Prizes
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 12
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.
October 18, 2011
The Favorite Takes Home the Booker 0
by C. Max Magee
We called Barnes’s book one of our Most Anticipated for the second half of 2011.
October 12, 2011
2011 National Book Award Finalists Announced 8
by C. Max Magee
Women dominate the fiction finalists again, and small presses are well represented.
October 6, 2011
Swedish Poet Wins Nobel Prize 10
by C. Max Magee
“Because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality.”