Bernie Sanders.
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The most exciting Grammys category might not be Album of the Year, where Jay-Z's Platinum-certified 4:44 is going head-to-head against Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed DAMN., but instead the overlooked and under-appreciated "Spoken World Album" competition. Seriously — it's in this category that "poetry, audiobooks, and storytelling" go head-to-head, and this year's showdown is a doozy, Uproxx points out.

As the Grammys announced Tuesday morning, the nominees for the category include Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and actor Mark Ruffalo's reading of Sanders' Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In, Bruce Springsteen's reading of his memoir, Born to Run, Carrie Fisher's reading of The Princess Diarist, Neil deGrasse Tyson's reading of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, and the audiobook of Confessions of a Serial Songwriter by "What A Girl Wants" co-writer Shelly Peiken.

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.