Archive for December, 2006
December 14, 2006
National Book Awards Finalist Reading - Group 5
Nicole Krauss emcees, as the fifth and final of five groups of finalists read from their National Book Award-nominated work.
For Young People’s Literature, M.T. Anderson reads from The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party (Candlewick Press); for Poetry, James McMichael reads from Capacity (Farrar, Straus [...]
December 12, 2006
National Book Awards Finalist Reading - Group 4
Nicole Krauss emcees, as the fourth of five groups of finalists read from their National Book Award-nominated work.
For Young People’s Literature, Nancy Werlin reads from The Rules of Survival (Dial/Penguin); for Poetry, H.L. Hix reads from Chromatic (Etruscan Press); for Nonfiction, Rajiv Chandrasekaran reads from Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s [...]
December 10, 2006
National Book Awards Finalist Reading - Group 3
Nicole Krauss emcees, as the third of five groups of finalists read from their National Book Award-nominated work.
For Young People’s Literature, Patricia McCormick reads from Sold (Hyperion Books for Children); for Poetry, Ben Lerner reads from Angle of Yaw (Copper Canyon Press); for Nonfiction, Timothy Egan reads from The Worst Hard Time: The [...]
December 8, 2006
National Book Awards Finalist Reading - Group 2
Nicole Krauss emcees, as the second of five groups of finalists read from their National Book Award-nominated work.
For Young People’s Literature, Martine Leavitt reads from Keturah and Lord Death (Front Street Books/Boyd Mills Press); for Poetry, Nathaniel Mackey reads from Splay Anthem (New Directions); for Nonfiction, Lawrence Wright, who could not attend, had [...]
December 7, 2006
National Book Awards Finalist Reading - Group 1
Emcee Nicole Krauss, author of The History of Love: A Novel and Man Walks Into a Room, hosts the always-surprising and entertaining night of reading by the 20 National Book Awards finalists on the evening before the gala awards ceremony. There were five reading groups each with one finalist from each NBA category. [...]
December 4, 2006
Lifetime Achievement Awards at National Book Awards
In this special BEA podcast, we present coverage of the Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented at the National Book Awards on November 15, 2006.
Poet Mark Doty presented the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Adrienne Rich. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, presented the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American [...]
