thank you. >> congratulations, mychal denzel smith. jessica lehman prepared this statement from the judges about why theychose your book . >> life after the american dream by mychal denzil smith. in a tumultuous year charged with injustice and uncertainty anda distinct lack of readership , stakes is high is a perfect call to action need to pushbeyond 2020 . mychal denzil smith's razor-sharp manifesto demands us to question the inequities built into the individual's core, problematic concept of the american dream. it dares readers not just to rethink and reckon but to undo what racism , hetero patriarchy and state sanctioned suffering have brought on our society. each impassioned sentence is meticulously craft as the author argues that we are the change we've been waiting for and our direct communicable actions might be the only way to move towards a more progressive, incisive and inclusive future. with not a word wasted, smith delivers the book of our very fraught moment. >> and now for the final category of the night, here are the jud