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Tonight the national book foundations national book award winners were announced at a ceremony at cipriani wall street. The panelists are five writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field. On wednesday night in new york city, the winners of the 2015 national book awards were announced. Tanehisi coates won the national book award for nonfiction wednesday night. The 10 books longlisted for a national book award for fiction.
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