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Ishmael Reed among winners of Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAuthor, playwright and longtime champion of multiculturalism Ishmael Reed is receiving a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to literature.
Jason Mott and Tiya Miles win National Book AwardsMott's Hell of a Book, about an author's book and his haunted past and present, won for fiction. Miles' All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake won for nonfiction.npr.org
Jason Mott, Tiya Miles win National Book AwardsThe winner of this year's National Book Award for fiction is Jason Mott’s “Hell of a Book.”.
Here are the finalists nominated for a 2021 National Book AwardWriters in the final round include Lauren Groff, Hanif Abdurraqib and Anthony Doerr. The prize recognizes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people's literature.npr.org
Groff, Doerr are among National Book Award finalistsLauren Groff is a National Book Award finalist for her third consecutive book.
Louis Menand among nonfiction National Book Award nomineesLouis Menand’s Cold War cultural history “The Free World” and Hanif Abdurraqib’s meditation on Black artistry “A Little Devil in America” are among the works on the nonfiction longlist for the National Book Awards.
Whitehead's 'Harlem Shuffle' among Kirkus Prize nomineesThe latest novels from Colson Whitehead and Joy Williams, and Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ debut work “The Love Songs of W.
Book review of All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley?s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya MilesTiya Miles uses the object to meditate on Black women’s experiences and their love.washingtonpost.com
To Find the History of African American Women, Look to Their HandiworkOur foremothers wove spiritual beliefs, cultural values, and historical knowledge into their flax, wool, silk, and cotton webs.theatlantic.com
