/tags/national-book-award national book award en-US WLRN Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:05:38 GMT /podcast/sundial/2022-12-20/sundial-his-jamaican-family-fled-to-miami-author-johnathan-escoffery-gets-real-about-race-in-south-florida Author Jonathan Escoffery talks with ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊSundial’s Carlos Frías about his first book, If I Survive You, which was nominated for a National Book Award. His book of interconnected fictional stories draws on his real experience of a Jamaican family fleeing political oppression and immigrating to Miami — where they confront issues of race, class and crushing economic disparity. Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:05:38 GMT /podcast/sundial/2022-12-20/sundial-his-jamaican-family-fled-to-miami-author-johnathan-escoffery-gets-real-about-race-in-south-florida Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /2019-09-20/here-are-the-nominees-for-the-2019-national-book-awards Colson Whitehead and Marlon James headline the longlists of names in contention for the literary prize. Altogether, 50 books across five categories stand a chance at winning in November. Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:46:01 GMT /2019-09-20/here-are-the-nominees-for-the-2019-national-book-awards Colin Dwyer /2018-11-14/sigrid-nunez-elizabeth-acevedo-among-2018-national-book-award-winners Nunez and Acevedo won for fiction and young people's literature, respectively. The prestigious literary prize also honored Jeffrey C. Stewart, Justin Phillip Reed, Yoko Tawada and Margaret Mitsutani. Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:18:40 GMT /2018-11-14/sigrid-nunez-elizabeth-acevedo-among-2018-national-book-award-winners Colin Dwyer