Essie Chambers has won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, given annually to an emerging African American fiction writer, for her debut novel, Swift River.

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

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