Posted by Jason on Thursday, Nov 17, 2016
The 67th National Book Awards Ceremony was held last night, you can watch here and read the winning books from the Iowa City Public Library's collection at the links below:
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE
March (Book 3) written by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and illustrated by Nate Powell
POETRY
The Performance of Becoming Human by Daniel Borzutzky
NONFICTION
Stamped From The Beginning : The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
FICTION
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
About the Author
Jason is Adult Services Coordinator. He oversees reference services offered at the Info Desk, Switchboard, Digital Media Lab, Koza Family Teen Center, and Page Station. He coordinates programming opportunities for adults and teens.
Since the release of the Get Back series I've been on a Beatles kick. This book covers one of their pivotal years and contains a lot of primary source interview quotes. Turner describes local and global cultural and political landscapes to help ground us in what they were dealing with as artists at the time. -Jason