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LITERATURE CATEGORIES
Winners to be awarded February 17th 2012.
Fiction • Non-Fiction • Debut Author • Biography/Auto-Biography • Instructional • Poetry • Children • Youth/Teens
Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
Boundaries by Elizabeth Nunez [Akashic Books]
Say Amen, Again by Reshonda Tate Billingsley [Gallery Books]
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones [Algonquin Books]
A Silken Thread by Brenda Jackson [Harlequin Kimani Press]
The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel by Nelson George [Akashic Books]
Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
The Cosmopolitan Canopy by Elijah Anderson [W.W. Norton & Company]
http://aalbc.it/elijahandersonThe Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place by Hill Harper [Gotham Books]
http://aalbc.it/hhbooksWho's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now by Toure [Free Press]
http://aalbc.it/tourebooksSister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa Harris-Perry [Yale University Press]
http://aalbc.it/melissahpSuper Rich by Russell Simmons [Gotham Books]
http://aalbc.it/rushbooks
Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
2Grieve 2Gether: A Journal from the Heart Helping Survivors & Supporters Navigate the Healing Process by Denise Hall Brown [2Lift 1Up Publishing]
A Defining Moment by Patricia Duncan [IJABA Publishing Inc.]
The Loom by Shella Gillus [Guideposts Books]
The Strawberry Letter by Lyah Le Flore [Ballantine/Random House]
We the Animals by Justin Torres [Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]
Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother by Janny Scott [Riverhead Books]
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable [Penguin Group [USA]-Viking]
My Song by Harry Belafonte [Knopf]
No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington by Condoleezza Rice [Crown Publishers]
The John Carlos Story by John Carlos, Dave Zirin [Haymarket Books]
Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional
A Year to Wellness and Other Weight Loss Secrets by Bertice Berry [Freeman House Publishing]
Living My Dream: An Artistic Approach to Marketing by Synthia Saint James [Create Space]
Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community by Quraysh Ali Lansana [Teachers & Writers Collaborative]
The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God by T.D. Jakes [Atria Books]
Too Important to Fail: Saving America's Boys by Tavis Smiley [Author], Juan Roberts, [Illustrator] [SmileyBooks]
Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
Afro Clouds & Nappy Rain: The Curtis Brown Poems by James Golden [iUniverse]
Head Off & Split by Nikky Finney [TriQuarterly Books / Northwestern University Press]
Honoring Genius: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice by Haki Madhubuti [Third World Press]
Intimate Thoughts by Darrin Henson [Author], Anna Saunders [Illustrator] [Godzchild Publishing]
Last Seen by Jacqueline Jones Lamon [University of Wisconsin Press]
Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work - Children
Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band by Kwame Alexander [Author], Tim Bowers [Illustrator] [Sleeping Bear Press]
Before There Was Mozart by Lesa Cline-Ransome [Author], James Ransome [Illustrator] [Schwartz & Wade Books / Random House Children's Books]
Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson [Author/Illustrator] [Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books]
White Water by Michael S. Bandy [Author], Shadra Strickland [Illustrator] [Candlewick Press]
You Can Be A Friend by Tony Dungy [Author], Ron Mazellan [Illustrator] [Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Little Simon]
Nominees - Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon [Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Aladdin]
Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary by Jerdine Nolan [Author], Sadra Strickland [Illustrator] [Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Paula Wiseman Books]
Jesse Owens: "I Always Loved Running" by Jeff Burlingame [Enslow Publishers, Inc.]
Kick by Walter Dean [HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books]
Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes [Bloomsbury Children's Books]
For More Information please visit:
http://www.naacpimageawards.net/43/nominees-and-honorees/literature/
