February
2008, eNewsletter 
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February
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The Date For Philip
Roth's 75th Birthday Tribute, April 11th |
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The American Studies Program at Columbia
University and The Library of America, in
collaboration with the National Book Foundation,
present a 75th Birthday Tribute
to Philip
Roth. The National Book Foundation is currently
preparing an online exhibit of Roth's literary
career, spanning from 1959 to the present.
In
1960, Roth won the National
Book Award in Fiction for his first novel,
Goodbye,
Columbus, and
again in 1995 for Sabbath's
Theater, and has been a
Finalist four other times. In 2002, he was awarded
the National Book Foundation's Medal
for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
He has received numerous honors including the Pulitzer
Prize in Fiction for American Pastoral,
the National Medal of Arts, and the American Academy
of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Fiction.
The
tribute will feature a panel composed of
Jonathan
Lethem, Nathan Englander and Charles D'Ambrosio
discussing Roth's work and its influence on
their writing, moderated by Judith
Thurman. Writers and critics Hermione Lee,
Ben Taylor, Ross Posnock, Claudia Roth Pierpont,
and Ross Miller, who is Roth's biographer, will
discuss their favorite Roth books as well as his
career. Joel Conarroe will moderate this discussion.
The event will culminate with special remarks by
Philip
Roth.
Friday,
April 11th
4:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Miller
Theatre, Columbia
University
2960
Broadway (at 116th Street),
NYC
Admission
is free, but seating is limited. Please register
by April 4th by contacting rothtribute@columbia.edu
with your name and email address.
Images: Top left photo: Roth at
2002 NBAs. Top right photo: (left to right) Robert
Lowell, Richard Ellmann, Roth at 1960
NBAs. Bottom photo: Roth with 2002 NBA Winners Ruth
Stone, Julia
Glass, and Nancy
Farmer.
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| Save
the Date for Special Appearance by Denis
Johnson
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Presented by The Foundation
and The New School, April 16th
On
April 16th, The National Book Foundation
and The New School present Denis
Johnson, winner of the 2007 National
Book Award in Fiction for Tree
of Smoke, reading from his work and discussing
the literary life.
In addition to Tree
of Smoke, Johnson has
published several other acclaimed works of poetry,
nonfiction, and fiction. His prose work includes
Angels (1983), Fiskadoro (1985),
The Stars at Noon (1986), Resuscitation
of a Hanged Man (1991), Jesus' Son
(1992), Already Dead: A California
Gothic (1997), The Name of the World
(2000) and Seek: Reports from the Edges
of America and Beyond (2001).
His works of poetry include The Incognito Lounge
(1982), The Veil (1987) and The Throne
of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium
General Assembly: Poems, Collected and New (1995).
In a recent interview about being a Finalist for
the National
Book Award, Johnson noted:
"Storytellers have enjoyed quite a wide
audience over the last few centuries. Now it's
dwindling, and if the world's leaders have their
way they'll probably return us to an era when
we tell tales around small fires in caves...."
Read the interview
and an excerpt of Tree
of Smoke.
6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16th
Tishman Auditorium, The New School
66 West 12th Street (between 5th
and 6th Avenues), NYC
Admission is free. No tickets required. Further
information on admission will be available in the
March eNewsletter.
Denis Johnson photo: Cindy Johnson
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Foundation
Partners with Concordia College and MPR for Annual
NBAs on Campus Weekend
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The National Book Foundation is partnering with
Concordia College in Moorhead,
Minnesota and Minnesota Public Radio (MPR),
to present the third annual National Book Awards
on Campus Weekend featuring Woody
Holton, the 2007 National Book
Award Finalist in Nonfiction for Unruly Americans
and the Origins of the Constitution, and Jim
Shepard, the 2007 National Book
Award Finalist in Fiction for Like You'd
Understand, Anyway.
As part of the visit, on Thursday
evening, March 27th, Holton and Shepard
will participate in a reading and discussion to
be hosted by MPR's Kerri Miller. Miller is the
host of MPR's Midmorning and Talking
Volumes - a joint book club of MPR, the Star
Tribune and the Loft Literary Center.
To read interviews by Holton and
Shepard or excerpts from their books, visit www.nationalbook.org/nba2007.html.
Additional information will be posted
on Concordia College's website www.cord.edu.
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Eat,
Drink and Be Literary Series, February
and March Lineup
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The National Book Foundation and the Brooklyn Academy
of Music (BAM) present eight acclaimed authors for
Eat,
Drink & Be Literary: Dinner and a Reading
in BAMcafé in 2008.
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. The author
readings and discussions begin at 8:00 p.m.
Upcoming featured authors and moderators are:
- February 28th: André
Aciman, with Harold Augenbraum, a
few tickets left
- March 13th : Fran
Lebowitz, with Aoibheann Sweeney,
SOLD OUT
- March 20th : Peter
Carey, with Aoibheann Sweeney,
a few tickets left
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 the BAM
Box Office.
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| IS
HE DEAD? A New Comedy by Mark
Twain, the Father of Modern Literature |
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.
The play is at the Lyceum Theatre in New
York City, and can be seen from now to February
28, 2008 at reduced prices ranging from $45.00 to
$56.00 per seat for select orchestra and mezzanine
rows and certain performances.
To order tickets and for additional information
:
- Visit Broadwayoffers.com
and enter the code IDFAM56
- Call 212-947-8844
and mention code IDFAM56
Visit www.IsHeDead.com.
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| Giving
to the National Book Foundation |
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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WHAT'S
NEW
New on nationalbook.org
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Podcast
of George Saunders
at the Foundation's Eat, Drink & Be
Literary Series at BAM, recorded on January
17, 2008.
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2008
National Book Awards
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The
National Book Awards Ceremony and Gala is on the
move in 2008. Scheduled for Wednesday, November
19th, the evening will be hosted at Cipriani
Wall
Street, New
York City.
Other
Notable 2008 NBA Dates
April
15th
Guidelines
and entry forms mailed to publishers.
June
16th
Entry
form deadline.
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Mark
These Dates
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| March
27th – 28th
NBA
Campus Weekend
with Concordia College
and MPR featuring National
Book Award authors Woody
Holton and Jim
Shepard in Moorhead,
MN.
April
11th
Philip
Roth’s 75th Birthday Tribute
4:00 p.m.
Miller Theatre
Columbia
University
New York City
Admission is free.
April
16th
Denis
Johnson,
2007
NBA Winner in Fiction.
6:30 p.m
Tishman Auditorium
The New School
New
York City.
Admission is free. |
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The National Book Foundation thanks the following
corporate sponsors for their generous support.
Barnes
& Noble; Random House, Inc.; Bloomberg; Coral
Graphics; R.R.
Donnelley; Ingram Book Group, Inc.; Lindenmeyr
Book Publishing Papers; Penguin Group (USA); Borders;
Hachette Book Group USA; HarperCollins Publishers; Levenger;
Quebecor
World; John
Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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