Brooklyn Org Spark Prize Winner: Brooklyn BodegaBrooklyn Book Bodega won the 2025 Spark Prize to enhance literacy and provide books to children across New York City.
parisreview4 months ago“Here I am, at eighty-five the week after next, writing a novel without the expectation of whether I’ll finish first or it’ll finish first.” —Penelope Lively https://t.co/fw37rAsCa8The Art of Fiction No. 241Penelope Lively had an interesting childhood growing up in Cairo and later moved to England for boarding school.Lively is a prolific writer, having written numerous books for children, novels, short stories, and memoirs.