HANIF ABDURRAQIB

Carnegie Medals This cover image provided by Random House shows "A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance" by Hanif Abdurraqib. (Random House via AP) (Uncredited)NEW YORK — (AP) — Receiving a literary prize from the American Library Association is a kind of homecoming for the essayist-poet Hanif Abdurraqib. He currently lives near the Martin Luther King Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and stops by often. Previous winners include James McBride, Jennifer Egan and Doris Kearns Goodwin. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

Receiving a literary prize from the American Library Association is a kind of homecoming for the essayist-poet Hanif Abdurraqib.

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