Paul Harding and Justin Torres are among the National Book Award finalists
Paul Hardingโs Maine-based historical novel โThis Other Eden,โ Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyahโs dystopian โChain-Gang All-Starsโ and Justin Torres' multi-generational โBlackoutsโ are among the fiction finalists for the National Book Awards.
Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
Poet Rita Dove is this year's winner of an honorary National Book Award for โDistinguished Contribution to American Letters,โ a lifetime achievement prize previously given to Toni Morrison and Don DeLillo among others.