National Book Foundation announced the 10 contenders for the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry. The final five finalists will be announced on Oct. 1, and the winners will be announced live on Wed., Nov. 20.
Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on Variety, The New York Post, and The Wrap.National Book Foundation Announces the Longlist for The 2024 National Book Award for Poetry.confirmed that list’s 10 nominees in a press release obtained by PEOPLE on Thursday, Sept. 12. The announcement revealed that five finalists will be revealed on Oct.
“Fady Joudah’s collection of poems is a rumination on the unspeakable atrocities of war; the present and ongoing erasure of Palestinian people, history and culture; and a dedication to a people’s everyday desires and humanity,” the release continues. “Elizabeth Willis investigates Mormonism —the religion she was born into — and its influence on domestic labor, economics and family dynamics.”
“Octavio Quintanilla makes a history of dislocation physical and transforms it into a source of creativity. In the face of displacement, grief and the ongoing horrors of war, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha scrutinizes language and the obfuscation of Palestinian history, both in Palestine and across the diaspora,” the statement reads.
National Book Foundation Announces the Longlist for The 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s LiteraturePublishers submitted 299 books for the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry. This year's judges are Carolyn Forché, Tyehimba Jess, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Rena Priest and Richard Blanco, who also serves as the chair.
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