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Presenter of the National Book Awards. Dedicated to the celebration of the best literature in America.

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The Writer’s Room in T Magazine gives an intimate glimpse into the working spaces of some of our favorite authors. Like this portrait of Colson Whitehead, who recently DJ’d our 5 Under 35 Celebration and has just published The Noble Hustle: Poker,... — *The Writer’s Room* in *T Magazine* gives an intimate glimpse into the working spaces of some of our favorite authors. Like this portrait of Colson Whitehead, who recently DJ’d our 5 Under 35 Celebration and has just published *The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death.*
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Congratulations to our 2016 National Book Award Winners!

Colson Whitehead, for The Underground Railroad

Ibram X. Kendi, for Stamped from the Beginning

Daniel Borzutzky, for The Performance of Becoming Human

Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, for March: Book Three

”It’s satisfying when the dominoes start falling and you’re saying goodbye to different characters, and all the things you set up for hundreds and hundreds of pages are finally coming to fruition.”

– Colson Whitehead, author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, Winner of the 2016 National Book Award in Fiction.

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The NBF at TXBF

The amazing Texas Book Festival is this weekend. And if you’re heading to Austin—or perhaps you’re already there—don’t miss these events featuring our fabulous National Book Foundation authors!

SATURDAY, OCT. 25

11:30 – 12:30

Bret Anthony Johnston at The Fiction of Unfamiliar Faces
Tiphanie Yanique at Constructing Racial Identity

12:00 - 1:00

Jacqueline Woodson at #WeNeedDiverseBooks

12:15 – 1:15

Rene Steinke at Homegrown

12:30 – 1:30

Lawrence Wright at Central Presbyterian Church, History
Colson Whitehead at Ante Up

12:45 – 1:45

Molly Antopol at Stories for a New World
Elizabeth McCracken at Mutual Appreciation Society

1:00 – 2:00

Kathi Appelt presents Mogie: The Heart of the House

1:30 - 2:15

Naomi Shihab Nye at The Turtle of Oman

2:30 - 3:30
Jacqueline Woodson at Poetry for You

3 – 4

Emily St. John Mandel at Aftermath and Armageddon

3:15 – 4:15

Merritt Tierce at Autobiographical Fiction

3:30 – 4:30

Josh Weil at Fantasy, Folklore, and Backwoods Mysticism

3:45 – 4:45

Valeria Luiselli at Festival Schedule - Texas Book Festival
Deborah Wiles at Eyes on the Prize

SUNDAY, OCT. 26

11:30 – 12:30

Kirstin Valdez Quade at O Henry Prize

1:30 – 2:30

Adele Griffin and Meg Wolitzer at Unfinished Business

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My room is dim and full of books — read, unread and about to be read — as well as abandoned furniture. I have never objected to mess, since mess reminds me that I can choose to write or I can choose to clean, and I have always chosen to write.

Jane Smiley, whose last novel was Longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award, shares her writing space with the NY Times’s T Magazine.

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Forgive yourself for all the mistakes you’re going to make, and be obsessive about learning what your flaws are.

writing advice from Phil Klay, winner of the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction

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The National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35

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Oh man, what happened last night? The National Book Foundation’s 5 under 35 party at powerHouse Arena included: Carrie Brownstein hosting, Colson Whitehead DJ’ing, a bevy of hot under-35 writers speaking—plus swag bags, a Calexico cart outside, fancy cocktails…In other words, it was like an amazing literary fever dream.

That’s what’s wonderful about writing: it’s always the reader that endows the writing with meaning, over and over again, and finds those connections that maybe the writer’s mind made but never actually discovered.

5 Under 35 Honoree Valeria Luiselli in her interview with The Atlas Review

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“In interviews, you can sense how frayed she sometimes was: as if, with politics, and being a mom, and writing, her life was cluttered with too many good things.”
– 5 Under 35-Honoree Molly Antopol pays tribute to Grace Paley—a National Book... — “In interviews, you can sense how frayed she sometimes was: as if, with politics, and being a mom, and writing, her life was cluttered with too many good things.”
– 5 Under 35-Honoree Molly Antopol pays tribute to Grace Paley—a National Book Award-Finalist who taught her how to write about politics without writing “Political Fiction"—in The Atlantic’s "By Heart” series.
*Illustration by Doug McLean*

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Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

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that’s a fantastic plan, honestly? i would 100% go sit at a bookshop, buy a glass of wine, and pick up the newest biography. 50/50 i’d decide to buy it after a couple chapters, and even if i don’t, that’s still money i spent at B&N!

charlesoberonn

They could host book clubs with food and drinks where one of the employees shares their experiences with a book of their choice and tries to convince the guests to buy it.

themadcapmathematician

Barnes and noble realizing the only reason people go to brick and mortar stores is for the experience and access to an enjoyable physical space they can socialize in (sure isnt for the price) and capitalizing on that is a stroke of genius and a really refreshing approach to the dilemma of competing with online stores

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