American Book Award Winners
First presented in 1980, by the Before Columbus Foundation, “the American Book Awards Program respects and honors excellence in American literature without restriction or bias with regard to race, sex, creed, cultural origin, size of press or ad budget, or even genre. There would be no requirements, restrictions, limitations, or second places. There would be no categories. The winners would not selected by any set quota for diversity, because diversity happens naturally. Finally, there would be no losers, only winners. The only criteria would be outstanding contribution to American literature in the opinion of the judges.”
Here we present the American Book Award recipients of African descent.
2 Books Honored in 1981
Fiction
The Salt Eaters
by Toni Cade Bambara
Publication Date: Jun 30, 1992
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780679740766
Imprint: Vintage
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Book Description: Set in Claybourne, a small town somewhere in the South, THE SALT EATERS is the story of a community of black faith healers who, searching for the healing properties of salt, witness an event that will change their lives forever.
Poetry
On Call
by Miguel Algarin
Publication Date: Aug 01, 1994
List Price: $5.00
Format: Paperback, 76 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780934770033
Imprint: Arte Público Press
Publisher: Arte Público Press
Parent Company: University of Houston
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Book Description:
A book of poems on the cutting edge of cultural innovation. On Call is the model of Algarn’s esthetics; it transcends the search for identity, roots, and heritage. On Call reaches down into the recesses of our callused sensitivity, awakens us and, in so doing, makes us part of the poetic process.