National Book Awards longlist announced: Brit Bennett, Isabel Wilkerson nominated
(WorldNews Entertainment)

The National Book Foundation has announced the longlist for the 2020 National Book Awards. Among the fiction nominees is Brit Bennett, whose novel `The Vanishing Half,` about America`s legacy of racism and the experience of colorism in the South, is one of USA TODAY`s best-reviewed book of the year. `There are moments in `The Vanishing Half` that stun with quiet power,` Emily Gray...