Last night, November 16th, the National Book Awards were announced and we are beyond excited to announce that Imani Perry's South to America won for nonfiction! Read more about this win here.
Check out this amazing photo of Imani and her editor Sara Birmingham at the event:
Can’t even put into words how much it meant to see @imaniperry win the National Book Award last night. Her work is a gift ❤️ pic.twitter.com/BxIJBhXPr2
— Sara Birmingham (@SaraBirmingham) November 17, 2022
South to America is an essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South—and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America.
“[A] saturated, gorgeously written, and keenly revelatory travelogue…Perry's southern tour is intimate and encompassing, finely laced and steely, affecting and transformative.”
—Booklist ⭐️ review
“[Perry] melds memoir, travel narrative, and history in an intimate, penetrating journey through the South…. A graceful, finely crafted examination of America’s racial, cultural, and political identity. Perry always delivers.”
—Kirkus ⭐️ review
Order a copy here.
Congrats, Imani!!
-Lainey