“One of the remarkable qualities of the novel is Townsend’s ability to give each female character her own unique voice, while focusing on the intensity and complexity of their mutual friendship,” says Jason Peck, chair of the selection committee. Saint Monkey (Norton, 2014) was selected for the Kafka Prize by a panel of three reviewers from a pool of more than 100 nominations. Townsend will give a reading from her novel and she will sign copies of the book at the reception to follow. The event is free and open to the public. in the Hawkins Carlson Room in Rush Rhees Library on the University’s River Campus. Townsend will receive the award of $7,500 on Tuesday, Oct. The award is being given for her debut novel Saint Monkey, which received critical acclaim from the New York Times Sunday Book Review, The New Yorker, and named by The Root as one of the 15 best works published by black authors in 2014. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Rochester. Jacinda Townsend has been named the 2015 recipient of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction presented by the Susan B.
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