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2025
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CCCC Outstanding Book Award
(Co-winner)
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Conference on College Composition and Communication
Author:
Kendall Gerdes
Book Title:
Sensitive Rhetorics
Award:
CCCC Outstanding Book Award
(Honorable Mention)
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Conference on College Composition and Communication
Author:
Jonathan Alexander
Book Title:
Writing and Desire
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WCoNA Book of the Year
(Longlist)
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Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia
Author:
Andy McPhee
Book Title:
Donora Death Fog
2024
Award:
Anchorage Daily News Favorite Books of 2024
(Co-winner)
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Anchorage Daily News
Author:
Bret Shepard
Book Title:
Absent Here
Award:
Barrington Moore Book Award
(Winner)
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Section on Comparative Historical Sociology of the American Sociological Association
Author:
Leslie C. Gates
Book Title:
Capitalist Outsiders
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Best Book Award
(Winner)
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LASA Ecuadorian Studies Section
Author:
A. Kim Clark
Book Title:
Conjuring the State
Award:
Brittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2024
(Co-winner)
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Brittle Paper
Author:
Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Book Title:
Obligations to the Wounded
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Burdine C. Johnson Award for Best Book of Poetry
(Finalist)
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Texas Institute of Letters
Author:
Corey Marks
Book Title:
The Rock That Is Not a Rabbit
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Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title
(Co-winner)
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Choice Magazine
Author:
Frank Uekötter
Book Title:
The Vortex
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Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award
(Co-winner)
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Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Author:
Leslie C. Gates
Book Title:
Capitalist Outsiders
Award:
Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award
(Honorable Mention)
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Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association
Author:
Leslie C. Gates
Book Title:
Capitalist Outsiders
Award:
Midland Authors Award
(Honoree)
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Society of Midland Authors
Author:
Elton Glaser
Book Title:
Ghost Variations
Award:
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
(Longlist)
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National Book Critics Circle
Author:
V. Penelope Pelizzon
Book Title:
A Gaze Hound That Hunteth by the Eye
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Ohioana Book Award
(Finalist)
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Ohioana Book Awards
Author:
Elton Glaser
Book Title:
Ghost Variations
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The Boston Globe's Best 75 Books of 2024
(Co-winner)
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The Boston Globe
Author:
Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Book Title:
Obligations to the Wounded
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The Continent's Top 5 African Books of 2024
(Co-winner)
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The Continent
Author:
Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Book Title:
Obligations to the Wounded
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The Minnesota Star Tribune Best Book of 2024
(Winner)
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The Minnesota Star Tribune
Author:
Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Book Title:
Obligations to the Wounded
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The New York Times Best Poetry Books of 2024
(Co-winner)
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The New York Times
Author:
Reginald Shepherd
Book Title:
The Selected Shepherd
Award:
Thomas McGann Award
(Winner)
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Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies
Author:
Sandra McGee Deutsch
Book Title:
Gendering Antifascism
Award:
Writers League of Texas Award for Poetry
(Finalist)
Organization:
Writers League of Texas
Author:
Corey Marks
Book Title:
The Rock That Is Not a Rabbit
2023
Award:
Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award
(Winner)
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Society of Architectural Historians
Author:
Andrew Demshuk
Book Title:
Three Cities After Hitler
Award:
CCCC Exemplar Award
(Winner)
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CCCC
Author:
Jonathan Alexander
Book Title:
Body of Work
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CESS Outreach Award
(Honorable Mention)
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Central Eurasian Studies Society
Author:
David L. Montgomery
Book Title:
Central Asia
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Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry
(Finalist)
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Georgia Writers Association
Author:
Christina Olson
Book Title:
The Anxiety Workbook
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Julie Suk Award
(Longlist)
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Jacar Press
Author:
Ryler Dustin
Book Title:
Trailer Park Psalms
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Julie Suk Award
(Longlist)
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Jacar Press
Author:
Sahar Muradi
Book Title:
OCTOBERS
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Kate Tufts Discovery Award
(Finalist)
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Tufts Poetry Awards
Author:
Aurielle Marie
Book Title:
Gumbo Ya Ya
Award:
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
(Finalist)
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Tufts Poetry Awards
Author:
Joan Naviyuk Kane
Book Title:
Dark Traffic
Award:
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry
(Finalist)
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Lambda Literary Awards
Author:
Brynne Rebele-Henry
Book Title:
Prelude
Award:
Norma Farber First Book Award
(Winner)
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Author:
Paul Hlava Ceballos
Book Title:
banana [ ]
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Sergio Troncoso Award
(Best Book of Fiction)
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Texas Institute of Letters
Author:
Ramona Reeves
Book Title:
It Falls Gently All Around
Award:
Susan Socolow-Lyman Johnson Chile-Rio de la Plata Book Prize
(Winner)
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Conference on Latin American History
Author:
Carmen Soliz
Book Title:
Fields of Revolution
Award:
Turku Book Award
(Finalist)
Organization:
Rachel Carson Center and the European Society for Envrionmental History
Author:
Davide Orsini
Book Title:
The Atomic Archipelago
Award:
Turku Book Award
(Finalist)
Organization:
Rachel Carson Center and the European Society for Envrionmental History
Author:
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg
Book Title:
A Monastery for the Ibex
Award:
Washington State Book Award in Poetry
(Finalist)
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Washington State Book Awards
Author:
Paul Hlava Ceballos
Book Title:
banana [ ]
2022
Award:
Edward Kremmers Award
(Winner)
Organization:
American Institute for the History of Pharmacy
Author:
Paula De Vos
Book Title:
Compound Remedies
Award:
Frost Medal
(Winner)
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Author:
Sharon Olds
Book Title:
Body of Work
Award:
Georgia Author of the Year (Poetry)
(Winner)
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Georgia Author of the Year
Author:
Aurielle Marie
Book Title:
Gumbo Ya Ya
Award:
Indiana Authors Award
(Winner (Poetry))
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Indiana Authors Awards
Author:
Ross Gay
Book Title:
Be Holding
Award:
J.B. Jackson Book Prize
(Winner)
Organization:
Center for Cultural Landscapes
Author:
Amita Sinha
Book Title:
Cultural Landscapes of India
Award:
Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry
(Winner)
Organization:
Lambda Literary
Author:
Aurielle Marie
Book Title:
Gumbo Ya Ya
Award:
Nautilus Book Award
(Gold Winner)
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Nautilus Book Awards
Author:
Tracy Fuad
Book Title:
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Award:
PSA Women’s Caucus Prize in Feminist Philosophy of Science
(Winner)
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Philosophy of Science Association
Author:
Maya Goldenberg
Book Title:
Vaccine Hesitancy
Award:
Patterson Poetry Prize
(Finalist)
Organization:
Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College
Author:
Adrienne Su
Book Title:
Peach State
Award:
Rhetoric Society of America Book Award
(Honorable Mention)
Organization:
Rhetoric Society of America
Author:
Elizabeth Kimball
Book Title:
Translingual Inheritance
Award:
Whitfield Prize
(Winner)
Organization:
Royal Historical Society
Author:
Kristin D. Hussey
Book Title:
Imperial Bodies in London
Award:
Witold Pilecki International Book Award
(Finalist)
Organization:
Instytut Pileckiego
Author:
Paweł Pieniążek
Book Title:
Greetings From Novorossiya
2021
Award:
Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize
(Finalist)
Organization:
African Studies Association
Author:
Emily Brownell
Book Title:
Gone to Ground
Award:
CESS Book Award in Social Sciences
(Shortlist)
Organization:
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Author:
Diana T. Kudaibergenova
Book Title:
Toward Nationalizing Regimes
Award:
Charles Rufus Morey Book Award
(Winner)
Organization:
College Art Association of America
Author:
Charles L. Davis
Book Title:
Building Character
Award:
Eric Hoffer Award
(Medal Provocateur Finalist)
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Eric Hoffer Book Awards
Author:
Eleanor Boudreau
Book Title:
Earnest, Earnest?
Award:
Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award
(Winner)
Organization:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Author:
Slava Gerovitch
Book Title:
Soviet Space Mythologies
Award:
Northern California Book Award
(Finalist, Fiction)
Organization:
Northern California Book Awards
Author:
Caroline Kim
Book Title:
The Prince of Mournful Thoughts
Award:
Northern California Book Award
(Winner, Poetry)
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Northern California Book Awards
Author:
Danusha Laméris
Book Title:
Bonfire Opera
Award:
On the Brinck Book Award
(Winner)
Organization:
University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning
Author:
Charles L. Davis II
Book Title:
Building Character
Award:
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
(Longlist)
Organization:
PEN America
Author:
Jesse Kerchival
Book Title:
Poemas de Amor
Award:
PEN/Jean Stein Award
(Winner)
Organization:
PEN America
Author:
Ross Gay
Book Title:
Be Holding
Award:
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
(Longlist)
Organization:
PEN America
Author:
Caroline Kim
Book Title:
The Prince of Mournful Thoughts
Award:
Paterson Poetry Prize
(Finalist)
Organization:
The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College
Author:
Danusha Laméris
Book Title:
Bonfire Opera
Award:
SSAWW Best Book Award
(Honorable Mention)
Organization:
Society for the Study of American Women Writers
Author:
Nancy Kang and Silvio Torres-Saillant
Book Title:
The Once and Future Muse
Award:
The John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize
(Winner)
Organization:
Foundation for Landscape Studies
Author:
Joseph S. Cialdella
Book Title:
Motor City Green
Award:
Wallace Stevens Award
(Winner)
Organization:
Academy of American Poetry
Author:
Toi Derricotte
Book Title:
Body of Work