{"id":77134,"date":"2026-10-06T13:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=77134"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:30:25","slug":"the-midnight-express-nba-finalist-for-nonfiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/10\/the-midnight-express-nba-finalist-for-nonfiction.html","title":{"rendered":"<strong><em>The Midnight Express:<\/em> NBA Finalist for Nonfiction<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\"><strong>We've been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/06\/early-reviews-are-in-book-launch-in-brooklyn-the-midnight-special.html\">following the trajectory<\/a> of Colin Asher's take on the prison history of American music. Here's the latest:<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/national-book-award-FINALIST-colin-ashers-THE-MIDNIGHT-EXPRESS-750-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"847\" data-attachment-id=\"77150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/screenshot-419\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/national-book-award-FINALIST-colin-ashers-THE-MIDNIGHT-EXPRESS-750-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,847\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, National Book Award finalist for nonfiction\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/national-book-award-FINALIST-colin-ashers-THE-MIDNIGHT-EXPRESS-750-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/national-book-award-FINALIST-colin-ashers-THE-MIDNIGHT-EXPRESS-750-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/national-book-award-FINALIST-colin-ashers-THE-MIDNIGHT-EXPRESS-750-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/national-book-award-FINALIST-colin-ashers-THE-MIDNIGHT-EXPRESS-750-1-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We&#8217;ve been following the trajectory of Colin Asher&#8217;s take on the prison history of American music. 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