Here are the 20 Finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards!

Of the twenty Finalists, only two—poet Terrance Hayes and Young People’s author Steve Sheinkin—have ever been NBA Finalists before. Learn about the full list here.

Edited October 14, 201510 yr by Troy_via_twitter

I've created a new webpage which showcases all of the Black writers honored by the National Book Foundation.  I have 15 years of data so far.  As far as I know this information is not available anywhere else.

Wow! Fifteen years of data. This is awesome. I just took a peek. I will take more time to go through this great information. You have provided us with so many resources to draw from!!!

I've completed a list, over the weekend, of all the Black winners and nominees for National Book Awards:   This year (2015) had the most number of Black nominee, 9 on the long list and 6 finalists, than ever before--more than the first quarter century that the award was given!  More than makes up for the watermelon joke, huh?