Carlos Santana, Marlon James and Naomi Klein are among the winners of the 36th annual American Book Awards, which celebrate diversity in publishing.
Santana and co-authors Ashley Kahn and Hal Miller were cited Monday for the memoir “The Universal Tone.” James won for his nearly 700-page novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” based in part on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley. Klein won for the environmental work “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate.” Poet Anne Waldman, whose books include “The Iovis Trilogy,” was honored for lifetime achievement.
