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Three authors named winners of Science + Literature awards
The National Book Foundation has teamed with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to honour books that wed two categories not always in harmony: technology and the arts.
On Wednesday, the two organizations announced the inaugural winners of the Science + Literature awards, US$10,000 honours for books, fiction or nonfiction, 鈥渢hat deepen readers' understanding of science and technology.鈥
The winners are Daisy Hernandez's 鈥淭he Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease鈥; Linda Hogan's 鈥淭he Radiant Lives of Animals,鈥 a blend of poetry and prose; and Rachel Pastan's 鈥淚n the Field: A Novel,鈥 inspired by the life of Nobel-winning cytogeneticist Barbara McClintock.
鈥淭hese three titles contemplate gaps in the U.S. healthcare system, humans' relationships to the natural world, and the legacy of a scientist ahead of her time,鈥 Ruth Dickey, the book foundation's executive director, said in a statement. 鈥淲e are thrilled to celebrate these diverse perspectives, and inspire conversations around the role of science and technology in our everyday lives.鈥
The awards are part of a three-year, US$525,000 grant from the Sloan Foundation aimed at diversifying voices in science and technology writing. The idea originated after Sloan Foundation programmer Doron Weber received in 2018 an honorary National Book Award, presented by the National Book Foundation.
Weber told The Associated Press during a recent interview that he had been so impressed by the book foundation, which sponsors a wide range of reading and educational initiatives, that he thought it would make an ideal partner for an ambitious, nationwide effort dedicated to science and technology writing.
鈥淲e have been looking to expand what we do,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e felt before that we hadn't been tapping into a wide enough network.鈥
Sloan has for decades provided grants for hundreds of science-oriented books, films and theater projects, including Margot Lee Shetterly's biography 鈥淗idden Figures,鈥 the basis for the film of the same name about three Black female mathematicians' contributions to the space program.
Shetterly is a member of the Science + Literature selection committee, chaired by Lydia Millet, a National Book Award finalist in 2020 for her novel about environmental disaster, 鈥淎 Children's Bible.鈥
The three authors cited Wednesday will participate in public events around the country this spring and summer. On March 3, they will join Saeed Jones, author of the memoir 鈥淗ow We Fight for Our Lives,鈥 for a conversation at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
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