The list of nominated books cover a wide range of topics that reflect Brooklyn's diverse community, including novels, short stories, poetry, memoir and nonfiction. The winners will be announced in November 2023.
Sundays at 6am on KPR1 & KPR2 Dan Skinner shares his interest in the area art scene through conversations with leaders of performance venues and museums and his love of books by talking with authors of recent works of fiction and non-fiction. Conversations is sometimes serious and sometimes humorous, but always informative. Episodes of Conversations can be heard Sunday mornings at 6 am on KPR1 & KPR2. You can also listen to the interviews anytime on KPR's website or our App for smartphones.
Sam Roberts, who has long covered the city for the New York Times and written books about it, took on the task and delivered a surprisingly short list: "The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City