Highlights from the 2017 5 Under 35 Celebration
The 2017 5 Under 35 honorees! Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan The 2017 5 Under 35 honorees! Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan The honorees with the selecting authors. Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Lesley Nneka Arimah, author of WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY. Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Halle Butler, author of JILLIAN. Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Zinzi Clemmons, author of WHAT WE LOSE. Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Leopoldine Core, author of WHEN WATCHED. Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Weike Wang, author of CHEMISTRY. Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Lisa Lucas and Chris Bachelder. Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Lesley Nneka Arimah Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Leopoldine Core Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Courtney Gillette and Lisa Lucas. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Katie Freeman, Lesley Nneka Arimah. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Courtney Gillette, National Book Foundation’s Awards Manager. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Writer Ben Greenman emceed the evening. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Selector Chris Bachelder introduces Lesley Nneka Arimah. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Lesley reads from her collection, WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Selector Lydia Millet introduces Halle Butler. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Halle reads from her novel, JILLIAN. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Selector Angela Flournoy introduces Zinzi Clemmons. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Zinzi reads from her novel, WHAT WE LOSE. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Selector Karan Mahajan introduces Leopoldine Core. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Leopoldine reads from her collection, WHEN WATCHED. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic On behalf of Sherman Alexie, Joshua Ferris introduces Weike Wang. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Weike reads from her novel, CHEMISTRY. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Paul W. Morris and Beth Harrison, Deputy Director of the National Book Foundation. Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic Photo Credit: Jasmina Tomic 
