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The national book foundations list of nominees for the prestigious national book award was released today and weve got the full list of fiction authors who are up for the prize. Oct 03, 2016 the national book awards the longlists of 2016 finalists have been announced. It is only the third time in the national book awards history that a debut collection of poetry has taken the top prize. Fortune smiles, by adam johnson, author of the pulitzer prizewinning novel the.
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