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lastnightsreading: “ Jacqueline Woodson at the National Book Awards, 11/19/14 ” Last night, Woodson won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for Brown Girl Dreaming. Our interview with Woodson here.
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Jacqueline Woodson at the National Book Awards, 11/19/14

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Last night, Woodson won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for Brown Girl Dreaming. Our interview with Woodson here.

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Jacqueline Woodson, author of Brown Girl Dreaming. She’s one of the finalists for the 2014 National Book Award in the Young People’s Literature category. The finalists were announced today on Morning Edition. NPR’s Kat Chow interviewed Woodson earlier this year about her stories and the need for more diversity in books. (via npr)
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Do you remember the first poem you ever memorized? “Hold fast to dreams/ For if dreams die/ Life is a broken-winged bird/ That cannot fly.” It’s just that verse and that’s why that’s in the very beginning of the book. I know it like I know my name.

Do you remember the first poem you ever memorized?

“Hold fast to dreams/ For if dreams die/ Life is a broken-winged bird/ That cannot fly.” It’s just that verse and that’s why that’s in the very beginning of the book. I know it like I know my name.

(via Author Jacqueline Woodson On Memories, Verse and the National Book Award - Speakeasy - WSJ)

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This week, we were thrilled to announce the Longlists for the 2019 National Book Awards. These titles in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature represent some of the best writing of the year. The Finalists will be announced October 8, all in the lead up to the 70th National Book Awards on November 20. 

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