How do we tie our shoes, brush our hair, drink coffee, wash the dishes, and go to sleep, pretending everything is fine? How do we laugh and feel happiness despite the buried things growing inside? How can we do that day after day?
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Erika L. Sanchez, author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and 2017 National Book Award Finalist
“Ultimately, it’s Julia herself who’s the key to the novel…She’ll resonate with many readers, and they’ll be glad to see her make it through a tough time.”—School Library Journal, starred review
Erika L. Sánchez, 2017 Young People’s Literature Longlist author
Because I wanted Michael’s mouth on me, because from the first moment I saw him walking across the grass to where I sat in the shadow of the school sign, he saw me. Saw past skin the color of unmilked coffee, eyes black, lips the color of plums, and saw me. Saw the walking wound I was, and came to be my balm.
Congrats to our 2017 National Book Award Winners!!
Robin Benway, Far From the Tree, Young People’s Literature
Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, NonFiction
Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing, Fiction
Frank Bidart, Half-light, Poetry
Looking for a good fall book to read? Check out our 2017 Finalist List at http://www.nationalbook.org/
“Sometimes the world don’t give you what you need, no matter how hard you look. Sometimes it withholds.”
◇ this red beauty is the winner of the 2017 National Book Award for fiction
-Jason Reynolds, 2017 Longlist Author
Rita Williams-Garcia, author of Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, and 2017 Young People’s literature Finalist
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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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.”
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!
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.
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
