In this vital dispatch from the National Book Awards, we report on the winners, the dancers, and the food.
In this report, we confront Dave Eggers about his silence concerning Abdulrahman Zeitoun’s attempted murder charges and he stays silent.
Our coverage of the 2011 National Book Awards, which will include photos, silly paragraphs, and half-baked interviews, will continue throughout the evening. Keep checking!
In this goofy and engaging one hour radio interview, Téa Obreht discusses The Tiger’s Wife, mythological animals, the relationship between comedy and tragedy, and the possibility of turning into Smeagol if she wins the National Book Award.
A response to Laura Miller’s black helicopter theory concerning the National Book Awards.
Liveblogging the 2010 National Book Awards. (This page will be updated throughout the evening of November 17, 2010.)
Tonight, the National Book Awards gave every major award to a white man, demonstrating that snubbing women writers isn’t limited to Publishers Weekly. Even the…
Our reports from the National Book Awards previously appeared in piecemeal on these pages, and have also appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #252. So…
And the winner is Peter Matthiessen’s Shadow Country. An interminable preliminary speech from Gail Godwin….. And then…. Matthiessen’s speech: He’s smiling as he walks up…
And the winner is Annette Gordon Reed’s The Hemingses of Monticello. Reed’s speech: Tonight is actually her birthday. She lived too much in the 18th…
And the winner is Mark Doty’s Fire to Fire. Doty’s speech: “Robert is right. This is really good baloney.” Very nervous. “I am glad to…
And the winner is Judy Blundell’s What I Saw and How I Lied. Blundell’s speech: Always a bad idea to follow Daniel Handler. “Most of…
While wandering around the ballroom in search of quotes (and observing Leon Neyfakh’s fine method of collecting quotes from people while standing near the restrooms),…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Richard Howard…
Outside the ballroom. “Are you nervous?” “Actually, I’m here because of my wife.” “Moral support then?” “You could call it that.” “Was it a big…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Candace Bushnell…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Mark Doty…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Salvatore Scibona…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Annette Gordon…
(This podcast is part of our 2008 National Book Awards coverage. Keep checking this category for details.) Who is the Correspondent Talking With? Joan Wickersham…
I am now situated in the press section of the Cipriani Ballroom. Galleycat’s Jason Boog is here, and we are urging him to get his…
During the past two days, there have been sparse entries on these pages. There are reasons for this: a few deadlines met, a few interviews…
Now this is a very intriguing list. Fiction Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project (Riverhead) Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba (Scribner) Peter Matthiessen, Shadow Country (Modern…
Leon Neyfakh: “Chuck Shelton, the editor of the publishing trade publication Kirkus, came over to the table to say hello to Mr. Karp. Mr. Shelton…
Hmmm, I don’t know how “Franzen’s no fun” equates to “Franzen’s a jerk.” I certainly didn’t say the latter to this individual. But unlike this…
Denis Johnson’s wife is now up. She is assuring us that Johnson “is on assignment. Legitimate.” She is now reading an acceptance speech. “Naturally, I’m…
The presenter this year is Francine Prose, also the chair of the judges. Lebowitz said that, given the laundry list of Prose’s achievements, she “has…
He has a deep Brooklyn accent. He means business. He is thanking a lot of people. Above all, Phyllis Grann — “a great editor, a…
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