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Gayl Jones, Tommie Smith among National Book Award finalists
National
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Gayl Jones, Tommie Smith among National Book Award finalists

  • By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer

Finalists for the National Book Awards were announced Tuesday. They include Gayl Jones’ “The Birdcatcher,” a short, lyrical novel about a writer’s trip to the island of Ibiza and the gifted, unstable couple she stays with. The activist and former Olympics gold medalist Tommie Smith is a young people’s literature nominee for “Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice." Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds is a poetry finalist for “Balladz." Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His Name Is George Floyd” is a nonfiction nominee. Winners will be announced Nov. 16 at a dinner that will also honor cartoonist Art Spiegelman and American Library Association Executive Director Tracie D. Hall.

Nobel Prize Physics
International
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Nobel Prize Physics

  • Theresa Wey - stringer, AP

Professor Anton Zeilinger from the University of Vienna attends a news conference at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science.(AP Photo/Theresa Wey)

Britain Stop Oil Protest
International
AP

Britain Stop Oil Protest

  • Alberto Pezzali - stringer, AP

A protester from the group 'Just Stop Oil' is surrounded by police officers after gluing himself to the ground, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Britain Stop Oil Protest
International
AP

Britain Stop Oil Protest

  • Alberto Pezzali - stringer, AP

A protester from the group 'Just Stop Oil' is surrounded by police officers after gluing himself to the ground, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Britain Stop Oil Protest
International
AP

Britain Stop Oil Protest

  • Alberto Pezzali - stringer, AP

A protester from the group 'Just Stop Oil' is surrounded by police officers after gluing himself to the ground, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Britain Stop Oil Protest
International
AP

Britain Stop Oil Protest

  • Alberto Pezzali - stringer, AP

A protester from the group 'Just Stop Oil' is surrounded by police officers after gluing himself to the ground, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Paris Fashion RTW SS 23 Louis Vuitton Outside
International
AP

Paris Fashion RTW SS 23 Louis Vuitton Outside

  • Christophe Ena - staff, AP

A fashion lover arrives in the courtyard of the Louvre museum during Louis Vuitton ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2023 fashion collection presented Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Nobel Prize Physics
International
AP

Nobel Prize Physics

  • Theresa Wey - stringer, AP

Professor Anton Zeilinger from the University of Vienna attends a news conference at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science.(AP Photo/Theresa Wey)