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Sing, unburied, sing, by jesmyn ward, a novel set in the deep south, snagged the prestigious 2017 national book award for fiction on wednesday. Among the 20 finalists of the prestigious award, 15 are women. Click on the award name to show winners and nominees. Jesmyn ward and masha gessen among 2017 national book awards. In 2017, however, the national book award finalists are bypassing many muchhyped and muchdiscussed big releases in favor of shining the light on some titles that havent made as much noise. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young peoples literature.
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