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The Whiting Foundation has appointed two inaugural resident directors to provide creative direction for the Whiting Award for Emerging Writers and the Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress, reports Publishers Weekly. Adam Kirsch, a senior editor at the Atlantic, and Peter Godwin, a former president of PEN America, will serve the emerging writers and nonfiction programs, respectively. The foundation believes this new model “encourages new voices and perspectives, while strengthening Whiting’s commitment to writers at pivotal points in their careers.”