Justin Torres, Author of ‘Blackouts,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction Ned Blackhawk received the nonfiction award, with “The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.”
Justin Torres Finds Inspiration in the Erasures of Queer History His second book, “Blackouts,” a finalist for the National Book Award, shifts between fact and fiction to tell an intergenerational story.