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Tag Archives: National Book Award
Salvage the Bones Book Review
The 2011 National Book Award Winner for Fiction (U.S.), Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward tells the story of the Batiste family, a poor, Black family living in a rural community near the Mississippi Gulf Coast. A first-person narrative told from … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, fiction, Hurricane Katrina, National Book Award, poverty, race
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The Round House
In November 2012 Louise Erdrich’s novel The Round House was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction, beating out a rather competitive field. This was the 14th novel from this award-winning Native American author. I hadn’t previously read any of her work, but after … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, fiction, literature, National Book Award, Native American, racial injustice, rape, violence
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