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The Longlist for the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry has been released!

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Discover the ten poetry collections longlisted for the National Book Award!

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Readers react to the 2016 National Book Awards Longlists

Last week, we announced our the 40 books longlisted for the National Book Awards in Young People’s Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. Excited readers across the country joined us in celebrating these remarkable books, and here are some of our favorite online reactions.

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NBA Longlisters Sy Montgomery (Nonfiction), Ada Limón (Poetry), and Nell Zink (Fiction) on what they learned while writing their books

In the process of writing your book, what did you discover, what, if anything, surprised you? 

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Sy Montgomery (author of The Soul of an Octopus): In the process of writing this book, I was surprised at every turn: that octopuses taste with their skin. That most of their neurons are not in the brains, but in their arms. That their touch–one that many naturalists I admire found repulsive–was so soft, and that their suckers–dextrous enough to untie knots in surgical silk, and strong enough that just one sucker might lift 30 pounds–were capable of great tenderness. But what surprised me most was that a creature so unlike us was clearly capable of forming bonds with humans, and that my relationships with each individual octopus changed forever the way I understand what it means to think, to feel and to know.

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3 days until the NBA Longlists!

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Starting with Young People’s Literature on September 12, we’ll announce our National Book Awards Longlists in partnership with the newyorker.com!

Here’s the full announcement schedule:

9/12: Young People’s Literature
9/13: Poetry
9/15: Nonfiction
9/16: Fiction

In total, 40 titles will be longlisted for the 2016 National Book Awards. The Finalists will be released on October 13, and the Winners will be announced at the National Book Awards Dinner and Ceremony on November 16.

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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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