Sigrid Nunez, author portrait
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Sigrid Nunez

Sigrid Nunez is the author of nine novels, including The Friend, What Are You Going Through, and The Vulnerables. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. She has received the National Book Award, the Whiting Award, a Berlin Prize Fellowship, the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, the Rome Prize in Literature, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Windham-Campbell Prize. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. She lives in New York City.
It Will Come Back to You
The Vulnerables
What Are You Going Through
The Friend (National Book Award Winner)
Sempre Susan
Salvation City

Books

It Will Come Back to You
The Vulnerables
What Are You Going Through
The Friend (National Book Award Winner)
Sempre Susan
Salvation City

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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National Book Awards Longlist

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