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eNewsletter
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March,
2006
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Eat,
Drink & Be Literary Programs
at Brooklyn Academy of Music
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of Edward P. Jones by Scott
Ellison Smith |
The
National Book Awards is pleased
to continue its partnership with
the Brooklyn Academy of Music
in hosting a series of literary
gatherings with prominent authors
in the BAMcafé. The evenings,
entitled "Eat,
Drink & Be Literary:
Dinner & a Reading at BAMcafé,"
will offer literary enthusiasts
the chance to meet, eat, and talk
before each reading in an informal
setting which will include a buffet
dinner and wine.
- March
16th, John
Sayles,
interviewed by Jessica
Hagedorn,
with music by Kevin So
- April
6th, Julia
Alvarez,
interviewed by Jessica
Hagedorn,
with music by Rubin Kodheli
and Kyle Sanna
- April
20th, Jonathan
Lethem,
interviewed by Jessica
Hagedorn, with
music by Carl Riehl, a pianist,
accordionist, composer and
arranger
- May
18th, Mary
Gaitskill,
interviewed by Jessica
Hagedorn, with
music by Anaïs Alexandra Tekerian,
a pianist touring with the
Armenian a capella group Zulal
- June
1st, Nicole
Krauss,
interviewed by Jessica
Hagedorn
and music by Stephen Saperstein,
a pianist and researcher of
New Orleans Music
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For
ticket and pricing information,
please visit the Foundation's
homepage at www.nationalbook.org.
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National
Book Awards Campus Programs
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On
March 23rd and 24th, the National
Book Awards will initiate its
first National Book Awards
Campus Weekend through a new
partnership with Concordia
College in Moorhead, Minnesota.
On the 23rd, Leo
Damrosch,
finalist for the 2005 National
Book Award in Non-Fiction for
his biography Jean-Jacques
Rousseau: Restless Genius,
and Alan
Burdick,
finalist for the 2005 National
Book Award in Non-Fiction for
his book Out of Eden, will
discuss their books and hold a
question-and-answer session with
Dr. Pamela Jolicoeur, President
of Concordia, and Harold Augenbraum,
Executive Director of the National
Book Foundation. The following
morning, both authors will also
speak at a College-wide convocation
and will then give master classes
to Concordia students.
For further information, visit
www.cord.edu.
For
more information on bringing National
Book Awards Winners and Finalists
to your campus, contact Sherrie
Young at syoung@nationalbook.org.
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National
Book Awards Authors in Schools
and Settlement Houses
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The
Foundation's author residencies
in schools and settlement houses
will offer the following this
Spring:
April 3rd - 7th, Patricia Smith,
who has been called "a testament
to the power of words to change
lives," will meet with over 200
students at the Monroe Campus
Schools in the Bronx. She is the
author of four books of poetry:
Teahouse of the Almighty,
a 2005 National Poetry Series
selection (Coffee House Press);
Close to Death (Zoland
Books); Big Towns, Big Talk
(Zoland), which won the Carl Sandburg
Literary Award; and Life According
to Motown (Tia Chucha).
April 25th - 27th , Garen Thomas,
a children's book editor and a
writer, will visit Church Avenue
Merchants Block Association (CAMBA)
in Brooklyn to meet with over
85 third, fourth and fifth graders.
Ms. Thomas will discuss the joys
of reading and introduce students
to the world of children's book
publishing.
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For
more information on upcoming Schools
and Settlement House programs
please visit
http://www.nationalbook.org/programs.html
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Mark
These Dates for the National Book
Awards and other 2006 Events
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- April
1st, National Book Award
Winners and Finalists
at the Brooklyn Public Library
featuring Christopher
Sorrentino,
René
Steinke
and Lily
Tuck
- Mid-April,
2006 National Book Awards
Publisher's Guidelines
and Entry Forms are available.
- April
21st, National Book Award
Winners at the CUNY Graduate
Center in New York featuring
Joan
Didion
and W.S.
Merwin
- April
29th, BAMfamily Brunch
with 2002 and 2003 National
Book Award Finalist Jacqueline
Woodson
and illustrator Hudson
Talbott
at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music
- October
11th, Announcement of this
year's National Book Award
Finalists in San Francisco
- November
15th, National Book Awards
Ceremony in New York
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National
Book Awards Winners:
AN EVENING WITH JOAN DIDION AND
W.S. MERWIN
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On
Friday, April 21, Joan
Didion
and W.S.
Merwin
will appear at CUNY Graduate
Center. Ms. Didion, the
2005 National Book Award Winner
in Nonfiction for The Year
of Magical Thinking, and
Mr. Merwin, the 2005 National
Book Award Winner in Poetry
for Migration: New and Selected
Poems, will engage the
audience in a conversation about
their writing life and give
a reading.
Because this event offers something
for everyone who loves the written
word or admires the work of these
great literary figures it is expected
to be filled.
We're telling our e-newsletter
recipients to arrive early!
The event will convene with a
book signing and reception.
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th
Street)
New York, NY
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public
For more information, contact
CUNY Graduate Center at 212-817-2005
or
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/humanities/index.html
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NOT
JUST A READING:
BAM/National
Book Awards Kids Book Brunch with
Jacqueline Woodson
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On
Saturday, April 29th Jacqueline
Woodson, two-time National
Book Award Finalist for Young
People's Literature and the recipient
of the 2006 Margaret A. Edwards
Lifetime Achievement Award, and
illustrator Hudson Talbott
will read from their latest Newbery-Honor
Award-winning book Show Way.
There will be a discussion and
a presentation with slides on
how Ms. Woodson and Mr. Talbot
collaborated on the creative process.
The event is for the entire family
and will include food, drink and
a book signing.
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
12 - 2pm
To purchase tickets and for more
information call 718.636.4100
or visit http://www.bam.org/education/bamfamily.aspx.
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March
is Women's History Month: Recommended
Reading from the National Book
Awards
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On
March 15, 1950, the most prominent
figures of the literary world
gathered at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel to celebrate the first National
Book Awards. So it is fitting
that for Women's History Month,
the National Book Foundation recommends
books by women who were the first
to be honored by the National
Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction,
Poetry and Young People's Literature.
Rachel Carson was the first woman
to win the National Book Award
in Nonfiction for The Sea Around
Us in 1952 (Greenwood Publishing
Group, ISBN: 0837177022)
Marianne Moore was the first woman
to win the National Book Award
in Poetry for Collected Poems
in 1952 (Macmillan Publishing
Company, ISBN: 0025861700)
Katherine Anne Porter was the
first woman to win the National
Book Award in Fiction for The
Collected Stories of Katherine
Anne Porter in 1966 (Harvest,
ISBN: 0156188767)
Ursula K. Le Guin was the first
woman to win the National Book
Award in Young People's Literature
for The Farthest Shore
in 1973 (Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing, ISBN: 0689845340)
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