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In “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Imani Perry travels to the American South, where she is from, to examine race, culture, politics and identity. The awards night was one of celebration, but concerns about a wave of book challenges and bans across the country hung over the festivities.
The nonprofit National Book Foundation announced Tuesday five finalists in each of five competitive categories fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people’s literature and translated books winnowed from the 10 longlisted last month.