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Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2019 Housatonic Book Award!
Poetry
Winner: The Second O of Sorrow by Sean Thomas Dougherty
Finalists:
Fire Season by Patrick Coleman
Mend by Kwoya Fagin Maples
My Tarantella by Jennifer Martelli
American Radiance by Luisa Muradyan
Fiction
Winner: The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
Finalists:
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Solemn Graves by James R. Benn
Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Nonfiction
Winner: The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
Finalists:
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler
There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir by Casey Gerald
Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found by Gilbert King
Young Adult/Middle Grade
Winner: Hole in the Middle by Kendra Fortmeyer
Finalists:
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
