National Book Awards 2022: Gayl Jones, Sharon Olds, Imani Perry among finalists

Imani Perry is a finalist in the nonfiction category, for her book South to America. Photograph: Raymond Holman/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Gayl Jones, Imani Perry and Sharon Olds are among the finalists for the 2022 National Book Awards, to be held in November in New York.

The finalists, announced by the New York Times on Tuesday morning, include 25 writers across the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature.