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August 18, 2021By Katy Hershberger

2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists

August 18, 2021By Katy Hershberger

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced their 2021 finalists. Winners and runners-up will be announced on September 22.

Fiction
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
We Germans by Alexander Starritt

Nonfiction
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jenson
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper
The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging by Jordan Ritter Conn
When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann

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