Percival Everett's Pulitzer-winning novel, “James,” is a nominee for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The book is a retelling of Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and has already won the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize. The Dayton prize, established in 1995, honors works promoting peace and includes a $10,000 award. The Dayton prize foundation announced Thursday that David Greenberg’s biography “John Lewis” about the late civil rights activist and congressman is a nonfiction finalist. Other fiction nominees include works by Priscilla Morris and Kristin Hannah. The nonfiction list features titles by Sunil Amrith and Wendy Pearlman. Winners will be revealed in September.
