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Gabriel Bump named 2020 winner of the Ernest Gaines Award

By CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press

This photo provided by David Gracia shows author Bryan Washington. Houston writer Bryan Washington has been named the 2019 recipient of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, for his debut short story collection “Lot.” The award is presented by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, in Louisiana. It goes to promising African-American fiction writers. (David Gracia via AP)

Houston writer Bryan Washington to receive Gaines award

By CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press

Black History Month panel to honor Ernest Gaines

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FILE - This April 12, 1977 file photo shows author Ernest Gaines who wrote &quot;The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,&quot; in his San Francisco home. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation town germinated the stories of black struggles that grew into universal stories of grace and beauty, has died. He was 86. The Louisiana governor's office released word of his death on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (AP Photo, File)

Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86

By CHEVEL JOHNSON and REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

Jamel Brinkley wins 2018 book award named for Ernest Gaines

By CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press

In this photo provided by NBC, writer Ladee Hubbard talks with host Seth Meyers during an interview on Oct. 10, 2017, in New York. The debut novel of Hubbard, a New Orleans writer, has earned her recognition with this year's Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Hubbard will be presented with the $10,000 award at a public ceremony in January for her work, &quot;The Talented Ribkins.&quot; (Lloyd Bishop/NBC via AP)

New Orleans writer, Tulane professor wins Gaines Award

By CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press

This undated image released by Ron Davis shows Crystal Wilkinson, author of &quot;The Birds of Opulence (Kentucky Voices),&quot; winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. The book explores generations of troubled women in the fictional Southern black township of Opulence. (Ron Davis via AP)

‘Birds of Opulence’ author wins Gaines literary award

By CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press