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The finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards were announced and several National Book Award Finalist books made the list. The works of John Lahr, Roz Chast, Marilynne Robinson, and Rabih Alameddine were all nominated and Claudia Rankine became the first National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist nominated in two categories: criticism and poetry.
In addition, Phil Klay, who won the National Book Award for his short-story collection Redeployment, will be awarded the John Leonard prize for the best debut book.
Bring hundreds of writers and book people together to celebrate the recipients of the country’s most prestigious literary award and there are bound to be some intriguing pairings of old friends, new acquaintances, and mutual admirers.
From Top to Bottom:
Elliot Ackerman (left), former U.S. Marine and author of the forthcoming Green on Blue, with National Book Award Winner Phil Klay.
Emily St. John Mandel, author of National Book Award Finalist Station Eleven, meets– for the first time– Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014 Medalist for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
(Left photograph) Deborah Wiles (left), author of National Book Award Finalist Revolution with National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson at the National Book Awards Teen Press Conference.
(Right photograph): Fellow New Yorker contributors and National Book Award Finalists Roz Chast and John Lahr.
Science writer Jonathan Weiner (left), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Beak of the Finch, converses with Edward O. Wilson, author of the National Book Award Finalist The Meaning of Life.
(Left photograph): National Book Award Winner Louise Glück with fellow poet, Farrar, Straus & Giroux publisher and president Jonathan Galassi. (Photo credit: Robin Platzer/Twin Images)
(Right photograph): Claudia Rankine (left), author of the National Book Award Finalist poetry collection, Citizen: An American Lyric and Fanny Howe, author of the National Book Award Finalist poetry collection, Second Childhood. Both poets are published by Graywolf Press.
John Corey Whaley (left), a NBF 5 Under 35 Honoree and author of the National Book Award Finalist Noggin and Daniel Handler, who hosted the ceremony.
At the celebration of the 2014 5 Under 35 Honorees, 1999 National Book Award Finalist Andre Dubus III meets the celebration host Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, band leader of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and author of Mo'Meta Blues.
Seated at the National Book Award Ceremony Dinner (from left), Theodore Downes-Le Guin, DCAL Medalist Ursula K. Le Guin, and Neil Gaiman, who presented the DCAL Medal to Le Guin.
All photographs are the work of Beowulf Sheehan, with the noted exception of the photograph of Louise Glück and Jonathan Galassi.
New York Times’ Book Review chooses National Book Award Winner Redeployment and National Book Award Finalists Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? and All the Light We Cannot See for their Ten Best Books of the Year!
CONGRATULATIONS PHIL KLAY, ROZ CHAST, and ANTHONY DOERR!
I feel like the word catharsis comes up a lot when you’re talking about the process of writing your book. Was any part of it cathartic?
For me, it was a way of remembering—not really catharsis. To me, catharsis is—you kind of get rid of it. And I wanted to remember it. I wanted to remember my parents, remember what they sounded like and what the experience was like.
More from Cartoonist Roz Chast’s interview with Matt McCann about her graphic memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?– a Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction– here.
National Book Award Finalist Roz Chast, author of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning to discuss the struggle to cope with aging parents.
The 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival is packed full of terrific events with some of the best authors around. If you’re headed to the festival on Sunday, here’s a schedule featuring writers in the National Book Foundation community.
10:00 AM
“In ______ We Trust” feat. Fiona Maazel at the Brooklyn Law School Student Lounge
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!
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
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