Congratulations to the 2014 National Book Award finalists! Read our Q&A with finalist Phil Klay, author of REDEPLOYMENT.
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We’re a country that goes to war, and if we’re going to be good citizens, all of us, veterans and civilians alike, we should be able to talk about what the experience of war means, so we know what the hell we’re voting for, what we’re doing as a country.
Phil Klay! You just won the National Book Award! What are you going to do next?!
Be a guest on The Colbert Report!
See National Book Award Winner Phil Klay on The Colbert Report tonight!
I think [Phil Klay’s Redeployment is] a reminder—particularly important for a Commander-in-chief—that the antiseptic plans and decisions and strategies and the opining of pundits that take place in Washington is very different from war and conflict as it’s experienced by people on the ground.
“What exactly is America now that I’ve come back. Not just what is it to me, but it is to other people.”
Listen to Phil Klay discuss the questions that prompted him to write Redeployment, Winner of the 2014 National Book Award.
Terry Gross, host of NPR’s Fresh Air, interviews Phil Klay. He recently won a National Book Award for his collection of short stories.
I’m in the middle of a wonderful book that was recently released called Redeployment, by Phil Klay. He’s an Iraq War veteran who’s written a series of short stories. Really good. Really .
It’s the last day of Audiobook Month! Here’s a sound clip of our National Book Award Winner produced by Penguin Random House Audio.
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.




