Five Civitellians have books long listed for the National Book Award.

“Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar (CRF 2021) and “Creation Lake” by Rachel Kushner (CRF 2016) are long listed for Fiction. “Circle of Hope: A reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church ” by Eliza Griswold (CRF 2011) and “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” by Salman Rushdie (DG 2022) are long listed for Nonfiction. “Spectral Exercise” by Gregory Pardlo (CRF 2019) is long listed for Poetry.

Auguri, tutti! The finalists will be announced on October 1st. Visit the link below to read more about these books and the National Book Award. https://buff.ly/3LoGmdk