Prizes
March 3, 2011
2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominees Announced 0
by C. Max Magee
The nominees for the 2011 PEN/Faulkner fiction award have been announced. The books in the running are Millions Hall of Famer A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Egan profiled at The Millions); The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg (Eisenberg profiled at The Millions); National Book Award winner Lord of Misrule by Jaimy [...]
January 22, 2011
2010 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced 5
by C. Max Magee
The fiction list includes four books that have gotten quite a lot of attention over the last year
November 18, 2010
2010 National Book Award Winners Announced 2
by Edan Lepucki
The 2010 National Book Awards were announced this evening. In fiction, Jaimy Gordon won for The Lord of Misrule; in nonfiction, Patti Smith won for Just Kids; in poetry, Terrance Hayes won for Lighthead; and for young people’s literature, Kathryn Erskine won for Mockingbird.
November 15, 2010
Digging into the 2011 IMPAC Longlist 4
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.
October 13, 2010
2010 National Book Award Finalists Announced 1
by C. Max Magee
Four women and one man – a pair of international names, a 20 under 40′er and a pair of lesser known names – make up the fiction finalists.
October 12, 2010
Booker Shocker: Finkler Takes the Prize 1
by C. Max Magee
The surprising winner of the 2010 Booker Prize is Howard Jacobson’s The Finkler Question
