jeffrey stewart the new negro the lives of the land lost oxford university press.eld a wonder civil rights, ww norton & co.. and the winner of the national book award for nonfiction is jeffrey stewart though i've lost my oxford university press. ♪ ♪ ♪ i have to say it is unbelievable to me, so i am grateful and so humbled that the scholars and the readers chose this book and that the national book foundation exists especially in the times we live in and which many people just don't read. first of all i have to say thank you to my literary agent i couldn't get a contract for my own and a friend of mine said you want to call and i talked with her about it and she said you are going to have to write a proposal for this. she taught me how to promote and convince oxford university press to do this book because as some of you may know who looked at this and who have just lifted it up it's also about oxford so i wanted this book to be oxford university press and i was able to secure that and then in the '90s it was important for me at a certain point i got a chunk of it d

and the winner of the national book award for nonfiction is jeffrey c stewart. [applause]. [music] [applause]. twomac i want to say is unbelievable to me. i'm so humble. that the scholars in the readers chose this book and that the national book foundation exists. as such and the times we live in in which many people just don't read. first of all, i have to say to him or paris brown my literary agent. i cannot get a contract for the book on my own. not just your ideas. and convince the press. the oxford university press. it's also about oxford. finally was able to secure that. at the certain point. i'd gotten that done. i'd heard from susan ferber the best editor that anybody could have. and she said you know, jeffrey, at that time i have half the book done. when i can to publish two books. but we will publish one large book. i don't link she realized she realized at that time what she was saying. it ends up being a very large book but one that i am enormously grateful for. angela mussina and others. supported me in this process. in the course of a book like this. my great