July 2008, eNewsletter 
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eNews
for July 2008 |
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Wisest, Kindest Voice: A Celebration
of the Work and Life of William Maxwell |
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Presented
by The National Book Foundation and the Madison
Square Park Conservancy
with
Christopher
Carduff, Benjamin
Cheever, Edward
Hirsch, Daniel
Menaker and Stewart
O’Nan
July
31, 6:30 p.m.
Madison Square Park, NYC
In
his 40 years (1936-1975) as fiction editor of
The New Yorker, William Maxwell worked
with some of the most celebrated American writers
of the era and was an accomplished writer of
six novels (two were nominated for a National
Book Award), many short stories, a memoir and
a collection of essays. John Updike called Maxwell's
writing voice "one of the wisest and kindest
in American fiction." Friends and
admirers of Maxwell celebrate his centenary
with a lively evening of discussion and reminiscence.
For
more information, please visit www.nationalbook.org.
Photos:
Benjamin Cheever by John Fortunato, Stewart
O'Nan by Isolde Ohlbaum, Christopher Carduff
by Emily Carduff, Edward Hirsch by Evin Thayer,
Daniel Menaker by Chip Cooper
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| Reminder
to Publishers Who Entered Books for the National
Book Awards |
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August
15 is the deadline for judges to receive
books, bound galleys, or bound manuscripts
for the 2008 National Book Awards.*
This
is not a postmarked deadline.
In
addition, one submitted copy of each book, bound
galley, or bound manuscript must be sent to
the National Book Foundation office. Judges'
addresses are listed on the Publishers Guidelines.
If you are a publisher and need the addresses,
please call the Foundation's office at 212-685-0261
or send an email to rkeith@nationalbook.org.
*
The deadline for submission of titles has
passed. Guidelines postmarked after June 16,
2008 are not eligible for the 2008 National
Book Awards. No further entries will be accepted.
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| Innovations
in Reading |
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A
feature
highlighting individuals and organizations that
use innovative methods to encourage people to
read good books.
This
month we acknowledge:
Entertainment
Weekly's 100
Best Book of the Last 25 Years,
published in its June 27 and July 4,
2008 issue.
The National
Book Critics Circle's Good Reads List.
The list was created in the fall of 2007 and
is assembled by polling the 825 members of the
National
Book Critics Circle and former finalists
and winners of the NBCC book awards. In addition,
events are held in 15 cities to discuss the
list.
Images
from ew.com
and http://bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/. |
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| On
nationalbook.org |
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AUDIO
Access
podcasts of interviews with Deborah Eisenberg,
Pete Hamill, Francine Prose, George Saunders
and others at www.nationalbook.org.
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| COMMUNITY |
Tune
into Harold Augenbraum's post on The
Future of Literary Culture. Read
Augenbraum's latest blog regarding publishers'
push for good quality work.
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| Author
Residency |
Week
of July 21
Nina Crews
Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
Bronx, NY
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| NBA
Dates |
August
15
Book submission deadline for publishers.
Visit
NBF website for details.
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| Notable
Dates |
| July
31
The
Wisest,
Kindest Voice:
A Celebration of
the Work and Life
of William Maxwell
6:30 p.m.
Mad Sq
Park, NYC
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| From
the NBF Archives |
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William
Faulkner, 1951 National Book Award Fiction
Winner for Collected Stories
In
honor of William Faulkner, we highlight his
book, Collected Stories, which
won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1951,
by revisiting an
essay from the National Book Awards archive.
Written by former NBF
executive director Neil Baldwin, the feature
looks closely at the person behind the book. |
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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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