From the Word Blue Hill Literary Arts Festival event website: On October 23, bestselling author Kelly Link will be joining Ben Shattuck, author of the the award-winning 2025 short story collection, The History of Sound, to discuss the art of the short story for Word. For those who’d like to know more about the extraordinary […]

From A Public Space‘s website: It is a thrill to announce Kelly Link as the recipient of the 2026 Deborah Pease Prize. Founding subscribers to A Public Space may remember her “Origin Story” from the magazine’s inaugural issue—its parallel universes and superhero origin stories; nemeses and levitating waitresses and tabloid reporters; its Land of Oz. . […]