Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Reading 2019 — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf

Upcoming Event
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award honors the best in Black literature in the United States and around the globe. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry honorees are selected in a juried competition. Join us to congratulate the 2019 nominees in attendance: Jamel Brinkley, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Brittney Cooper, Imani Perry, Chanda Feldman, David Chariandy and Kwoya Fagin Maples.
 

 

Politics and Prose at the Wharf
70 District Square SW
Washington, DC 20024
The Wharf
Fiction & Poetry
Non Fiction
A Lucky Man: Stories By Jamel Brinkley Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555978433
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Published: Graywolf Press - June 4th, 2019

Heads of the Colored People: Stories By Nafissa Thompson-Spires Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501168000
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Published: 37 Ink - January 22nd, 2019

Friday Black By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781328911247
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Published: Mariner Books - October 23rd, 2018

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower By Brittney Cooper Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250112880
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Published: Picador - March 5th, 2019

May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem By Imani Perry Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781469638607
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Published: University of North Carolina Press - February 19th, 2018

Approaching the Fields: Poems By Chanda Feldman Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780807168295
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Published: LSU Press - February 5th, 2018

Mend: Poems (University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose) By Kwoya Fagin Maples Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9780813176277
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Published: University Press of Kentucky - November 16th, 2018

Brother By David Chariandy Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781635573541
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - November 12th, 2019

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