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Reid, who left MSNBC in February soon after the network canceled
her prime time show “The ReidOut, was awarded the foundation's
anti-censorship prize. Wideman, an acclaimed fiction and
nonfiction writer since the 1960s, has won a lifetime
achievement award. Honorees for current works include Everett
for “James,” his Pulitzer Prize-winning retelling of “The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; Kaveh Akbar for “Martyr!”;
Danzy Senna for “Colored Television” and Claire Messud for “This
Strange Eventful History.”
Other recipients announced Monday ranged from Amy M. Alvarez for
her poetry collection “Makeshift Altar” to Sarah Lewis'
nonfiction “The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in
America.” Penguin Random House editor Erroll McDonald, whose
authors have include Wideman and Nobel laureates Toni Morrison
and Wole Soyinka, won the editor/publisher award.
“The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence
without limitations or restrictions,” the foundation's
announcement reads in part. “The award winners range from
well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors
and first works. There are no quotas for diversity; the winners
list simply reflects it as a natural process.”
Previous winners include bell hooks,Dave Eggers and the new poet
laureate, Arthur Sze.
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