The longlist for the biggest prize in American literature includes previous finalists Jesmyn Award and Jennifer Egan, as well as a host of debut authors
The longlist for the 2017 National Book Award for fiction was announced on Friday, with ten contenders vying for one of the highest honors in American literature.
The list includes two previous NBA honorees, including Jesmyn Ward, who won the fiction prize in 2011, and Jennifer Egan, who was a finalist in the category in 2001. This year’s list, which includes eight women and two men, features fiction of various ilks, including two short-story collections and a number of debut honorees. Six years ago, Jesmyn Ward won the award for her novel Salvage the Bones, about a fictitious Mississippi town affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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