NBF Presents: Celebrating the 2026 National Book Award Honorees for Nonfiction

Each fall, Miami Book Fair invites the authors and translators of 50 National Book Award longlisted titles to gather in Miami following the National Book Awards Ceremony in New York. Join the 2026 National Book Award honorees in Nonfiction read from and discuss their books and answer your questions about writing, reading, and recognition. Moderated by Natalie Green, director of programs and partnership at the National Book Foundation. Featured authors: Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America by Rozina Ali offers a searing look at post-9/11 America through the lens of four Muslim families as they navigate prejudice, suspicion, and grief over their loss of the American dream. Abdelrahman ElGendy chronicles his sudden journey from student protestor to political prisoner in Egypt’s most infamous incarceration complex, the Scorpion, exploring how to endure beyond idealism and hope in Huna: A Memoir of Revolution, Prison, and Becoming. Camonghne Felix’s Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom is part memoir, part manifesto. Felix draws on stories from her life and her poetic career to explore how words can shape us, overcome dominant power…