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‘Claudette Colvin’ – Phillip Hoose’s Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Honors a Teenager Who Wouldn’t Give Up Her Bus Seat
Note: Since I posted this, a visitor has pasted into comment #1 a good short video about this book that lets you hear Claudette Colvin and see some of the excellent archival photos in the book. You ca… more →
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Congrats to Colum McCann
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alexdonald wrote 3 weeks ago: Colum McCann scooped the top fiction prize at the US National Book Awards last week. The Irish born … more →
And the winners of the 2009 Annual National Book Awards are...
evanstonpubliclibrary wrote 4 weeks ago: Best of the National Book Awards Fiction: The Complete Stories, by Flannery O’Connor In celebr … more →
National Book Award Winners
farawaybooks wrote 1 month ago: “Re electronic books: I fail to see why authors care about the manner in which their words rea … more →
The National Book Awards Announced....*yawn*
tolmsted wrote 1 month ago: Is anyone else feeling underwhelmed? The National Book Award’s were announced this week. Colum … more →
The Old Devils
Margaret Diehl wrote 1 month ago: Martin Amis, Kingsley Amis I was just reading a Huffington Post column about The National Book award … more →
The Golden Age
charlieblizz wrote 1 month ago: “This is a golden time” for literature, noting, “there is a pluralism in publishing that’s unprecede … more →
2009 National Books Award Winners Announced!
schulerbooks wrote 1 month ago: We’re bummed that Michigan authors Bonnie Jo Campbell and David Small didn’t get the fin … more →
National Book Awards
sarah wrote 1 month ago: The winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature is Claudette Colvin: Twice … more →
National Book Awards
B. D. wrote 1 month ago: Motoko Rich brings us the winners of the National Book Awards: Colum McCann won the National Book Aw … more →
National Book Award '09
awessels wrote 1 month ago: Keith Waldrop::Transcendental Studies was just announced as the National Book Award winner for poetr … more →
National Book Award Winners 2009
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draabe wrote 1 month ago: The National Book Awards ceremony was held earlier this evening at Cipriani Downtown in New York Cit … more →
‘Claudette Colvin’ – Phillip Hoose’s Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Honors a Teenager Who Wouldn’t Give Up Her Bus Seat
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: Note: Since I posted this, a visitor has pasted into comment #1 a good short video about this book t … more →
Michigan Represents at National Book Awards
Megan Shaffer wrote 1 month ago: On Wednesday the National Book Foundation will announce the 2009 winners of the National Book Award … more →
National Book Awards Week in NYC
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Eliza wrote 1 month ago: Lucky New Yorkers — Mayor Bloomberg has named next week as National Book Awards Week. Festivit … more →
'Then We Came to the End': Why an office farce deserved to be a National Book Award finalist
jdrewscott wrote 1 month ago: At first glance, it looks like a clown at a bris. The National Book Awards typically celebrate weigh … more →
Deborah Heiligman's 'Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith' -- A Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
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1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 month ago: Deborah Heiligman’s captivating dual biography of the Darwins, Charles and Emma (Holt, 268 pp. … more →
Stitches: Graphic novel nominated for major literary award
toniwhitmont wrote 1 month ago: I am the first to admit that I am a newcomer to the graphic novel format. In fact, I read my first g … more →
American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell
silverrod wrote 2 months ago: Wayne State University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780814334126 A 2009 National Book Award finalist, Campbell … more →
Fascism, the National Book Awards, and the American way
Laura wrote 2 months ago: In honor of the National Book Award finalist being announced, I was telling my boyfriend about the N … more →
