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  • Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Latinx woman with short dark hair wearing a red top.

    Meet Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: 1st Undocumented National Book Awards Finalist

    “I felt extremely guilty because my people are dying,” the 31-year-old Harvard graduate says of her history-making turn. “But I [also] feel very honored.”
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Nov 18, 2020 12:15PM EST
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    Writers of Color Loom Large on National Book Awards Longlist

    Stories that center people of color are prominently recognized across all the honored genres, from fiction to poetry to translated literature.

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Sep 20, 2019 1:40PM EDT
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    Writers of Color Sweep National Book Awards

    Here are the authors, poets and translators whose books and collections won one of the United States’ most prestigious literary prizes.

    Sameer Rao Nov 15, 2018 1:23PM EST
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    'Sing, Unburied, Sing' Author Jesmyn Ward Earns 2017 National Book Award

    The MacArthur Genius grantee previously won the same award for her 2011 novel, “Salvage the Bones.”

    Sameer Rao Nov 16, 2017 11:23AM EST
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    Jesmyn Ward, Erika L. Sánchez Shortlisted for National Book Award

    Poets, novelists and historians of color dominate the National Book Awards shortlist, holding more than half the finalist spots across four categories.

    Sameer Rao Oct 4, 2017 1:29PM EDT

    Ta-Nehisi Coates Wins National Book Award, Dedicates it to Friend Killed by Police

    He accepted the prestigious award in the name of his friend Prince Jones, a Howard University student who was killed by police in 2000.

    Kenrya Rankin Nov 19, 2015 2:05PM EST
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