Prizes
January 21, 2012
2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced 2
by C. Max Magee
As we’ve noted in the past, the NBCC seems to do a better job of catching the zeitgeist than other major prizes like the National Book Award and the Booker, which like to play kingmaker by annointing less well known titles.
January 13, 2012
The Story Prize 2011 Shortlist 0
by C. Max Magee
The Story Prize has announced its nominees for the 2011 prize, We Others by Steven Millhauser, Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman, The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo. Our review of the latter was published today.
January 10, 2012
Your Guide to the Man Asian Literary Prize Shortlist 5
by Mark Staniforth
It’s a broad, engaging list, and probably all the better for not being dominated by such a powerful figure as Haruki Marukami.
November 16, 2011
2011 National Book Award Winners Announced 1
by C. Max Magee
A novel that’s “gritty, loamy and alive” takes home the fiction prize.
November 15, 2011
On Spinach and the National Book Awards 11
by Sonya Chung
I want to live in a world – and I believe we’re closer than we think – where “the reading public” consumes, likes, and engages with many different kinds of literary nourishment; and where writers, teachers, and critics trust and even expect readers to do so.
November 8, 2011
Digging into the 2012 IMPAC Longlist 0
by C. Max Magee
Because of the IMPAC award’s global reach and egalitarian process, it’s always interesting to dig deeper into the longlist.
