Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists

April 15, 2018 | 2 books mentioned

The New York Public Library announced their eighteenth annual Young Lions Fiction Award, which is “given annually to an American writer age 35 or younger for either a novel or a collection of short stories.” The 2018 finalists are: Lesley Nneka Arimah‘s What It Means When a Man Falls from the SkyVenita Blackburn‘s Black Jesus and Other SuperheroesGabe Habash‘s Stephen FloridaEmily Ruskovich‘s Idaho, and Jenny Zhang‘s Sour Heart. From our archives: Habash and Zhang‘s 2017 Year in Reading entries.

 

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