April 24, 2024
Miah Jeffra's novel, American Gospel, was announced a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. The winner and finalists will be honored at a special celebration hosted by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston and co-presented with The International Hemingway Foundation and Society on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Seán Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s grandson, will honor finalists during the celebration, and award-winning author Joan Silber (herself the 1981 PEN/Hemingway winner) will deliver a keynote address. This is Jeffra's fourth book.