The night’s unofficial themes were self-expression, voices silenced and raised, and the way literature can, as poet Rita Dove described it, summon the voice of our “unarticulated disturbances.”
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The nonfiction prize was awarded on Wednesday night to Ned Blackhawk’s “The Rediscovery of America.” Justin Torres’ “Blackouts” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Young people’s literature was won by Dan Santat’s “A First Time for Everything.”