Though presidential politics has dominated commercial frontlist publishing, the just-announced longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction follows a different course, though many of the books still deal with the political and social issues of the day. Norton has four titles in contention: Michelle Bowdler, Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto (Flatiron) Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans (One World) Jill Lepore, If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future (Liveright) Les Payne and Tamara Payne, The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Liveright) Claudio Saunt, Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of […]
