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In its third and final year, the National Book Foundation’s Literature for Justice program continues to offer literature as a vehicle for conversat
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In its third and final year, the National Book Foundation’s Literature for Justice program continues to offer literature as a vehicle for conversati
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To question the “other” in American identity, join National Book Award–honored authors Laila Lalami (The Other Americans, 2019 Fiction Fi
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Twenty-five judges in five categories will review submitted titles and select the five Winners of the 72nd National Book Awards Today, the National Bo
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Join National Book Award–honored authors Jericho Brown (The Tradition, 2019 Poetry Finalist), Tayari Jones (An American Marriage, 2018 Fiction Longl
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Current Executive Director of Seattle Arts & Lectures to begin new role in May 2021. The National Book Foundation announced that Ruth Dicke
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In two groundbreaking works, 2020 National Book Award–honored authors Tamara Payne (The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, Winner, Nonfiction)
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To kick off the new year, the Foundation celebrated three 2020 National Book Award–honored authors whose first books made an undeniable impact on th
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NBF welcomes Reidhead to its Board of Directors and the Board elects longtime member PD Villarreal as Treasurer The National Book Foundation announced