Newly announced TribFest speakers grapple with the country’s hardest questions Kevin Stitt, Sherrilyn Ifill, Karl Rove, Imani Perry, Carla Espinoza-Grcic and Avi Loeb join us this September The Texas Tribune · Jun 16
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in August Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025
‘The blue blues have never left us’: a new book examines the color’s spanning ties to Black culture Imani Perry’s Black in Blues traces the ways blue is woven through Black history, from Miles Davis to Toni Morrison The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2025
‘Freedom begins with a book’: incarcerated people to judge new US literary award The Inside literary prize, chosen by a jury of 300, is hailed by finalists including Imani Perry and Tess Gunty The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2023
LA's Tess Gunty, Imani Perry among winners of 2022 National Book Awards Tess Gunty and Imani Perry were the big winners at the 73rd National Book Awards, taking home honors in fiction and nonfiction, respectively, as the prestigious literary prizes were announced at a gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York for the first time since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic… Los Angeles Times · Nov 17, 2022
Tess Gunty's novel 'The Rabbit Hutch' wins National Book Award for fiction Tess Gunty's "The Rabbit Hutch," a sweeping novel set in a low-income housing community in Indiana, has won the National Book Award for fiction. WEKU · Nov 17, 2022
Novelist Tess Gunty wins National Book Award for fiction Tess Gunty’s “The Rabbit Hutch,” a sweeping novel set in a low-income housing community in Indiana, has won the National Book Award for fiction The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022
National Book Awards 2022: Gayl Jones, Sharon Olds, Imani Perry among finalists The winners of the prestigious US awards, in five categories, will be announced in a ceremony in November The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2022
Here are the longlist nominees for the 2022 National Book Awards It’s a good year to be a newcomer, at least if you dream of a National Book Award. Eight of the 10 nominees on the annual prizes’ fiction longlist, announced Friday by the National Book Foundation, are debut fiction authors. Their narratives include the making of an artist from a… Los Angeles Times · Sep 16, 2022
Review: 'South to America,' by Imani Perry One Black academic's exploration of the South seeks to center the region as the "soul of America." Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022