We <3 New York: The 2022-2023 NYC Book Awards
The 27th Annual New York City Book Awards were celebrated in festive style with a reception and presentation on May 10. Photos by Karen Smul.
The 2022-2023 winners are
- Xochitl Gonzalez for Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel (Flatiron Books)
- Shanté Paradigm Smalls for Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City (NYU Press)
- Jarrod Shanahan for Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage (Verso)
- John Wood Sweet for The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America (Henry Holt and Co.)
- The Hornblower Award for a First Book: Sidik Fofana for Stories from the Tenants Downstairs (Scribner)
Winner Xochitl Gonzalez; winner John Wood Sweet; presenter Jonathan Soffer; winner Sidik Fofana
Head Librarian Carolyn Waters with winner Shanté Paradigm Smalls; presenter Debby Applegate hugs winner John Wood Sweet
Member Anthony Gronowicz with Sidik Fofana and his wife Lindsay Strachan; presenter Nikhil Iyengar with Shanté Paradigm Smalls; Xochitl Gonzalez greets guests
Past NYC Book Awards jury chair Lucienne Bloch with the awards' sponsor, Library trustee Ellen M. Iseman; this year's awards jury chair, Bianca Calabresi
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