NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Linda Villarosa's 鈥淯nder the Skin,鈥� an exploration of racism's impact on the American healthcare system, and Deborah Cohen's history of a network of journalists who confronted fascism before World War II, 鈥淟ast Call at the Hotel Imperial,鈥� were among the winners of awards announced Tuesday by the
Villarosa won the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for a nonfiction work that exemplifies reportorial and literary excellence, and Cohen the $10,000 Mark Lynton History Prize for 鈥渋ntellectual distinction鈥� and "felicity of expression."
The project also gave $25,000 awards to two books in progress that are 鈥渟ignificant works of nonfiction on American topics of political or social concern鈥�: Jesselyn Cook's 鈥淭he Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family鈥� and Mike Hixenbaugh's 鈥淯ncivil: One Town鈥檚 Fight over Race and Identity, and the New Battle for America鈥檚 Schools.鈥�
Established in 1998, the project is managed by the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and is named for the late author and investigative journalist. Previous winners include Robert Caro, Isabel Wilkerson and Jill Lepore.
The Associated Press
