Jesmyn Ward, Nikky Finney, and Stephen Greenblatt became the only people that will be able to say that they won anything from the NBA in 2011. The Washington Post has a nice Twitter timeline of the National Book Award happenings, and The New York Times has a rundown as well. John Hodgman explains what Occupy Wall Street, Herman Cain, and the musical Cats have in common. Martin Amis talks of Don DeLillo’s “prophetic soul.” (Thanks Gabrielle Gantz for the tip) Ann Beattie talks to […]
Translating the National Book Award Nonfiction Finalists
Posted by Jason Diamond While everybody is up in arms about Franzen getting snubbed, I’m a bit more interested in the nonfiction selections for the National Book Awards: Barbara Demick, “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” AKA Book about country we might go to war with. John W. Dower, “Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq” AKA Book about countries we’ve gone to war with, or things that have cause war. Patti Smith, “Just Kids” AKA The […]