Tag Archives: National Book Awards

Literary awards season brings controversy

The news that Lauren Myracle was asked to remove Shine from the list of National Book Award finalists rocked the literary community on Monday. Myracle, who took the high rode with her response to the NBA’s ham-handed handling of their monumental … Continue reading

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One more National Book Award finalist

The finalists for the National Book Award were announced this morning, but something apparently didn’t go according to plan in the announcement for Young People’s Literature. A spokesperson for the National Book Foundation told BookPage by phone a few minutes … Continue reading

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National Book Awards Week in NYC

Lucky New Yorkers — Mayor Bloomberg has named next week as National Book Awards Week. Festivities will kick off with a 5 Under 35 celebration on Monday and continue through the 60th National Book Awards on Wednesday. About a month … Continue reading

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Faulkner or Flannery? (Or Cheever, Ellison…)

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Book Awards, the National Book Foundation is asking the public to vote on the best of their fiction award-winners. Actually, we can vote on the best of six finalists. A panel of … Continue reading

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