THIS HERE IS LOVE by Princess Joy L. Perry - Stowe Center '2026 Winner: Princess Joy L. Perry'

Stowe Center | March 11, 2026

With great excitement, the Stowe Center announces Princess Joy L. Perry as our 2026 Stowe Prize for Literary Activism winner, author of This Here is Love (W.W. Norton & Company, 2025), a powerful historical novel set in 1619 that explores love, resistance, and the human cost of oppression. Through evocative and unflinching prose, Perry illuminates the psychological and moral complexities of a society built on bondage, inviting readers to confront the enduring legacy of injustice while recognizing love as a force of survival, connection, and defiance.

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