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  • WINNER | 2021
    BCALA Literary Award
  • WINNER | 2021
    Stowe Prize
  • WINNER | 2020
    Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters - Nonfiction
  • FINALIST | 2020
    Hooks National Book Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2020
    Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice

Awards

  • WINNER | 2021
    BCALA Literary Award
  • WINNER | 2021
    Stowe Prize
  • WINNER | 2020
    Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters - Nonfiction
  • FINALIST | 2020
    Hooks National Book Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2020
    Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice

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