The 2017 winners were announced on Monday, 4/10. Colson Whitehead won the fiction award for The Underground Railroad. The poetry honor was awarded to Tyehimba Jess for Olio.
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Congratulations to all the authors! Watch civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis accept the award in a very moving speech here:
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