Did the Pulitzer Board just overrule the Jury to give Percival Everett the prize?

Earlier today, the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced and Percival Everett’s James was declared the winner for fiction. This came as no surprise to anybody even vaguely tapped into the literary scene: in addition to winning the National Book Award for Fiction, James won the Kirkus Prize and was a finalist for the Booker Prize, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-05-05 22:49:07 UTC ]

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Jason Mott, Tiya Miles among the winners of the 2021 National Book Awards

Jason Mott took home the National Book Award for fiction. Other winners included Tiya Miles, Martín Espada and Malinda Lo. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-18 02:37:03 UTC ]
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How Hanif Abdurraqib Cuts Through the Noise

He is a National Book Award finalist for “A Little Devil in America,” but he has more books to write, more projects to take on and more s’mores to research. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-11-14 22:29:28 UTC ]
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“Anybody’s life could be a wonderful piece of art.” Read Maxine Hong Kingston’s best writing advice.

On this day in 1940, Maxine Hong Kingston was born in Stockton, CA. Kingston, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, took the literary world by storm with her seminal work The Woman Warrior (1976), which blends autobiography and mythology. The Woman Warrior, the winner of the 1976 National Book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-10-27 16:42:53 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: October 11, 2021

Anthony Doerr snags a spot in the National Book Award for Fiction as a finalist for 'Cloud Cuckoo Land,' which charted overall as the #3 book in the country while 'Unrequited Infatuations' lands at #7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Booker Prize shortlist events at Coventry University and Southbank Centre

The Booker Prize will showcase its shortlisted authors with hybrid appearances at Coventry University and the Southbank Centre before the winner is announced at BBC Broadcasting House's Radio Theatre on the big night.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-07 15:34:41 UTC ]
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2021 National Book Award Finalists Announced

Hanif Abdurraqib, Anthony Doerr, Ge Fei, and Lauren Groff are among this year's National Book Award finalists. The winners will be announced live on November 17 at the 72nd National Book Awards Ceremony, which will be held exclusively online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Fiction

Five of the 10 authors on the National Book Award longlist in fiction have been honored in various stages of the program in the past. The post US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-20 06:54:49 UTC ]
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Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.

Today, the National Book Foundation announced their longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. This year’s longlist features three debuts and includes, appropriately for this year, many novels that ask questions about the nature of home. These ten books were chosen from a total of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-17 14:15:53 UTC ]
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Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

Today, the National Book Foundation announced their longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction. This year’s judges for the National Book Award in Nonfiction are Eula Biss, Aaron John Curtis, Nell Painter, Kate Tuttle, and Jerald Walker. The finalists will be announced on October 5,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-16 19:15:52 UTC ]
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Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry.

Today, the National Book Foundation announced their longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry. This year’s longlist is made up almost entirely of first-timers—with the exception of Forrest Gander, who was longlisted in 2018 for his poetry collection Be With. This year’s judges for the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-16 14:15:01 UTC ]
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US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Translated Literature

Translations longlisted for the National Book Award have been recognized in stages of the International Booker, the Valle Inclán, and more. The post US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Translated Literature appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-16 03:17:03 UTC ]
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2021 NBA Longlists Announced

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nadifa Mohamed is sole British writer to make Booker prize shortlist

The author of The Fortune Men will now compete with five other novelists from South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US for the 2021 awardAlex Clark explores how the Booker shortlist tunes in to the worries of our ageJust one British author has made the shortlist for this year’s Booker prize: Nadifa... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-09-14 15:25:06 UTC ]
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How notoriously private poet Mary Oliver once saved a depressed high school student’s life.

On this day in 1935, the highly acclaimed poet Mary Oliver was born in Maple Heights, Ohio. Oliver, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and later the National Book Award for Poetry in 1992, was by all accounts a private person who sought solace in the natural world. Throughout the course of her... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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“I’ll take my characters to bed.” Walter Dean Myers on his writing process and routines.

On this day in 1937, the prolific author Walter Dean Myers was born Walter Milton Myers in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The three-time National Book Award finalist was known for his realistic, groundbreaking, affecting portrayals of the Black urban experience, which did not shy away from... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-08-12 14:30:33 UTC ]
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2021 Booker Longlist Announced, Contains Four Americans

The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced, including four American authors. The prize is worth £50,000. A shortlist of six will be announced on September 14, and the winner on November 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Graeme Macrae Burnet | 'In order to immerse yourself in a novel I think you have to feel that it is real'

Graeme Macrae Burnet was picked out by the literary spotlight when his second novel, His Bloody Project, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2016. Published by small indie Saraband, it tells of a brutal triple murder in the remote Scottish Highlands in 1869 via witness statements, a memoir... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Joy Williams has won the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.

Today, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced that Joy Williams will receive the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, which honors an American writer whose body of work is distinguished for both its mastery and originality of thought and imagination. Williams, a previous... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-06-30 17:19:46 UTC ]
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How to watch Charles Yu explore his award-winning novel at the L.A. Times Book Club

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Religion Book Deals: April 14, 2021

A National Book Award nominee's new children's books for Easter 2022, Matthew Paul Turner adds more kids' titles, podcaster Faitth Brooks has "a love letter to Black Women' in the works, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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