/tags/st-louis-literary-award St. Louis Literary Award en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:24:28 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-04-25/writer-jamaica-kincaid-to-receive-2024-st-louis-literary-award Jamaica Kincaid’s works include “Annie John,” “A Small Place,” and the soon-to-be published, “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children.” Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:24:28 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-04-25/writer-jamaica-kincaid-to-receive-2024-st-louis-literary-award Alex Heuer /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-04-13/neil-gaiman-author-of-sandman-american-gods-to-receive-2023-st-louis-literary-award English writer Neil Gaiman is a recipient of both the Newbery and Carnegie medals. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:40:42 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-04-13/neil-gaiman-author-of-sandman-american-gods-to-receive-2023-st-louis-literary-award Alex Heuer /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-04-28/for-arundhati-roy-the-st-louis-literary-award-allowed-her-to-see-the-river-of-her-childhood-dreams St. Louis University honors Arundhati Roy at the Sheldon Concert Hall on Thursday. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:50:25 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-04-28/for-arundhati-roy-the-st-louis-literary-award-allowed-her-to-see-the-river-of-her-childhood-dreams Sarah Fenske /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-03/zadie-smith-to-receive-2021-st-louis-literary-award St. Louis University honors Zadie Smith this week as the 2021 recipient of the St. Louis Literary Award. Smith’s 2019 story collection, “Grand Union,” is this year’s campus read. Wed, 03 Nov 2021 21:01:02 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-03/zadie-smith-to-receive-2021-st-louis-literary-award Evie Hemphill /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-02/the-st-louis-literary-awards-storied-history Zadie Smith comes to St. Louis this week to receive an award from St. Louis University. She’s in good company: From Shelby Foote and Eudora Welty to George Plimpton and Chinua Achebe, the annual award has drawn heavy literary hitters to town since 1967. Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:01:32 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-02/the-st-louis-literary-awards-storied-history Evie Hemphill /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-04-14/michael-chabons-tv-success-wont-lure-him-from-his-first-love-the-novel Chabon, who is this week receiving the 2020 St. Louis Literary Award, talks with "St. Louis on the Air" host Sarah Fenske about his successes, his struggles and how the joy of good sentences sustains him. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:06:58 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-04-14/michael-chabons-tv-success-wont-lure-him-from-his-first-love-the-novel Evie Hemphill /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-10-24/haitian-american-writer-edwidge-danticat-to-receive-2019-st-louis-literary-award Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat is the recipient of the 2019 St. Louis Literary Award. It’s given by the St. Louis University Library Associates.… Thu, 24 Oct 2019 20:52:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-10-24/haitian-american-writer-edwidge-danticat-to-receive-2019-st-louis-literary-award Alex Heuer /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-10-04/stephen-sondheim-talks-childhood-staying-step-ahead-of-audiences-and-more-ahead-of-slu-award Stephen Sondheim hesitates to settle on a single beginning point from which his now 70-year-long career in musical theater took off. There were the piano… Thu, 04 Oct 2018 21:49:15 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-10-04/stephen-sondheim-talks-childhood-staying-step-ahead-of-audiences-and-more-ahead-of-slu-award Alex Heuer, Evie Hemphill /arts/2010-10-09/take-five-dont-call-don-delillos-fiction-postmodern This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 09, 2010 -As the recipient of this year's 43rd Saint Louis Literary Award, author Don DeLillo… Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:43:15 GMT /arts/2010-10-09/take-five-dont-call-don-delillos-fiction-postmodern Dale Singer