Carnegie Medals longlist announced; “Shuggie Bain”, “Memorial” & “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers” make the list

The 2021 longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction has been announced. Two novels with LGBTQ themes, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart and Memorial by Bryan Washington, are on the fiction list while My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland, described as an “exploration of one of America’s most beloved writers, alongside a genre-defying examination of identity, queerness, memory, obsession, and love,” is on the nonfiction list. The shortlist will be announced on November 17.

http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/carnegie-medals/2021-winners

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