January
2008, eNewsletter 
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January
2008 |
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| NBF
Expands BookUpNYC |
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After
a successful first
year, BookUpNYC,
the Foundation's
model after-school
reading program
that exposes participants
to the broad literary
culture of the United
States, will expand
from three to seven
sites. With support
from Bloomberg,
the National Endowment
for the Arts, the
Theodore H. Barth
Foundation, the
R.R. Donnelley
Foundation, and
individual donors,
the program aims
to seek new ways
to help sixth, seventh
and eighth graders
become lifelong
readers and active
participants in
New
York City'
s literary and cultural
community.
In
addition to the
increased number
of sites, participants
will begin to
build their personal
libraries. The
Foundation and
resident authors
are creating a
list of 25 essential
books for these
personal libraries.
Contributions
from individual
donors and publishers
in addition to
publisher discounts
will provide each
participant with this
core set of books.
To
learn more about
the program, visit
http://www.nationalbook.org/bookupnyc.html.
For
further information,
contact the Foundation
at (212)
685-0261.
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Now
Available:
Reading Ahead:
An NBF Blog
on the Future of
Literary Reading
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The
National Book
Foundation's
Reading
Ahead blog
focuses on the
current and future
state of literary
reading. Future
topics will include
new approaches
to literature
that take advantage
of digitization
and multimedia,
expanding readership
through new technologies,
the growing neuroscience
of reading, using
innovative programs
to expand literary
reading, and new
reading social
networks. The
Foundation's
Executive Director,
Harold Augenbraum,
will invite authors,
critics, and other
literary professionals
to "guest
blog" and
provide commentary.
Readers will also
have the opportunity
to post comments.
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2007
NBA Winners and
Finalists in Paperback
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Fiction
- Mischa
Berlinski,
Fieldwork
(Farrar, Straus
& Giroux)
- Currently available
- Lydia
Davis,
Varieties
of Disturbance
(Farrar, Straus
& Giroux)
- Currently available
- Joshua
Ferris,
Then We Came
to the End
(Little, Brown
& Company)
- February 2008
- Denis
Johnson,
Tree
of Smoke
(Farrar, Straus
& Giroux)
- September 2008
- Jim
Shepard,
Like You'd
Understand, Anyway
(Alfred A. Knopf)
- September 2008
Nonfiction
- Edwidge
Danticat,
Brother, I'm
Dying
(Alfred A. Knopf)
- September 2008
- Christopher
Hitchens,
God
Is Not Great:
How Religion Poisons
Everything
(Twelve/Hachette
Book Group USA)
- Fall 2008
- Woody
Holton,
Unruly Americans
and the Origins
of the Constitution
(Hill and Wang/Farrar,
Straus and Giroux)
- October 2008
- Arnold
Rampersad,
Ralph
Ellison:
A Biography
(Alfred A. Knopf)
- Currently available
- Tim
Weiner,
Legacy of
Ashes: The History
of the CIA
(Doubleday) -
May 2008
Poetry
- Linda
Gregerson,
Magnetic North
(Houghton Mifflin
Company) - November
2008
- Robert
Hass,
Time and Materials
(Ecco/HarperCollins)
- November 2008
- David
Kirby,
The House
on Boulevard St.
(Louisiana State
University Press)
- Currently available
- Stanley
Plumly,
Old Heart
(W.W. Norton &
Company) - March
2009
- Ellen
Bryant Voigt,
Messenger
(W.W. Norton &
Company) - August
2008
Young
People's Literature
- Sherman
Alexie,
The
Absolutely True
Diary of a Part-Time
Indian
(Little,
Brown & Company)
- September 2008
- Kathleen
Duey,
Skin Hunger:
A Resurrection
of Magic, Book
One
(Atheneum Books
for Young Readers)
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September 2008
-
Sara
Zarr,
Story of a
Girl
(Little, Brown
& Company)
- February 2008
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Jim
Shepard, NBA Fiction
Finalist, Nominated
for The Story
Prize
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Jim
Shepard's
Like You'd
Understand, Anyway,
a 2007 National
Book Award Finalist
in fiction, was
recently nominated
as a finalist
for The Story
Prize. Shepard’s
collection of
eleven short stories
features settings
that include:
the Chernobyl
nuclear meltdown
and its aftermath,
a Nazi expedition
in Tibet, and
a female cosmonaut
preparing for
a space launch.
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| ATTENTION
LIBRARIES:
Big, Small,
Public, Private,
College, or School
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Libraries
interested in
working with the
National Book
Foundation to
promote the
National Book
Awards in your
library,
please contact
Sherrie Young
at syoung@nationalbook.org
or call the Foundation
offices at 212-685-0261.
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| FOUNDATION
PARTNERS WITH
BAM, AWP AND ASIA
SOCIETY |
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Eat, Drink and
Be Literary Season
Begins This Month
The
Brooklyn Academy
of Music (BAM)
presents eight
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, Tim Sullivan.
At 8:00 p.m. the
literary program
begins with authors
reading from their
works, after which
they will participate
in a discussion
with the moderator,
and answer questions
from audience
members.
Brownstone Books
will provide books
for purchase and
signing.
The
featured authors
and moderators
in January and
February are:
- January
17: George
Saunders,
with Aoibheann
Sweeney - SOLD
OUT
- February
7: Deborah
Eisenberg,
with Aoibheann
Sweeney
- February
28: André
Aciman,
with Harold
Augenbraum
For
a complete listing,
ticket pricing,
and information
please visit, www.nationalbook.org
or www.bam.org.
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5
Under 35 at the
AWP's Annual Conference
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The
Foundation will
participate in the
2008 Association
of Writers and Writing
Programs Conference
on Thursday, January
31 at the Hilton
Hotel in New
York City
when “5 Under
35” honorees
Asali
Solomon,
Anya
Ulinich,
Amity
Gaige,
Kirstin
Allio
and Samantha
Hunt
read from their
work. "5
Under 35" celebrates
emerging fiction
writers from the
across the country
during National
Book Awards Week.
For
more information
about “5
Under 35”
visit www.nationalbook.org/5under35.html.
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The NBF Teams with
Asia Society's Friday
Literary Salon
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The Foundation's
executive director,
Harold Augenbraum,
interviews award-winning
novelist Susan
Choi about her
latest work, A
Person of Interest,
where she explores
the ethnic, social
and psychological
dimensions of
contemporary American
society in an
age of terror,
real and perceived.
Friday, February
1
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Asia Society and
Museum
725
Park Avenue, NYC.
Cost
is $7.00 for Asia
Society members
& students/seniors
with I.D. $15.00
for nonmembers.
For
more information
about this event
visit www.asiasociety.org.
Photo:
Sigrid Estrada
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| Giving
to the National
Book Foundation
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The
National Book Foundation
is a non-profit
organization that
depends on the help
of friends to support
our mission, to
celebrate the best
of American literature,
expand its audience,
and enhance the
cultural value of
good writing in
America.
Please visit the
Donate
Now page
on
our website to strengthen
the Foundation's
public and educational
outreach programs
by making a tax-deductible contribution
online. Thank
you for your support.
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Upcoming
Educational Outreach
Programs
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January
26
BookUp
NYC Harlem
Field Trip
Hue-Man
Bookstore &
Cafe
Schomberg
Center for Research
in Black Culture
January
28
Authors
in School Residency
with Nina
Crews
Astoria,
Queens, New York
January
28
BookUp
NYC
CAMBA
Renaissance Program
Crown
Heights, Brooklyn
January
29
BookUp
NYC
Union
Settlement
Manhattan
February
1
BookUp NYC
Kingsbridge Community
Center
Bronx,
New York
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Mark
These Dates
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February
1
Harold
Augenbraum, the
Foundation's
executive director,
interviews author
Susan Choi.
Asia
Society's
Literary Salon
New
York City
January
31
5
Under 35 at the
AWP Conference.
Writers selected
in the Foundation's
5 Under 35 program
read from their
honored work.
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Hilton Hotel,
New York City
For
a complete listing
of events, visit
the Foundation's
program calendar.
Dates
for the 2008 National
Book Awards
April
15
Guidelines
and entry forms
mailed to publishers
June
16
Entry
form deadline
November
19
National
Book Awards Ceremony
New
York City
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The National
Book Foundation thanks
the following corporate
sponsors for their generous
support.
Barnes
& Noble;
Bloomberg; Borders;
Central National-Gottesman
Inc.; Coral Graphics;
R.R.
Donnelley; Hachette
Book Group USA; Ingram
Book Group, Inc.; Levenger,
Inc.; W. W. Norton &
Company; Penguin Group
(USA); Perseus Books
Group; Quebecor
World; Random
House, Inc.; John
Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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