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Moments From National Book Awards Week, 2008


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(L to R) Laurie Halse Anderson, Kathi Appelt,
Scott Larrabee, Ken Appelt.

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Richard Howard and Marilynne Robinson.
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Aleksandar Hemon with his daughter.
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(L to R) Luis Jaramillo, Mark Doty, Robert Polito.
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Annette Gordon-Reed(L) and Jane Mayer(R).
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Annette Gordon-Reed(L) and Jane Mayer(R).
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Tim Tharp (center) with guests.
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Kathi(L) and Ken(R) Appelt with guest.
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Jim Sheeler(R) with guests.
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Patricia Smith.
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(L to R) Scot Larrabee, Kevin Lewis,
Laurie Halse Anderson.

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(L to R) Maria and Peter Matthiessen, and guests.
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Marilynne Robinson (center).
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Richard Howard (L) and Jackson Taylor.
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Frank Bidart (L) and Robert Polito (R).
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Reginald Gibbons (L) and guests.
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Mark Doty (L) and guest.
Frank Bidart (R)>

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Linda Dunne
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Judy Blundell (L), David Steinberger,
and Steve Leveen(R).

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Kathi Appelt (L) and David Steinberger (R).
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Laurie Halse Anderson (L) and David Steinberger (R).
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E. Lockhart (L), David Steinberger,
and Steve Leveen (R).

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Tim Tharp (L), David Steinberger, and
Steve Leveen (R).

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Frank Bidart (L), David Steinberger, and
Steve Leveen (R).

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Mark Doty (L), David Steinberger, and
Steve Leveen (R)..

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Reginald Gibbons (L), David Steinberger, and
Steve Leveen (R).

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Richard Howard (L) and
David Steinberger (R).

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Patricia Smith (L), David Steinberger,
and Steve Leveen (R).

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(L to R) Drew Gilpin Faust, David Steinberger,
Leslie Shipman.

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Annette Gordon-Reed (L) and David Steinberger (R).
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Jane Mayer.
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Jim Sheeler (L) and David Steinberger (R).
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Joan Wickersham (L) and David Steinberger (R).
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Aleksandar Hemon (L) and David Steinberger (R).
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Rachel Kushner (L) and David Steinberger (R).
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Peter Matthiessen (L), Leslie Shipman,
and Steve Leveen (R).

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(L to R) Marilynne Robinson, David Steinberger,
Leslie Shipman, and Steve Leveen.

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(L to R) Salvatore Scibona, David Steinberger,
Leslie Shipman, and Steve Leveen.

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Peter Matthiessen.
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Richard Howard (L) and Anya Ulinich (R).
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Bob Kerrey.
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Robert Polito.
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Anya Ulinich.
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Laurie Halse Anderson.
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Frank Bidart.
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Drew Gilpin Faust. Photo ©
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Aleksandar Hemon.
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Kathi Appelt.
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Mark Doty.
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Annette Gordon-Reed.
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Rachel Kushner.
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Judy Blundell.
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Reginald Gibbons.
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Joan Wickersham.
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Peter Matthiessen.
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E. Lockhart.
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Richard Howard.
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Jim Sheeler.
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Salvatore Scibona.
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Patricia Smith.
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Tim Tharp.
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Jane Mayer.
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Marilynne Robinson.
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2008 National Book Award Winners.
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Eric Bogosian.
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E. Lockhart.
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Laurie Halse Anderson.
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Scot Larrabee and
Laurie Halse Anderson.

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Rebecca Goldstein and
Steven Pinker.
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Drew Gilpin Faust.
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Reginal Gibbons.
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Joan Wickersham.
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Harold Augenbraum, Kiran Desai and Orhan Pamuk.
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Kathi and Ken Appelt.
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Tim Tharp.
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Director Stephen Daldry.
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Aleksandar Hemon.
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Maxine Hong Kingston.
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Salvatore Scibona.
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Jim Sheeler.
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Jim Sheeler, wife Anick and son.
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Richard Howard.
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Mark Doty.
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Barney Rosset with his wife,
Astrid Myers.
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Patricia Bosworth.
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Morgan Entrekin and
Candace Bushnell.
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Marilynne Robinson.
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Frank Bidart.
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Candace Bushnell and
Charles Askegard.
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Patricia Smith.
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Patricia Smith with
granddaughter Mikaila Smith.
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From L to R: Sir Harry Evans, Lynn Nesbit,
Linda and Mort Janklow.
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Joan Didion.
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Robert and Ina Caro.
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Strauss Zelnick.
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Anna Wintour and Bill Norwich.
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Erica Jong.
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Jane Mayer.
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Eric Bogosian.
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David Steinberger.
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Kiran Desai and Maxine Hong Kingston.
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Maxine Hong Kingston.
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Maxine Hong Kingston.
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Maxine Hong Kingston.
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Martin Garbus.
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Martin Garbus and Barney Rosset.
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Martin Garbus and Barney Rosset.
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Barney Rosset.
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Barney Rosset.
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John Irving.
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Jann Wenner, Lynn Nesbit and Brice Marden.
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Shirley Lord, Sir Harry Evans and
Daniel Menaker.
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Steve Kroft, Gail Lumet Buckley
and Robert Caro.
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Daniel Handler.
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Daniel Handler and Judy Blundell.
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Judy Blundell.
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Judy Blundell.
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Robert Pinsky.
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Robert Pinsky and Mark Doty.
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Mark Doty.
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Mark Doty.
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Mark Doty.
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Marie Arana.
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Maria Arana and
Annette Gordon-Reed.
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Annette Gordon-Reed.
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Annette Gordon-Reed.
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Annette Gordon-Reed.
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Gail Godwin.
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Gail Godwin and Peter Matthiessen.
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Peter Matthiessen.
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Peter Matthiessen.
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Maria and Peter Matthiessen.
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Maria and Peter Matthiessen.
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2008 National Book Award Winners.
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Free 2008 National Book Award Poster and Bookmark available for download .
Click on the images to access the PDF files.

Stats: In 2008, over 200 publishers submitted 1,258 books for the 2008 National Book Awards, an increase of six percent from 2007.

The total number of books by genre:

  • Fiction, 271
  • Nonfiction, 540
  • Poetry, 175
  • Young People's Lit., 274

FICTION

WINNER: Peter Matthiessen, Shadow Country (Modern Library) - Interview

Peter Matthiessen's 2008 National Book Awards Acceptance Speech from National Book Foundation on Vimeo.

Appreciations on Best of National Book Awards Fiction Blog

Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project (Riverhead) - Interview
Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba (Scribner) - Interview
Marilynne Robinson, Home (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) - Interview
Salvatore Scibona, The End (Graywolf Press) - Interview

Fiction judges: Gail Godwin (chair), Rebecca Goldstein,
Elinor Lipman, Reginald McKnight, Jess Walter.

NONFICTION

WINNER: Annette Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton & Company) -Interview

Annette Gordon-Reed's 2008 National Book Awards Acceptance Speech from
National Book Foundation
on Vimeo.

Drew Gilpin Faust, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Alfred A. Knopf) - Interview
Jane Mayer, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals (Doubleday) - Interview
Jim Sheeler, Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
(The Penguin Press) - Interview
Joan Wickersham, The Suicide Index: Putting My Father’s Death in Order (Harcourt) - Interview

Nonfiction judges: Marie Arana (chair), Farah Jasmine Griffin,
Russell Jacoby, Megan Marshall, Kevin Starr.

POETRY


WINNER: Mark Doty, Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems
(HarperCollins) -
Interview
- NBA Poetry Blog Essay and Archival Material for Doty

Mark Doty's 2008 National Book Award Ceremony Acceptance Speech from National Book Foundation on Vimeo.

Frank Bidart, Watching the Spring Festival
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux) - Interview
Reginald Gibbons, Creatures of a Day
(Louisiana State University Press) - Interview
Richard Howard, Without Saying (Turtle Point Press) - Interview
Patricia Smith, Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press) - Interview

Poetry Judges: Robert Pinsky (chair), Mary Jo Bang, Kimiko Hahn,
Tony Hoagland, Marilyn Nelson.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

WINNER: Judy Blundell, What I Saw and How I Lied (Scholastic) - Interview

Judy Blundell's 2008 National Book Award Ceremony Acceptance Speech from
National Book Foundation
on Vimeo.

Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains (Simon & Schuster) -
Interview Coming Soon
Kathi Appelt, The Underneath (Atheneum) - Interview
E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
(Hyperion) - Interview
Tim Tharp, The Spectacular Now (Alfred A. Knopf) - Interview

Young People’s Literature Judges: Daniel Handler (chair), Holly Black, Angela Johnson, Carolyn Mackler, Cynthia Voigt.


DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN LETTERS

RECIPIENT:
Maxine Hong Kingston



Maxine Hong Kingston Accepts the NBF's Lifetime Achievement Award from National Book Foundation on Vimeo.


LITERARIAN AWARD
RECIPIENT: Barney Rosset


Barney Rosset accepts 2008 Literarian Award @ NBAs from National Book Foundation on Vimeo.


2008 National Book Awards Finalist Announcement




2008 National Book Awards Announcement from National Book Foundation on Vimeo.

The twenty Finalists for the 2008 National Book Award were announced on October 15 by author Scott Turow from the stage of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago


NOTABLE NBA DATES

October 15th
Announcement of this year's
National Book Award Finalists
in Chicago

November 17th
National Book Awards Week Begins with 5 Under 35, a celebration of the next generation of fiction writers

November 18th
National Book Awards Teen Press Conference,
New York City

November 18th
National Book Awards Finalist Reading,
Tishman Auditorium, First Floor, The New School
66 W. 12th St.
New York, NY
Reservations are no longer being accepted.

The Foundation will have video footage of the reading available on our website days after the event.

November 19th
59th National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner,
New York City

 

 





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