finalists for the 2021 prize for fiction are: "the dangers of smoking in bed", translated by megan mcdowell. this unsettling collection of stories by a journalist who grew up in buenos aires during a war, has multiple genres in its examination of the sociopolitical climate of argentina. the judges were horrified, thrilled, and entertained by the author's spectacularly twisted visions of daily life, where nightmare bleeds into reality, and the supernatural is woven into the every day. "the love songs of w.e.b. dubois". this ambitious stunningly accomplished debut is a sweeping multigenerational story of black americans, especially black women, living in a country haunted by its unrelenting tasks. the judges marvel at the mastery in balancing the epic and the intimate, the appalling and the affirming, to forge a majestic narrative of race, history, and family, that will move and transform readers. the next book is by jocelyn nicole johnson. this collection captured by the stunning title cuts straight to the lie that is the american dream and rewrites it in its truth. the judges were enthralle

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