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05.02.2021 / 01:11

Library association awards Carnegie medals to McBride, Giggs

NEW YORK – This year's winners of the Carnegie medals for fiction and nonfiction, presented by the American Library Association, have each checked out a few books in their time.

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NAACP Image Awards: Jennifer Hudson wins 'Entertainer of the Year'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 06: Jennifer Hudson attends the 4th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema and Television presented by The Critics Choice Association at Fairmont Century Plaza on December 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jennifer Hudson was named entertainer of the year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color.After Hudson accepted the award Saturday night, the singer-actor thanked the NAACP for inspiring "little girls like me." She beat out Regina King, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Tiffany Haddish."I was just standing here thinking ’It was here – the NAACP Awards – where I watched so many legends and icons that inspired me," said the Oscar and Grammy winner.

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James McBride among those honored by Center for Fiction

NEW YORK – Author James McBride and editor Chris Jackson were among those honored Thursday night by the Center for Fiction. McBride and Showtime received an On Screen Award for the acclaimed adaptation of his prize-winning historical novel “The Good Lord Bird,” which starred Ethan Hawke as the radical 19th century abolitionist John Brown.

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McBride, Rankine among nominees for Carnegie literary medals

NEW YORK – James McBride's latest novel and nonfiction by poets Claudia Rankine and Natasha Trethewey are among the finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for fiction and nonfiction. The American Library Association announced Tuesday that McBride's “Deacon King Kong" was a fiction nominee, along with Ayad Akhtar's novel “Homeland Elegies” and an acclaimed debut novel, Megha Majumdar's “A Burning.” The nonfiction finalists are Trethewey's “Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir," Rankine's “Just Us,” which combines poetry, prose and photography, and Rebecca Giggs' “Fathoms: The World in the Whale." Winners in each category will be receive $5,000, and will be announced Feb.

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McBride, Wilkerson among nominees for Kirkus Prize

NEW YORK – Elena Ferrante, James McBride and Isabel Wilkerson are among the nominees for the Kirkus Prize, a $50,000 honor for the best fiction, nonfiction and children's books.The nominees, six each in the three categories, were chosen by panels of writers, critics, booksellers and librarians. They were announced Wednesday by the trade publication Kirkus Reviews.

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Oprah Picks James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ For Book Club

Oprah Winfrey has chosen James McBride’s “Deacon King Kong” for her book club. McBride’s novel is set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969 and centers on the shooting of a drug dealer by an aging and tipsy church deacon. But it also pays tribute to community and to McBride’s own childhood in a Brooklyn project.

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Oprah picks James McBride's 'Deacon King Kong' for book club

NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey has chosen James McBride's “Deacon King Kong” for her book club. McBride's novel is set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969 and centers on the shooting of a drug dealer by an aging and tipsy church deacon.

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