acclaimed Authors

Find out the Finalists for Aspen Words’ Annual Literary Prize

Bonus: Here's your latest reading list.

02/19/2020 By Aspen Sojourner Staff

pillow talk

An Interview with Lisa Taddeo, Who Kicks Off Winter Words' 2020 Season

The best-selling author appears January 7 in Aspen to discuss "Three Women," one of the past year's most buzzed-about books.

01/01/2020 By Allison Pattillo

Datebook

5 Things to Do This Weekend: December 6–8, 2019

It's game on with uphill racing, a tree lighting, performances, and the return of the Powder Awards to Aspen.

12/04/2019 By Aspen Sojourner Staff

Call & Response

A Q&A with Aspen Words Executive Director Adrienne Brodeur

With her own memoir coming out this fall, the nonprofit head and writer reflects on dissecting an unusual mother-daughter relationship.

07/30/2019 By As told to Julie Comins

Heady Stuff

Festivals of the Mind 2019

A top-shelf literary gathering from Aspen Words, hot-button issues at Aspen Ideas, and renewable energy innovation at AREDAY drive summer's intellectual conversation.

06/06/2019

Great Books

Aspen Words Authors Share Their Summer Reading Lists

The notables appearing at June's annual weeklong literary event divulge their top picks.

05/24/2019 By Cindy Hirschfeld

Lauding Lit

Aspen Words Just Announced the Finalists for Its Literary Prize

The eventual winner of the prestigious fiction award will receive $35,000.

02/20/2019 By Cindy Hirschfeld

Aspen Words

Aspen Words Summer Benefit 2018

The theme for the June event was Celebrating Literature: A doorway to other worlds.

08/01/2018 Photography by Nancy M. Mayer

Handy Man

Peer Behind the Curtain of Magazine Journalism

A veteran magazine journalist reveals the inner workings of his craft at Aspen Summer Words.

06/04/2018 By Rebecca Cole

Good Reads

Aspen Words Announces Five Finalists for Inaugural Literary Prize

One of the country's most lucrative author awards honors fiction with social impact.

03/05/2018 By Barbara Platts

Literary Life

Bestselling Author Christina Baker Kline to Appear at Aspen Winter Words

With her latest novel, A Piece of the World, garnering strong reviews, the writer talks about the challenges of bringing to life well-known historic characters.

02/18/2018 By Cindy Hirschfeld

Literary Life

Acclaimed Novelist Alice McDermott to Launch Aspen’s Winter Words Series

With her latest novel out this past fall, the Pulitzer finalist discusses the secret life of nuns, her writing process, and literature’s lasting relevance.

01/05/2018 By Cindy Hirschfeld

Local Lectures

Discourse & Dialogue: Get Informed at These 4 Talks

From Walter Isaacson's farewell at the Aspen Institute to team Trump's Thomas Barrack, Jr., here are the high thinkers to see.

05/24/2017 By Andrew Travers

People & Places

Aspen Words 20th Anniversary Reception

Opera Gallery and Aspen Sojourner Magazine played host to a members-only season kick-off for Winter Words.

03/15/2017 Photography by Shondia Houtzer

Bookish

Adam Gopnik Brings His Wordsmith Wizardry to Aspen

A Q&A with the legendary writer, best-selling author, and playwright ahead of his Winter Words appearance on March 21.

03/13/2017 By Katie Shapiro

Book Club

The Essential Winter Bookshelf: 15 Favorites from the Aspen Words Staff

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Winter Words, we asked the literary nonprofit's staffers to share the books that shaped their view of the world.

01/17/2017 By Katie Shapiro

8 Storytellers to Watch

The 20th Anniversary Winter Words series will feature rising literary stars and distinguished authors including Azar Nafisi, Kevin Fedarko, Pete McBride, Yaa Gyasi, Adam Gopnik, Stephanie Danler, Anna Noyes, and Molly Prentiss.

12/21/2016