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The national book foundation has announced its longlists for the 2017 national book awards. The national book foundation revealed the finalists for the 2017 national book award, narrowing down its list of nominated books from 40 to 20 titles. Jesmyn ward accepts the 2017 national book award for fiction. The mission of the national book foundation is to celebrate the best literature in america, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in american culture. Dec 04, 2017 while 2017 has been pretty wild to put it mildly, theres been one glorious silver lining. Check out aalbcs coverage of the national book awards. The 2017 longlist for the national book award for fiction. The panelists are five writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field. The 2019 fiction longlist includes only one title by a previous national book award honoree, colson whitehead, who was a winner in the same category for his 2016 novel the underground railroad. All fiction winners national book awards, national book.
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