![]() ![]() ![]() Twins Stella and Desiree escaped rural Louisiana as teenagers, but years later Desiree returns with her daughter in this work of crisp social commentary that addresses colorism, gender identity, and more. Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half is a multi-generational family saga in which the characters contemplate the consequences of their lineage. Three titles on this year’s Longlist are set in the American South. In addition, their writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Elle, New York Magazine, The Paris Review, New York Review of Books, GQ, The Atlantic, McSweeney’s, and more. The authors on the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction Longlist have earned recognition from numerous prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Robert W. This year’s Longlist includes two writers who have been previously honored by the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 prize, Brit Bennett and Charles Yu. Only one writer, Lydia Millet, has been honored by the National Book Awards before Millet’s novel Sweet Lamb of Heaven was Longlisted for Fiction in 2016. The 2020 Fiction Longlist counts three debuts among the ten titles. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on October 6. The National Book Foundation today announced the Longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Fiction ![]()
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