1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminMore Literary Prizes Beget Additional Prizes, Scholar Says - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="D8jjHq0bsO"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/more-literary-prizes-beget-additional-prizes-scholar-says">More Literary Prizes Beget Additional Prizes, Scholar Says</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/more-literary-prizes-beget-additional-prizes-scholar-says/embed#?secret=D8jjHq0bsO" width="600" height="338" title="“More Literary Prizes Beget Additional Prizes, Scholar Says” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="D8jjHq0bsO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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People love prizes. And publishers love it when their books win prizes. They love it so much that the number of literary prizes is growing faster than the number of books published, according to James English, a University of Pennsylvania English professor and author of “The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards and the Circulation of […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315