"The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community. The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence without limitations or restrictions. There are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. The award winners range from well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors and first works. The Before Columbus Foundation views American culture as inclusive and has always considered the term “multicultural” to be not a description of various categories, groups, or “special interests,” but rather as the definition of all of American literature. The Awards are not bestowed by an industry organization, but rather are a writers’ award given by other writers."
The 2021 American Book Award Winners are:
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Homeland Elegies: A Novel by Ayad Akhtar [ebook]
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These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card [ebook]
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Borderland Apocrypha by Anthony Cody
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Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time by Ben Ehrenreich [ebook]
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The Young Lords: A Radical History by Johanna Fernández
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In the Lateness of the World: Poems by Carolyn Forché
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Great Demon Kings: A Memoir of Poetry, Sex, Art, Death, and Enlightenment by John Giorno
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong [ebook]
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{#289-128}: Poems by Randall Horton
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The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century by Gerald Horne
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White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones
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Manhattan My Ass, You’re in Oakland by Judy Juanita
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Dunfords Travels Everywheres by William Melvin Kelley (author) Aiki Kelley (illustrator)