Abaphumelele amabhaso eNcwadi kaZwelonke uYoko Ogawa, Akwaeke Emezi, noSarah M. Broom.UTadashi Okochi; Akwaeke Emezi; UAdam Shemper Kuthiwe ukuba yintoni ii-Oscars kwimifanekiso eshukumayo, iiMbasa zeSizwe zeNcwadi ziincwadi. Ukunikezela ngobukhazikhazi bentsimi ye-idiosyncratic kwaye ihlala ikhethwe yodwa, umsitho uye waba litikiti elishushu nkqu nakwabo bangaphandle kweshishini lokupapasha. Ndingaba nditsho ukuba iiMbasa zeSizwe zeNcwadi zinamabhongo ngaphaya kweeMbasa zeAkhademi? Isiseko sayo yonke loo nto ngumnqweno wokuqalisa incoko-Ingqikelelo! Ukuhleba! Umtsalane! -Kujikeleze isihloko seencwadi.
Njengawo nawuphi na umsitho wonyaka wenkcubeko, eli ziko alikho kwimpikiswano. Ukugxekwa ngokuba yi-esoteric kunye nengqondo, ikwatyholwa ngokutya abapapashi abakhulu benkampani. Amagama aqhelekileyo, aqhelekileyo okanye ovavanyo kunye namazwi asezantsi; Wonke umntu uthatha okwahlukileyo kwezinye iincwadi ezifanelekileyo ukubonwa. Ngokombono wam, ebomini bam, ndiye ndafumanisa ababhali abanjengoDorothy Allison kunye noHa Jin enkosi kwiimbasa zeNBA ezincamathelisiweyo ezibekwe emaphepheni. Ngo-2004, kwandinika ukukhawuleza xa bonke abahlanu bokugqibela beengqungquthela babengabesifazane. Kodwa naxa ndixakwe luluhlu lwabokugqibela, ndihlala ndifumana umntu omtsha ukuba ndimfunde. Oku kulandelayo ayilulo uluhlu lwam lwabaphumeleleyo. Into endikunikezelayo lukhetho lwezinto eziqaqambileyo ezivela kumagqibela kankqoyi alo nyaka, ababhali onokuba ubungakhange ubaqwalasele kwangoko, kodwa ndiyakubongoza ukuba wenze njalo nokuba ngubani othatha amabhaso aphezulu nge-20 kaNovemba.
USabrina noCorina: Amabali NguKali Fajardo-Anstine.Indlu engaqhelekanga
Intsomi
Ingwe emnyama , Ingcuka ebomvu NguMarlon James
Ukuzivocavoca iThemba NguSusan Choi
Abanye abantu baseMelika NguLaila Lalami
Ukunyamalala komhlaba NguJulia Phillips
USabrina noCorina: Amabali NguKali Fajardo-Anstine
Ngelixa umbono kaLaila Lalami ushenxisa inoveli ebusayo-njengoncwadi Abanye abantu baseMelika (funda ukuthatha kwethu apha) libali elincomekayo kakhulu, ekufuneka ukuba ulifunde kweli candelo lincinci USabrina noCorina: Amabali . Iminyaka yamva nje ibonakalise ukuba lixesha elimangalisayo kumabali amafutshane. Olu vavanyo lunamandla lwasekhaya, ukuba ngumama, ubuhlobo kunye namaziko aseMelika aseNtshona kubomi beLatinas yemvelaphi yemveli. Rhoqo umbuzo wobuhlanga wenza isenzo esinciphisayo sokunciphisa amabali. Le ngqokelela idala indawo yokujonga imbali yaseMelika kunye nelifa lemveli ngokusebenzisa ilensi enzima ngakumbi, ukulandelela ubomi obuzolileyo ngamanye amaxesha, obuhlala bunyanzelekile babafazi ookhokho babo abangavali ngebhokisi. 
Indlu etyheli NguSarah M. Broom.Cinezela iGrove
Inyaniso
Indlu etyheli NguSarah M. Broom
Ukutyeba kunye nezinye izincoko NguTressie McMillan Cottom
Oko Ukuvileyo Kuyinyani : Isimemo sobungqina kunye nokuXhathisa NguCarolyn Forché
I-Heartbeat ye-Knee eyenzakeleyo: Abantu baseMelika ukusuka ngo-1890 ukuya kwangoku NguDavid Treuer
Ndedwa Ngu-Albert Woodfox
Abokugqibela kwicandelo elingenabunyani kulo nyaka bayimisebenzi engakholelekiyo kwezobulungisa kwezentlalo. Ezinye iitshathi zembali yemveli kwaye ezinye zijonga uhambo lobuqu. Ngendlela yabo, olu khetho lweencwadi lutyhila ukuxinana kodidi olungeyonyani ngokubanzi olungahluliyo phakathi kwe-biography, ukugxeka, imbali, ukungabali ngokubanzi, okanye imemori. U-Sarah M. Broom omangalisayo I-Yellow House isebenza njengememoir, kodwa nanjengombhalo wembali wokungabi nabulungisa, i-American History eyandisiweyo, kunye nophuhliso lwasedolophini. Ukwaluka kunye ibali losapho lwayo kunye nolwakhe idolophu iNew Orleans kwaye, ngakumbi, ubumelwane bakhe eNew Orleans East, uBroom uvelise inkangeleko ecekeceke kunye nengalunganga kwindlela imbali yekhaya elinye engaphezulu kwesixa sayo abahlali. Umtshayelo ugxotha iintsomi zangoku ukuba iNkanyamba uKatrina yayisisiganeko esinye. Ngokwenza njalo, iNdlu eNtsundu ityhila ukuba siphulukana njani nembono yelifa elikhulu lokungekho sikweni xa silungisa intlekele enye. 
IRiphabhlikhi yeZithulu ngu-Ilya Kaminsky.Cinezela iGreywolf
Imibongo
Isithethe NguJeriko Brown
Mna: Imibongo emitsha nekhethiweyo nguToyi Derricotte
IRiphabhlikhi yeZithulu ngu-Ilya Kaminsky
Yiba yiRekhoda NguCarmen Giménez Smith
Imigca yokujonga ngu-Arthur Sze
Ngelixa zonke ezi ngqokelela zidlala ngefom kunye nengxaki engacacanga yesazisi kunye nokuzenzela, ingqokelela yokulwa izixhobo kaIlya Kaminsky IRiphabhlikhi yeZithulu kubuza umbuzo onomdla: kuthekani ukuba abemi belizwe basilele ukuva omnye nomnye? Isithonga sombumbulu esinye-esenzelwe ukuthintela uqhankqalazo, kodwa endaweni yoko sibulala inkwenkwana esisithulu-emva koko siguqula yonke idolophu. Oku kulandelayo kukuvavanywa kwento eyenzekayo xa ulwimi luphelelwa kwaye abantu kufuneka bafunde ukuyila kwakhona ilizwe labo ngezinye iindlela. Uzalelwe kwindawo eyayisakuba yiSoviet Union ngo-1977, uKaminsky, wayengeva kangangesithuba seminyaka emine de wafudukela eUnited States kwaye wafumana izixhobo zokuncedisa ukuva xa wayeneminyaka eli-16. Ukuzoba ngamava akhe nokuqikelela imeko yengxubakaxaka, udale inzulu ingqokelela yokurhashaza isandi sokuhambahamba kwamaxesha ethu. 
Amapolisa enkumbulo nguYoko Ogawa, eguqulelwe nguStephen Snyder.I-Pantheon
Iguquliwe
Ukufa ngumsebenzi onzima nguKhaled Khalifa, eguqulelwe nguLeri Price
Ukubuya kukaBaron Wenckheim nguLászló Krasznahorkai, eguqulelwe ngu-Ottilie Mulzet
Umfazi weBarefoot nguScholastique Mukasonga, eguqulelwe nguJump Stump
Amapolisa enkumbulo nguYoko Ogawa, eguqulelwe nguStephen Snyder
Ukuwela nguPajtim Statovci, eguqulelwe nguDavid Hackston
Ubulumko obuqhelekileyo butshilo ukuba abantu baseMelika abakuhoyi ukuguqulelwa, kwaye kukho izifundo ezingenakubalwa ezixhasa le ngxelo. Nangona kunjalo, kule minyaka idlulileyo, le meko ijike yabulela ku-Elena Ferrante kodwa nakwimibutho enje ngamagama angenamida kunye ne-PEN America kunye nezindlu zokupapasha ezinjengeArchipelago kunye neeNcwadi ezingenasiphelo phakathi kwabanye. Ngelixa oomatshini bokushicilela abazimeleyo kudala bexhasa imisebenzi yokuguqulela, ke kunjalo abapapashi abahloniphekileyo. I-Pantheon ipapashe i-Yoko Ogawa's Amapolisa enkumbulo , eyapapashwa okokuqala eJapan ngo-1994. Oko kubonakala ngathi kuthotho lokunyamalala okungabalulekanga kuye kube yingxaki engapheliyo njengoko izinto ezilahlekileyo kuphela kwento yokuqala yokunyibilika kwimemori yoluntu. Kwiminyaka engama-25 emva kokupapashwa kwayo kwasekuqaleni, le ntsomi yothusayo ithatha ukubaluleka kwayo kubaphulaphuli abathetha isiNgesi. 
Isilwanyana sasekhaya ngu-Akwaeke Emezi.Ndenze ihlabathi
Uncwadi lwaBaselula
Isilwanyana NguAkwaeke Emezi
Jonga zozibini ezi Ndlela: Ibali elibaliweyo kwiibhloko ezilishumi NguJason Reynolds
Abaxhasi abangcwele bento NguRandy Ribay
Iminyango elishumi elinesithathu, iingcuka emva kwazo zonke nguLaura Ruby
Ngo-1919 uNyaka oTshintshe iMelika NguMartin M. Sandler
Ukunyaniseka ngokupheleleyo, uncwadi lwabantu abancinci (ngaba igama elithi YA ngoku lidlulile?) Ayilulo uhlobo I oluqhele ukuluthatha. Nangona kunjalo xa ndabona ukuba umbhali wenoveli ( Amanzi amatsha ekudala ihleli kuluhlu lwam lokufunda ikwangumbhali we Isilwanyana , owokugqibela kuncwadi lwabantu abatsha, ndema ngxi. Benyanzelwa ngumnqweno wokubhala incwadi ethi u-Akwaeke Emezi, osebenzisa izimelabizo zabo / ebeya kufuna ukuba bafundwe besekwishumi elivisayo, bacinga ngento enokubacaphukisa ukuba bebekwishumi elivisayo namhlanje. U-Emezi waba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni welizwe apho abantu babexelelwa ukuba izilo zazikho, kodwa ke indlela yokuziphatha eyoyikekayo yaqhubeka. Ukhula njani njengomntu kwihlabathi apho abantu benqabayo ukubiza ububi ngento eyiyo? Ngobubele obukhulu, Isilwanyana ubuza uluntu oluthuliswe ngokungavumi.
