
The 2023 National Book Award longlists have been announced, and we have 9 titles in the running!
Fiction
THE END OF DRUM-TIME by Hanna Pylväinen
BLACKOUTS by Justin Torres
Nonfiction
KING: A Life by Jonathan Eig
ORDINARY NOTES by Christina Sharpe
I SAW DEATH COMING: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams
Poetry
PROMISES OF GOLD by José Olivarez; translated by David Ruano
FROM FROM by Monica Youn
Translated Literature
BEYOND THE DOOR OF NO RETURN by David Diop; translated by Sam Taylor
NO ONE PRAYED OVER THEIR GRAVES by Khaled Khalifa; translated by Leri Price
The five finalists for each award will be named on October 3, and the winners for each will be announced on November 15.