Writer David Treuer, who grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, is one of 10 writers on the long list for the National Book Awards in nonfiction. Treuer's book, "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee," was published in January by Riverhead Books.
The long lists are being rolled out all week, one list daily, on the website of the New Yorker magazine.
The finalists will be announced Oct. 8 and the winners in November.
Already announced have been long lists for children's literature, poetry and books in translation. Books published by Minnesota publishers Coffee House Press and Graywolf Press are among the finalists. Fiction finalists will be announced tomorrow.
Here is the long list for nonfiction:
Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (University of Texas Press)
Sarah M. Broom, The Yellow House (Grove Press / Grove Atlantic)
Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays (The New Press)