1) Fiction: James by Percival Everett
A new twist on “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Jim, the enslaved man, offering a poignant critique of racial injustice and a quest for freedom.
2) History (Shared award) – Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War, by Edda L. Fields-Black
The story of Harriet Tubman’s Combahee River Raid.
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, by Kathleen DuVal.
Chronicles a millennium of Indigenous history in North America.
3) Biography – Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life, by Jason Roberts
Tells the global race to catalog life on Earth, highlighting scientific ambition and discovery.
4) Memoir or Autobiography – Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir, by Tessa Hulls
A memoir in graphic novel form intertwining personal and familial narratives, exploring themes of mental health and generational trauma.
5) General Nonfiction – To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement, by Benjamin Nathans
History of the Soviet dissident movement, shedding light on the struggle for freedom under authoritarian regimes.
6) Poetry – New and Selected Poems, by Marie Howe
Reflections on love, loss, and the human experience.
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