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Whiting Foundation Names Creative Nonfiction Grantees

The Whiting Foundation named the nine recipients of the 2021 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant. Recipients of the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, now in its sixth year, receive $40,000 to support a nonfiction project. Previous grantees include Sarah M. Broom, Andrea Elliot, and Kristen Radtke. This year’s grantees are:

  • Rebecca Clarren
  • Ashley D. Farmer
  • Kevin González
  • Sangamithra Iyer
  • Lorelei Lee
  • Catherine Venable Moore
  • Nina Siegal
  • Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham

Below are brief bios and descriptions of each of the grantees’ manuscripts, the titles of which are provisional.

Rebecca Clarren

History/Reportage Forthcoming from Penguin Books

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