Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominees and Winning Books

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 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


17 Books Honored by the Hurston/Wright Foundation in 2015

Winner - Fiction

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The Moor’s Account
by Laila Lalami

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Vintage Books (Aug 18, 2015)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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Winner - Nonfiction

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Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Nunez

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Akashic Books (Apr 01, 2014)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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Winner - Poetry

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Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine

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16-time National Bestseller, Poetry

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Graywolf Press (Oct 07, 2014)
Poetry, Paperback, 160 pages
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Finalist - Fiction

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An Untamed State
by Roxane Gay

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Grove Press (May 06, 2014)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
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Finalist - Fiction

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Land Of Love And Drowning
by Tiphanie Yanique

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Knopf (Jul 10, 2014)
Fiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
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Finalist - Nonfiction

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Fire Shut Up In My Bones
by Charles M. Blow

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Sep 23, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
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Finalist - Poetry

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King Me
by Roger Reeves

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Copper Canyon Press (Nov 19, 2013)
Poetry, Paperback, 72 pages
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Finalist - Poetry

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Revising the Storm (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America)
by Geffrey Davis

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BOA Editions (Apr 01, 2014)
Poetry, Paperback, 96 pages
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Nominee - Fiction

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The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel
by Chris Abani

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Penguin Group USA (Jan 07, 2014)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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Nominee - Fiction

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Radiance Of Tomorrow
by Ishmael Beah

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Sarah Crichton Books (Jan 07, 2014)
Fiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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Nominee - Fiction

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The Orchard of Lost Souls: A Novel
by Nadifa Mohamed

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Picador (Jun 16, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

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Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities)
by Saladin Ambar

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Oxford University Press (Feb 10, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

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Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America
by Bob Herbert

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Doubleday (Oct 07, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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Nominee - Nonfiction

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Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
by Danielle Allen

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Liveright (May 04, 2015)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

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The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon (Poets, Penguin)
by Willie Perdomo

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Penguin Group USA (Mar 25, 2014)
Poetry, Paperback, 80 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

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We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters
by Brian Gilmore

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Cherry Castle Publishing (Aug 31, 2014)
Poetry, Paperback, 82 pages
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Nominee - Poetry

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Digest (Stahlecker Selections)
by Gregory Pardlo

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Four Way Books (Oct 07, 2014)
Poetry, Paperback, 84 pages
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