Winners of the 45th Annual American Book Award

September 5, 2024
 
 
 
The Before Columbus Foundation announces the
Winners of the Forty-Fifth Annual
AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS
Ceremonies, Sunday, October 27, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
 
 
Oakland, CA—The Before Columbus Foundation announces the Winners of the Forty-Fifth Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS. The 2024 American Book Award winners will be formally recognized on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 1:00 p.m., at the SF Jazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA. Reception to follow. This event is open to the public.
 
 
The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community.  The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence without limitations or restrictions.  There are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. The award winners range from well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors and first works. There are no quotas for diversity; the winners list simply reflects it as a natural process. The Before Columbus Foundation views American culture as inclusive and has always considered the term “multicultural” to be not a description of various categories, groups, or “special interests,” but rather as the definition of all of American literature. The Awards are not bestowed by an industry organization, but rather are a writers’ award given by other writers.
 
 
The 2024 American Book Award Winners
 
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Independence: A Novel (William Morrow)
 
Debra Magpie Earling
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea: A Novel (Milkweed Editions)
 
Paul S. Flores
We Still Be: Poems and Performances (El Martillo Press)
 
Aisha Abdel Gawad
Between Two Moons: A Novel (Doubleday)
 
Gregg Hecimovich
The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman's Narrative (Ecco)
 
C.L.R. James adapted and illustrated by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History (Verso)
 
R. F. Kuang
Yellowface (William Morrow)
 
Felipe Luciano
Flesh & Spirit: Confessions of a Young Lord (Empire State Editions)
 
Fae Myenne Ng
Orphan Bachelors (Grove Press)
 
Roger Reeves
Dark Days: Fugitive Essays (Graywolf)
 
John N. Roberts
Changing the Commons: Stories About Place Making (ORO Editions)
 
Barbara D. Savage
Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar (Yale University Press)
 
Rachel L. Swarns
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church (Random House)
 
Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards
Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music (Knopf)
 
Valerie Wilson Wesley
A Shimmer of Red (An Odessa Jones Mystery) (Kensington)
 
Rosanna Xia
California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline (Heyday)
 
John Yau
Please Wait by the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art (Black Sparrow Press)
 
Monica Youn
From From (Graywolf)
Lifetime Achievement Award
 
Jessica Hagedorn
 
Editor/Publisher Award
 
Jeff Deutsch, publisher, and Parneshia Jones, editor (for Divine Days, by Leon Forrest, Seminary Co-op Offsets)
 
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Magazine
 
Anti-Censorship Award
 
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University
 
Asna Tabassum, Valedictorian, Class of 2024, University of Southern California
 
Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award
 
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters, Lynnée Denise (University of Texas Press)
 
“Book Review: Erasure by Percival Everett, The Basis for the Film American Fiction”
Brenda M. Greene, Our Time Press
 
Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo
 
“Behind F1’s Velvet Curtain” Kate Wagner, Escape Collective
CLICK ABOVE IMG for FULL Size
September 5, 2024
 
 
 
The Before Columbus Foundation announces the
Winners of the Forty-Fifth Annual
AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS
Ceremonies, Sunday, October 27, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
 
 
Oakland, CA—The Before Columbus Foundation announces the Winners of the Forty-Fifth Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS. The 2024 American Book Award winners will be formally recognized on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 1:00 p.m., at the SF Jazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA. Reception to follow. This event is open to the public.
 
 
The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community.  The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence without limitations or restrictions.  There are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. The award winners range from well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors and first works. There are no quotas for diversity; the winners list simply reflects it as a natural process. The Before Columbus Foundation views American culture as inclusive and has always considered the term “multicultural” to be not a description of various categories, groups, or “special interests,” but rather as the definition of all of American literature. The Awards are not bestowed by an industry organization, but rather are a writers’ award given by other writers.
 
 
The 2024 American Book Award Winners
 
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Independence: A Novel (William Morrow)
 
Debra Magpie Earling
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea: A Novel (Milkweed Editions)
 
Paul S. Flores
We Still Be: Poems and Performances (El Martillo Press)
 
Aisha Abdel Gawad
Between Two Moons: A Novel (Doubleday)
 
Gregg Hecimovich
The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman's Narrative (Ecco)
 
C.L.R. James adapted and illustrated by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History (Verso)
 
R. F. Kuang
Yellowface (William Morrow)
 
Felipe Luciano
Flesh & Spirit: Confessions of a Young Lord (Empire State Editions)
 
Fae Myenne Ng
Orphan Bachelors (Grove Press)
 
Roger Reeves
Dark Days: Fugitive Essays (Graywolf)
 
John N. Roberts
Changing the Commons: Stories About Place Making (ORO Editions)
 
Barbara D. Savage
Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar (Yale University Press)
 
Rachel L. Swarns
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church (Random House)
 
Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards
Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music (Knopf)
 
Valerie Wilson Wesley
A Shimmer of Red (An Odessa Jones Mystery) (Kensington)
 
Rosanna Xia
California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline (Heyday)
 
John Yau
Please Wait by the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art (Black Sparrow Press)
 
Monica Youn
From From (Graywolf)
Lifetime Achievement Award
 
Jessica Hagedorn
 
Editor/Publisher Award
 
Jeff Deutsch, publisher, and Parneshia Jones, editor (for Divine Days, by Leon Forrest, Seminary Co-op Offsets)
 
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Magazine
 
Anti-Censorship Award
 
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University
 
Asna Tabassum, Valedictorian, Class of 2024, University of Southern California
 
Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award
 
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters, Lynnée Denise (University of Texas Press)
 
“Book Review: Erasure by Percival Everett, The Basis for the Film American Fiction”
Brenda M. Greene, Our Time Press
 
Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo
 
“Behind F1’s Velvet Curtain” Kate Wagner, Escape Collective
CLICK ABOVE IMG for FULL Size
September 5, 2024
 
 
 
The Before Columbus Foundation announces the
Winners of the Forty-Fifth Annual
AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS
Ceremonies, Sunday, October 27, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
 
 
Oakland, CA—The Before Columbus Foundation announces the Winners of the Forty-Fifth Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS. The 2024 American Book Award winners will be formally recognized on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 1:00 p.m., at the SF Jazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA. Reception to follow. This event is open to the public.
 
 
The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community.  The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence without limitations or restrictions.  There are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. The award winners range from well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors and first works. There are no quotas for diversity; the winners list simply reflects it as a natural process. The Before Columbus Foundation views American culture as inclusive and has always considered the term “multicultural” to be not a description of various categories, groups, or “special interests,” but rather as the definition of all of American literature. The Awards are not bestowed by an industry organization, but rather are a writers’ award given by other writers.
 
 
The 2024 American Book Award Winners
 
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Independence: A Novel (William Morrow)
 
Debra Magpie Earling
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea: A Novel (Milkweed Editions)
 
Paul S. Flores
We Still Be: Poems and Performances (El Martillo Press)
 
Aisha Abdel Gawad
Between Two Moons: A Novel (Doubleday)
 
Gregg Hecimovich
The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman's Narrative (Ecco)
 
C.L.R. James adapted and illustrated by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History (Verso)
 
R. F. Kuang
Yellowface (William Morrow)
 
Felipe Luciano
Flesh & Spirit: Confessions of a Young Lord (Empire State Editions)
 
Fae Myenne Ng
Orphan Bachelors (Grove Press)
 
Roger Reeves
Dark Days: Fugitive Essays (Graywolf)
 
John N. Roberts
Changing the Commons: Stories About Place Making (ORO Editions)
 
Barbara D. Savage
Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar (Yale University Press)
 
Rachel L. Swarns
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church (Random House)
 
Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards
Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music (Knopf)
 
Valerie Wilson Wesley
A Shimmer of Red (An Odessa Jones Mystery) (Kensington)
 
Rosanna Xia
California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline (Heyday)
 
John Yau
Please Wait by the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art (Black Sparrow Press)
 
Monica Youn
From From (Graywolf)
Lifetime Achievement Award
 
Jessica Hagedorn
 
Editor/Publisher Award
 
Jeff Deutsch, publisher, and Parneshia Jones, editor (for Divine Days, by Leon Forrest, Seminary Co-op Offsets)
 
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Magazine
 
Anti-Censorship Award
 
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University
 
Asna Tabassum, Valedictorian, Class of 2024, University of Southern California
 
Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award
 
Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters, Lynnée Denise (University of Texas Press)
 
“Book Review: Erasure by Percival Everett, The Basis for the Film American Fiction”
Brenda M. Greene, Our Time Press
 
Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo
 
“Behind F1’s Velvet Curtain” Kate Wagner, Escape Collective
CLICK ABOVE IMG for FULL Size