![]() ![]() The narrator Edie’s incisive eye for all registers of racist bias is unblinking and masterly. Said Gokhale, “ Luster is an accomplished and fearless novel that carries the ache, uncertainty and vulnerability as well as the harsh reality of being a young Black woman in America. “After many conversations and long deliberations, the jury unanimously decided on Luster.” “It was a difficult decision as we had an exceptionally brilliant shortlist-all the books were potential winners,” said judging chair Namita Gokhale. Luster was chosen from a shortlist that included Dima Alzayat’s Alligator and Other Stories Rye Curtis’s Kingdomtide Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji Catherine Lacey’s Pew and Kate Elizabeth Russell’s My Dark Vanessa. ![]() With this win, Leilani joins a roster of previous winners including Bryan Washington, Guy Gunaratne, and Joshua Ferris. Last evening in a virtual ceremony, Raven Leilani was awarded the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize-an annual £20,000 prize given to the best literary English-language work by an author aged 39 or under-for her debut novel Luster. ![]()
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