"There's nothing I want more than to celebrate the accomplishments of talented authors like this year's [finalists],&" Owens wrote in a message to National Book Foundation executive director Ruth Dickey, which she shared in the post. "But I can't do so in an environment that values 'not censoring' authors more than preventing what seems likely-given the collusion of many authors already-[to be] a prejudiced, activist environment that intends to use the platform of the book awards to perpetuate activism against a group based on race or religion."
"There might be political statements made by some of this year's yet-to-be-determined winners during their acceptance speeches,&" wrote NBF executive director Ruth Dickey. "This is by no means unprecedented in the history of the National Book Awards, or indeed any awards ceremony, but given the extraordinarily painful moment we are in, we felt it best to reach out in case you have any questions or concerns."
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