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Edition 37 (2016)

Literary awardMulticultural literatureNo genre restrictions (novels, poetry, non-fiction, etc.)

Winners

16 people
Laura Da' Winner

A poetry collection that traces Shawnee history alongside personal memory, linking land, displacement, and inheritance.

79 pages

A short-story collection set in the Palestinian village of Tel al-Hilou, spanning generations and continents to explore memory and belonging.

275 pages
Deepa Iyer Winner

A nonfiction study of how South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh immigrants have shaped the United States while facing prejudice and exclusion after 9/11.

256 pages
Mat Johnson Winner

A satirical novel about a biracial man who returns to Philadelphia, confronts family secrets and ghosts, and tries to remake his life.

304 pages

An experimental short-story collection that retrieves voices from the margins of history and memory.

306 pages

A study of how the FBI monitored, read, and politically framed African American literature.

367 pages
Lauret Savoy Winner

An essayistic memoir that follows the relationship between memory, history, race, and the American landscape.

240 pages
Ned Sublette Winner

A sweeping history of how the slave-breeding industry shaped the United States and its economy.

754 pages

A sweeping history of how the slave-breeding industry shaped the United States and its economy.

754 pages

A linked short-story collection set in Arroyo Grande, Texas, where uncanny events and community life keep colliding.

158 pages
Nick Turse Winner

An investigative nonfiction account of the expansion of U.S. proxy wars and covert operations across Africa.

A collected volume of Ray Young Bear's poetry, grounded in Meskwaki tradition, nature, violence, and memory.

456 pages
Louise Meriwether Lifetime Achievement Award
Lyra Monteiro Winner