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Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ honors the best in Black literature. These are just a few of the 25 honorees for...

To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness by Robin Coste Lewis

Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

We Refuse to Forget by Caleb Gayle

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T. L. Huchu

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

The Last Dreamwalker by Rita Woods

Black Boy Smile by D. Watkins

Inciting Joy by Ross Gay

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

By Hands Now Known by Margaret A. Burnham

Mother Country by Jacinda Townsend

The Islands by Dionne Irving

People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times by Meron Hadero

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