National Book Awards: Susan Choi wins fiction prize for Trust Exercise
(The Guardian Culture News)

Queer writer Edmund White was also honored with a medal for distinguished contribution to American lettersSusan Choi has won the fiction prize at the National Book Awards in New York on Wednesday night. The celebrated author won for her fifth novel, Trust Exercise, about teens attending an elite drama school in the south during the 80s which was praised for its bold experimentations with narrative and form.Trust Exercise beat out Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajarado-Anstine; Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James; The Other Americans by Laila Lalami; and Disappearing Earth by Julie Phillips for the top prize. Continue reading...