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Tanehisi coates, hanya yanagihara, lauren groff and sally mann are among the shortlisted finalists announced wednesday for the 2015 national book awards. But that daunting number of contenders winnowed further wednesday, as the national book foundation announced the finalists for its literary prize just five works each in four categories. The national book foundation winnowed the list of contenders for its literary prize to just 20 or five finalists each in. National book awards 2017 national book foundation.
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