An epic novel that moves from Hiroshima to Delhi, New York, and Afghanistan across generations. The history of war and migration folds into family life.

World history’s wounds are traced as family history.

Her work was honored for its reach across poetry, public speech, and teaching. A body of work spanning multiple collections has expanded the reach of African American poetry.

Not a single book, but a whole poetic career, was being honored.

His sociological work revisits urban racial inequality and poverty from both structural and cultural angles. The power lies in reshaping the terms of debate themselves.

A framework for inequality is rebuilt from the ground up.

Her long-running influence on media and publishing culture was recognized. The focus is not a single book but her impact on reading culture itself.

The prize centers on the public life of reading, not one book.