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As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with
Justin Torres and Ned Blackhawk among winners of 2023 National Book Awards, which featured an Oprah cameo and closed with calls for a Gaza ceasefire.
Host LeVar Burton and special guest Oprah Winfrey gave barn-burning speeches about the freedom to read, while a group of writers took the stage to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Justin Torres and Ned Blackhawk among winners of 2023 National Book Awards, which featured an Oprah cameo and closed with calls for a Gaza ceasefire.
Los Angeles author Justin Torres and Yale historian Ned Blackhawk were the big winners at the 74th National Book Awards, honored for their works in fiction and nonfiction, respectively, as the prestigious literary prizes were announced Wednesday at a gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.