American Book Award
Americannoun
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So is Oyeyemi, who was one of Granta’s “Best Young British Novelists” in 2013, while Orange, at 42, has won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the John Leonard Prize and the American Book Award.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024
It included a poignant short story by Tommy Orange, author of the novel “There There,” a recipient of the 2019 American Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2021
His books Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza have been critically praised and have won him several awards, including the American Book Award.
From Slate • Oct. 25, 2020
Seattle poet, and former Literary Arts director for Bumbershoot and American Book Award winner.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2019
His 2014 book, “Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia, 1880-2012,” won the American Book Award.
From Washington Post • May 6, 2019
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