His 2013 novel\, The Good Lord Bird\, won the National Book Award for Fiction and was adapted by Ethan Hawke and Jas on Blum into a Showtime series bearing the same name. His latest\, The Hea ven &\; Earth Grocery Store\, was named one of the New York Times&rsquo \; 100 Notable Books of 2023. In 2016\, President Obama awarded McBride th e National Humanities Medal "for humanizing the complexities of discussing race in America. Through writings about his own uniquely American story\, and his works of fiction informed by our shared history\, his moving stor ies of love display the character of the American family." In 2024 he beca me the latest recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fict ion. A native New Yorker\, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. Heather Marie-Montlilla of PBS Books will join McB ride in conversation.
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