In a celebratory National Book Awards on Wall Street last night, Stephen Greenblatt took the nonfiction award for Swerve, while, in a surprise turn in fiction, Jesmyn Ward won for Salvage the Bones.
The finalists for the National Book Awards were announced October 12th at Literary Arts in Portland, Oregon. View a full list of the finalists.
OPB's Think Out Loud broadcast the National Book Awards finalist announcements on Wednesday. Watch an archived version of the show and live blog.
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Literary Arts will be hosting the announcement of the finalists for the National Book Awards from their new home in the Pittock Building in partnership with the National Book Foundation ...
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On October 12th, OPB's Think Out Loud broadcast a special National Book Award show from the Literary Arts Center in Portland, announcing the 2011 finalists in four categories.
View the full list of the finalists.
