Books Honored by the National Book Foundation
The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of great writing in America. National Book Awards are given five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature.
Here we highlight the winners of African descent. The first African-American writer to win a National Book Award was Ralph Ellison, in 1953, for Invisible Man.
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3 Books Honored by the National Book Foundation in 2009
Finalist - Poetry
Speak Low: Poems
by Carl Phillips
Publication Date: Mar 31, 2009
List Price: $23.00
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780374267162
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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Finalist - Poetry
Open Interval (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Publication Date: Apr 28, 2009
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 72 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780822960362
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Parent Company: University of Pittsburgh
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Finalist - Young People’s Literature
Jumped
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Publication Date: May 25, 2021
List Price: $10.99
Format: Paperback, 100 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780063079281
Imprint: Quill Tree Books
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp