FINALLY

Book prize: Author Amy Hempel, whose candid takes on modern life have brought her a small but devoted following, has been named this year’s winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story, a $30,000 prize that in previous years has been given to Paul Bowles, Eudora Welty and Grace Paley. The Rea award was established in 1986 by Michael M. Rea, a publisher and collector.