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His novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man won numerous awards and brought lasting fame to the author

and the Dayton Literary Peace PrizeNamed One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • USA Today • Time • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Essence • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Week • Kirkus Reviews*Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South

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Open Water Dark Fantasy ” and “what do IWINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION A stunning first novel about two young Black artists in London falling in and out of love by a new literary virtuoso and finalist for the BBC Short Story Award, twenty six year old writer and photographer Caleb Azumah Nelson Open Water is tender poetry, a love song to Black art and thought, an exploration of intimacy and