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The 2015 national book award nominees, for nonfiction the nominees include tanehisi coates, sally mann and pulitzerwinning poet tracy k. Published 21 april 2015 last updated 21 april 2016 see all updates. Nov 18, 2015 new york tanehisi coates won the national book award for nonfiction wednesday night for between the world and me, the searing best seller about being black in america. Here are the winners of the 2015 national book awards. Ric publications was named publisher of the year for primary and jacaranda won publisher of the year for secondary. Usc dornsife doctoral student wins the national book award. New york tanehisi coates won the national book award for nonfiction wednesday night for between the world and me, the searing best seller about being black in america. Sep 16, 2015 the 2015 national book award nominees, for nonfiction the nominees include tanehisi coates, sally mann and pulitzerwinning poet tracy k. The 2015 national book award nominees, for nonfiction. Finalists for two significant literary awards, the man booker prize for fiction and the national book awards, were announced this week ahead of the fall award season. Here are winners of the 2017 national book awards chicago. Below are the links to the voting threads which also contain links to external best of 2015 lists. Winners of the washington state book awards the seattle times. Neal shusterman full speech 2015 national book awards ceremony wednesday, november 18, 2015, cipriani wall street, new york, ny.
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