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Here are the nominees for the 2019 national book awards. National book award longlist for nonfiction announced sfgate. Edmund white receives the 2019 medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. The judges for nonfiction are erica armstrong dunbar, carolyn kellogg, mark laframboise, kiese laymon, and jeff sharlet chair.
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