Library Partners Press Award-winners receive national acclaim

Recent Library Partners Press Award-winning books, “Tree River Fish,” “Historic Houses of Worship in Peril” and “Cracker Gothic,” each earned strong reviews from Kirkus, a prestigious, national book review magazine.

Library Partners Press, an imprint of Wake Forest’s Digital Publishing Division, awarded the 2020 Gail O’Day Award for Poetry to Lamaya Covington Williams (’01, MALS ’05) for “Tree River Fish: Poems on America’s Reaping.”

Thomas Edward Frank, professor and associate dean for continuing studies in the Graduate School, won the 2020 David Coates Award for Non-Fiction for “Historic Houses of Worship in Peril: Conserving Their Place in American Life.”

Wanda Duncan, winner of the inaugural 2018 David Coats Award for Non-Fiction, was recognized for her book, “Cracker Gothic: A Florida Woman’s Memoir.”

We extend our congratulations to Lamaya, Tom and Wanda.