2019-2020 New York City Book Award

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Award Level: Winner | Award Year: 2019-20
Sponsoring Organization: New York Society Library
Award Level: Winner | Award Year: 2019-20
Award Category: The Hornblower Award for A First Book
Winner(s): Staten Island Stories by Claire Jimenez

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Claire Jimenez

A longtime Staten Islander, Claire Jimenez is a PhD student in English with a concentration in ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She received her BA in English from Colby College and her MFA in creative writing from Vanderbilt University. Her fiction, essays, and reviews have appeared in BOAAT, New Madrid, Afro-Hispanic Review, Pank, el roommate, The Toast, and The Los Angeles...

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