April
2008, eNewsletter 
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April 2008
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Denis
Johnson, 2007 National
Book Award Winner in Fiction
for Tree
of Smoke, In a
Rare NYC
Appearance at The New School
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Wednesday,
April 16th at
6:30 p.m.
Tishman
Auditorium
The New School
66
West 12th Street
(between 5th and
6th Avenues), NYC
Admission
is free. No tickets or reservations
required.
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).
Johnson’s
literary career encompasses
international journalism,
as well as writing and producing
plays. His plays include,
Hellhound on My Trail,
Psychos Never Dream and
Soul of a Whore.
For
more about Denis
Johnson, and to
read an excerpt from Tree
of Smoke, visit
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2007_f_johnson.html.
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In
Celebration of National
Poetry Month, Eat,
Drink & Be Literary
with Paul Muldoon at BAM,
Brooklyn, NY
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Join
acclaimed poet Paul
Muldoon
for a reading of his award-winning
poetry, followed by an interview
with poet and critic Edward
Hirsch.
Thursday,
April 17th at
6:30 p.m.
BAM
Café
30
Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn,
NY
Tickets
are $48, including admission
to the reading, dinner, wine,
tax, and tip. For purchase
and information,
visit the BAM
Box Office.
A
native of Northern
Ireland,
Paul Muldoon was recently appointed
poetry editor of the
New Yorker.
He has published innumerable
poems, his first at age 16.
Since then, he has published
several collections, including
New Weather (1973),
Madoc: A Mystery (1990),
and Moy Sand and Gravel
(2002), for which he won the
2003 Pulitzer
Prize. More about
Muldoon and to
read some of his work, visit
http://www.paulmuldoon.net.
Edward
Hirsch is a poet and critic.
He has published six
books of poems including Wild
Gratitude (1986),
which won the National Book
Critics Circle Award. His
seventh collection, Special
Orders, was published
in March 2008.
He has also written
four prose books, including
How to Read a Poem and
Fall in Love with Poetry
(1999), a national bestseller.
More
about Muldoon and Hirsch at
http://www.nationalbook.org/dinnerandreading.html.
*
Note: Charles Simic was originally
scheduled for April 17 and
will no longer appear. Previously
purchased tickets for this
event date will be honored
at the door. Those who prefer
to receive a refund may do
so by returning their tickets
to BAM Ticket Services, 30
Lafayette Avenue,
Brooklyn
NY
11217.
Call 718.636.4100
for more information.
Photos:
(top) Paul Muldoon, (bottom)
Edward Hirsch.
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2008
National Book Awards Publisher's
Guidelines, Available in Mid-April
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The
2008 National Book Awards
Publisher’s guidelines
will be mailed in mid-April.
If you are a publisher interested
in receiving guidelines, please
send an email to nporzucki@nationalbook.org.
Include “Request for
2008 NBA Publisher’s
Guidelines” in the subject
line of the email.
Please
note: If you received
guidelines in 2007, it is not
necessary to send a request.
To review
the guidelines, visit http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html.
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Foundation
Congratulates Robert Hass
on Pulitzer Honor
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The
National Book Foundation would
like to congratulate Robert
Hass, 2007 National
Book Award Poetry Winner
for Time and Materials,
for winning the 2008
Pulitzer
Prize in poetry for
the same collection of poems.
Photo ©
Margaretta K. Mitchell, 2001.
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to the National Book Foundation |
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celebrate the best of American
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Please visit the Donate
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What's
new on
nationalbook.org
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| NBF's
Blog
Reading Ahead:
The Future of Literary Reading
In
Harold Augenbraum's blog posted
on April 1, he posed the question,
"What
will be the dominant format
of literary reading in the
future?" Please
weigh in with your thoughts. |
| From
our Archives
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National
Book Award Classics:
Essays
Honoring our Literary Heritage,
will reflect on Flannery O'Connor,
1956 National
Book Award Fiction
Winner for A
Good Man is Hard to Find.
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| Other
Notable NBA Dates
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April 15th
Guidelines
entry forms for National Book
Awards mailed to publishers.
June 16th
National Book Award entry
form deadline.
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| BookUpNYC
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Heights
Community
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Bronx
field trip
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19th
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Settlement/Union Settlement
Union Square
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26th
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Program
Crown
Heights
Harlem
field trip
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thanks the following corporate sponsors
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Publishers; Levenger; Quebecor
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