Chast is first cartoonist ever to make it onto the adult nonfiction prize, while fiction shortlist stacked with newcomers
For the first time in the National Book Awards 65-year history, a cartoonist is being honored in an adult category as a finalist.
The National Book Foundation on Wednesday announced that Roz Chast, a staff cartoonist at the New Yorker, is among the five nonfiction finalists to make the cut less than a month after the longlists were released for the awards four categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry and young peoples literature.
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