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Broom accepts the 2019 national book award for nonfiction for the. Jesmyn ward wins major prize for sing, unburied, sing. Cave canem, a nonprofit group founded to nurture the work of african american poets, received the national book foundations literarian award for service to the american literary community. National book awards finalists will be announced on october th, and winners will be announced at a ceremony in new york on november 16th. In the performance of becoming human, the bay of valparaiso merges into the western shore of lake michigan, where borzutzky continues his poetic investigation into the political and economic violence shared by chicago and chile, two places integral to his personal formation. Phil klay won the national book award for fiction on wednesday night for his debut short story collection, redeployment, which draws on his experience serving as a marine in iraq and. Jul 28, 2009 nine of them appeared in 1956s a good man is hard to find, which was a finalist for the national book award and was the only story collection that oconnor published in her brief lifetime. Oct 15, 2014 national book awards finalists announced.
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