Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominees and Winning Books
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ honors the best in Black literature. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. Fiction, debut fiction, nonfiction, and poetry honorees are selected in a juried competition. Each October, the award winners are celebrated during the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards that draws hundreds of literary stars, readers, representatives of the publishing industry, the arts, media, politics, and academia. Learn more at the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s website
4 Books Honored by the Hurston/Wright Foundation in 2010
Winner - Fiction
I Am Not Sidney Poitier: A Novel
by Percival Everett
Publication Date: May 26, 2009
List Price: $17.00
Format: Paperback, 234 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781555975272
Imprint: Graywolf Press
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Parent Company: Graywolf Press
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Winner - Nonfiction
Thelonious Monk: The Life And Times Of An American Original
by Robin D. G. Kelley
Publication Date: Oct 06, 2009
List Price: $30.00
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780684831909
Imprint: Free Press
Publisher: Free Press
Parent Company: Free Press
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Winner - Poetry
Sonata Mulattica: Poems
by Rita Dove
Publication Date: Sep 27, 2010
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780393338935
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Winner - Poetry
Liberation Narratives: New And Collected Poems: 1966-2009
by Haki Madhubuti
Publication Date: Sep 01, 2009
List Price: $34.95
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780883782897
Imprint: Third World Press
Publisher: Third World Press
Parent Company: Third World Press