National Book Award
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September 17, 2019 |
Today the New Yorker announced the longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. With such a wealth of talent on display, we don’t envy the judges’ task. To aid you, the re... -
November 18, 2016 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews The National Book Award winners have been announced! Colson Whitehead, Ibram X. Kendi, and Daniel Borzutzky have won for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, respectively.... -
October 7, 2016 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2016 National Book Award finalists have been announced! WLT contributor Viet Thanh Nguyen and NSK Neustadt Prize finalist Jacqueline Woodson are among the t... -
September 16, 2016 |
Open books. Photo by Patrick Tomasso/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2016 National Book Awards longlist is now online, and the finalists will be revealed on October 13. Chicano author Rud... -
October 16, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews Catch one of our Reader’s Choice essayists Aleš Debeljak at a poetry reading October 21 at the University of Richmond. The event is part of the university’s Writers Serie... -
October 31, 2014 |
Mia Couto receiving the Neustadt feather. Photo by Vanesssa Rudloff. Thank you to all of our readers who supported the 2014 Neustadt Festival last week! It was a wonderful celebration of Mia Couto an... -
October 12, 2012 |This week was filled with award announcements. Below, you'll find links to this week's major literary awards, including the National Book Award and the Nobel Prize for Literature. News, Review...
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