The 2020 Nebraska Book Awards - Nonfiction Winners Part 2
Channel: Nebraska Library Commission
Date: 2020-10-22

State Poet, Matt Mason introduces more of the 2020 Nebraska Book Award winners for Nonfiction. Hear from winning authors Steve Marantz, winner of the Immigration story Award, for his book, "Citizen Akoy: Basketball and the Making of a South Sudanese American" (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) and Marilyn Irvin Holt, winner of a the Nebraska Perseverance Award for her book "Nebraska During the New Deal: The Federal Writers' Project in the Cornhusker State" (Bison Books, 2019.)
The Nebraska Book Awards program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB), recognizes and honors books that are written by Nebraska authors, published by Nebraska publishers, set in Nebraska, or concerning Nebraska.