Awards: Anisfield-Wolf; NYPL Young Lions

The winners of the 82nd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation and honoring "literature that confronts racism and examines diversity," are:

Fiction: The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies
Fiction: The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
Nonfiction: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Poetry: Olio by Tyehimba Jess
Lifetime achievement: Isabel Allende

"The new Anisfield-Wolf winners broaden our insights on race and diversity," said Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who chaired the jury. "This year, we honor a breakthrough history of black women mathematicians powering NASA, a riveting novel of the Asian American experience, a mesmerizing, poetic exploration of forgotten black musical performance and a spellbinding story of violence and its consequences. All is capped by the lifetime achievement of Isabel Allende, an unparalleled writer and philanthropist."

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Finalists have been announced for the $10,000 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, "honoring the works of five commanding, diverse, young authors" aged 35 or younger. The winner will be named June 1. This year's finalists are:

We Show What We Have Learned by Clare Beams
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
We Love You Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan

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