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THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES, by Deesha Philyaw West Virginia University Press Every year, the National Book Foundation partners with The New School’s Creative Writing Program to present readings by each of the National Book Awards Finalists. It’s a special opportunity to hear these celebrated authors together in one place, and you can watch here or directly on YouTube. The 2020 reading features the Finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature.