PEN/Hemingway Keynote Address: Delivered at the PEN/Hemingway Awards Ceremony hosted by the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library April 2, 2023

Abstract: Each year the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and PEN award the PEN/Hemingway prize for the year’s best debut novel. The award is presented at a gala reception at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts. The 2023 PEN/Hemingway prize was awarded to Oscar Hokeah for his book, Calling for a Blanket Dance . We are pleased to present the keynote address of Jennifer Haigh, a New York Times Best Selling author who has been called a “gifted chronicler of the human condition” ( Washington Post Book World ).