LEWISTON — A Bates College lecturer’s novella, “The Most,” by Jessica Anthony did not make the list of finalists for a National Book Award in fiction.
Her work, published in July, unexpectedly made the cut for the long list of potential prize winners last month, but was not among the five contenders chosen Monday.
The fiction books on the short list are Pemi Aguda’s “Ghostroots,” Percival Everett’s “James,” Kaveh Akbar’s “Martyr!,” Miranda July’s “All Fours” and Hisham Matar’s “My Friends.”
The National Book Awards winners will be announced in November.
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