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Edition 97 (2015)

FictionBiographyDrama

Winners

3 people
Benjamin Markovits べんじゃみん・まるこゔぃっつ Winner

A novel about college friends drawn into a Detroit redevelopment plan, using the city’s transformation to expose the strain in their relationships.

A reunion among old friends turns tense as a redevelopment scheme begins to reshape a Detroit neighborhood.

400 pages
Detroitredevelopmentfriendshipclass
James S. Shapiro じぇーむず・えす・しゃぴろ Winner

A nonfiction study of Shakespeare in 1606, showing how the politics and anxieties of that year shaped King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra.

It traces how the tensions of a single year helped shape Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies.

384 pages
Shakespeareliterary historyhistorydramatic criticism
Gary Owen げいりー・おーうぇん Winner

A one-woman play that overlays Greek tragedy with the pressures of austerity through the life of a young woman, Effie.

An ancient myth reappears as the pain of one young woman in a contemporary city.

80 pages
playmythausterityclassWales