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The Foundation’s website now features video from the 2007 National Book Awards Dinner. Coverage includes acceptance speeches from the Award Winners, as well as the presentations of two lifetime achievement awards to writer Joan Didion and public radio host and producer Terry Gross. These videos are available through YouTube, and can also be downloaded using iTunes. Click on the images in the right column to view them now, or visit the audio and video page at www.nationalbook.org/audio_video.html. Images from various National Book Awards Week events can now be viewed, as well. Links to the various pages are available in the articles below or on the Foundation’s homepage, www.nationalbook.org. A link to a New York Times produced video provides a different perspective on the happenings at the National Book Awards. Click here to access the clip.
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National Book Awards Week, 2007
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Photos
clockwise from upper
left: 1. Robert Hass
(l), Sherman
Alexie (center), Tim
Weiner (r). 2. Fran
Lebowitz. 3. Arnold
Rampersad (r) with Marvina
White (l) 4. Ina (r) and Robert
Caro (center) with Lynn
Nesbit (r). 5. Edwidge
Danticat. 6. Ira
Glass. 7. Joan Didion
and Michael
Cunningham. 8. Terry
Gross. 8. Center,
Walter
Mosley. Photos: Robin
Platzer, Twin Images
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for more images.
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Images from the 2007 Finalists Reading at The New School
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Photos clockwise from upper
left:1. 2007 Young People's
Literature Winner, Sherman
Alexie (l) with 2007
Finalist Sara Zarr (r) pictured
with Levenger president Steve
Leveen. 2. The row of 2007
National Book Award Finalists
waiting to read. 3. 2007 Poetry
Winner Robert Hass. 4. Master
of Ceremonies Bret Anthony
Johnston. 5. Joshua Ferris
(l), Jim Shepard and
Karen Shepard (center) chat
with 2006 National Book Award
Finalist Ken Kalfus (r). Photos:
Jen Snow
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for more images
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Teen
Press Conference
at the New
York
Public Library
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Photos clockwise starting from left: (l to r) Brian Selznick, Kathleen Duey, Sherman Alexie, Sara Zarr, M. Sindy Felin; Audience members at 2007 Teen Press Conference; Student fans take a picture with Brian Selznick. Photos: Jen Snow.
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On Tuesday,
November 13th, over 250 middle
and high school students from
New
York City public and
independent schools interviewed
the 2007 National Book Award
Finalists in Young People's
Literature at the Donnell
Library's auditorium for
the ninth National Book Awards
Teen Press Conference. Underwritten
by Con Edison, all participants
received special press kits
designed by MindVolt. Following
the Conference, students met
the authors informally at
a reception.
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for more images.
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Second Annual 5 Under 35 a Success
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Photos clockwise starting on left: The audience at the 5 Under 35 celebration. Sam Lipsyte and Amanda Stern. Dinaw Mengestu, one of the selected writers. Photos: Jen Snow
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The literary world descended on Tribeca Cinemas with "5 Under 35," the National Book Foundation's celebration of emerging writers who've been selected by former National Book Award Winners and Finalists. The event, emceed by Sam Lipsyte, in a space flanked by a three-foot, neon liquor sign over a 30-foot mahogany bar, gathered 250 writers, publishing professionals, and journalists to celebrate the 2007 "5 Under 35," and hear them read a selection from their work. "5 Under 35" program was sponsored by Barnes & Noble and Random House. Click for more images.
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Eat, Drink and Be Literary at Brooklyn Academy of Music Begins in January 2008
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The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) presents nine acclaimed authors for Eat, Drink & Be Literary: Dinner and a Reading in BAMcafé. The events begin at 6:30 p.m. with live music and wine provided by Napa Valley's award-winning Pine Ridge Winery, followed by a delicious buffet dinner in the BAMcafé prepared by executive chef, Coleman Foster. The author readings and discussions begin at 8:00 p.m. The featured authors and moderators are: - January 17: George Saunders, with Aoibheann Sweeney
- February 7: Deborah Eisenberg, with Aoibheann Sweeney
- February 28: André Aciman, with Harold Augenbraum
- March 13: Fran Lebowitz, with Aoibheann Sweeney
- March 20: Peter Carey, with Aoibheann Sweeney
- April 3: Shalom Auslander, with Harold Augenbraum
- April 17: Charles Simic, with Edward Hirsch
- May 15: Chinua Achebe, with Bradford Morrow
Tickets are $48 per event, including admission to the reading, dinner, wine, tax, and tip. A 20% discount is available to those who buy tickets to five or more events. For tickets and more information, visit http://www.nationalbook.org/dinnerandreading.html.
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IS HE DEAD? A New Comedy by Mark Twain, the Father of Modern Literature
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Photo: Joan Marcus
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Mark
Twain’s recently discovered
play, “Is He
Dead?”, a fast-paced
comedy,
has been adapted for
the Broadway stage. The
plot centers around a
struggling artist who stages
his own death to drive up
the prices of his paintings.
Previews are being preformed
at the Lyceum Theatre in New
York City from November
8 through December 23, 2007
at reduced prices ranging
from $45.00 to $56.00 per
seat.
To
order tickets and for more
information:
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Mark The Date for 2008 National Book Awards
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November 19th, National Book Awards Ceremony in New York City
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Videos of the 58th
National Book Awards
Fiction Winner
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Denis Johnson,
Tree of Smoke
Accepted by Cindy Johnson.
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Click here to play.
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Nonfiction Winner
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Tim Weiner
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
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Click here to play.
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Poetry Winner
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Robert Hass
Time and Materials
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Click here to play.
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Young People's Literature Winner
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Sherman Alexie,
The Absolutely True Diary
of a Part-Time Indian
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Click here to play.
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Presentation of the Literarian Award to Terry Gross
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Ira Glass
host and producer of the public radio's, "This American Life"
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Click here to play.
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Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community
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Terry Gross
host and co-executive producer
Fresh Air
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Click here to play.
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Presentation of lifetime achievement award to Joan Didion
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Michael Cunningham, novelist
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Click here to play.
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Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
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Joan Didion
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Click here to play.
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