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The 2016 national book awards finalists the new yorker. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young peoples literature. The national book award for fiction is one of five annual national book awards, which. Every reader can name at least one book that changed his or her lifeand many more beloved titles will surely come to mind as well. Daniel borzutzky won in poetry for his collection the performance of becoming human brooklyn arts press, and colson whitehead took home the fiction award for his novel the underground railroad doubleday. Its gives awards every year to american authors for literature in the fields of.
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