Brooklyn Public Library has announced the winners of the seventh annual Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize, awarding Craig Taylor the Nonfiction Prize for New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time and Threa Almontaser the Fiction and Poetry Prize for The Wild Fox of Yemen. Selected by both librarians and library staff—drawing on their broad knowledge of literature, contemporary writing, and the diverse neighborhoods they serve—the prize recognizes writing that captures the spirit of Brooklyn.