In 2010, a collection of flash fiction, entitled "Briefs", was published, inspiring a theatrical adaptation that premiered in Los Angeles in 2018. In 2014, after a decade at Brown University, and nearly 50 years teaching in academia, Wideman became an emeritus professor. He has since published a hybrid work of fiction and nonfiction that explores the life of the father of Emmet Till, entitled "Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File" (2016). He published a collection of stories, "American Histories", in 2018. Wideman was married to Judith Ann Goldman, an attorney, from 1965 until their divorce in 2000. The couple had three children together: Daniel Wideman is a poet, playwright, and essayist, as well as a business executive; Jacob Wideman was convicted of a murder committed while he was a minor and sentenced to life in prison in Arizona, and Jamila Wideman is a lawyer and executive at the National Basketball Association, having played professional basketball in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Israeli League. In 2004, Wideman married French journalist Catherine Nedonchelle. He resides in France and on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Wideman's brother, Robert, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in a 1975 murder. After more than 40 years in prison, his sentence was commuted and he was released on July 2, 2019. In 1993, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in awarding him a fellowship, noted that Wideman "has contributed to a new humanist perspective in American literature, distilling personality and history, crime and mysticism, art and the exigencies of material life into his work." Honors bestowed for his entire body of work include:     Wideman's winning the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 1991 marked the first time a writer had won that prize twice, a feat that has since been accomplished by three other writers: Philip Roth, E. L. Doctorow, and Ha Jin. In addition, Wideman's memoir, "Brothers and Keepers", and his book, "Writing to Save a Life", were both finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His memoir, "Fatheralong", was a finalist for the National Book Award. Wideman's short works have been widely anthologized, including in the "Norton Anthology of African American Literature", the "Oxford Book of American Short Stories", and "The Heath Anthology of American Literature," among others"."