Moments
From National Book Awards Week, 2008
(L to R) Laurie Halse Anderson,
Kathi Appelt,
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Richard Howard and Marilynne
Robinson.
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Aleksandar Hemon with his daughter.
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
(L to R) Luis Jaramillo, Mark
Doty, Robert Polito.
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Annette Gordon-Reed(L) and
Jane Mayer(R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Annette Gordon-Reed(L) and
Jane Mayer(R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Kathi(L) and Ken(R) Appelt
with guest.
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
(L to R) Scot Larrabee, Kevin
Lewis,
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Pacheco
(L to R) Maria and Peter Matthiessen,
and guests.
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Richard Howard (L) and Jackson
Taylor.
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Frank Bidart (L) and Robert
Polito (R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Mark Doty (L) and guest.
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Judy Blundell (L), David Steinberger,
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Kathi Appelt (L) and David
Steinberger (R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Laurie Halse Anderson (L) and
David Steinberger (R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
E. Lockhart (L), David Steinberger,
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Tim Tharp (L), David Steinberger,
and
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Frank Bidart (L), David Steinberger,
and
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Mark Doty (L), David Steinberger,
and
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Reginald Gibbons (L),
David Steinberger, and
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Richard Howard (L) and
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Patricia Smith (L), David
Steinberger,
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
(L to R) Drew Gilpin Faust,
David Steinberger,
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Annette Gordon-Reed (L) and
David Steinberger (R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Jim Sheeler (L) and David Steinberger
(R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Joan Wickersham (L) and David
Steinberger (R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Aleksandar Hemon (L) and David
Steinberger (R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Rachel Kushner (L) and David
Steinberger (R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Peter Matthiessen (L), Leslie
Shipman,
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
(L to R) Marilynne Robinson,
David Steinberger,
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
(L to R) Salvatore Scibona,
David Steinberger,
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Richard Howard (L) and Anya
Ulinich (R).
Photo © Joe
Pacheco
Photo © Robin Platzer,
Twin Images
2008 National Book Award Winners.
Photo © Robin Platzer,
Twin Images
Eric Bogosian.
E. Lockhart.
Laurie Halse Anderson.
Scot Larrabee and
Photo © Robin Platzer,
Twin Images
Rebecca Goldstein and
Drew Gilpin Faust.
Reginal Gibbons.
Joan Wickersham.
Harold Augenbraum, Kiran Desai
and Orhan Pamuk.
Kathi and Ken Appelt.
Tim Tharp.
Director Stephen Daldry.
Aleksandar Hemon.
Maxine Hong Kingston.
Salvatore Scibona.
Jim Sheeler.
Jim Sheeler, wife Anick and
son.
Richard Howard.
Mark Doty.
Barney Rosset with his wife,
Patricia Bosworth.
Morgan Entrekin and
Marilynne Robinson.
Frank Bidart.
Candace Bushnell and
Patricia Smith.
Patricia Smith with
From L to R: Sir Harry Evans,
Lynn Nesbit,
Joan Didion.
Robert and Ina Caro.
Strauss Zelnick.
Anna Wintour and Bill Norwich.
Erica Jong.
Jane Mayer.
Photo © Robin Platzer,
Twin Images
Eric Bogosian.
David Steinberger.
Kiran Desai and Maxine Hong
Kingston.
Maxine Hong Kingston.
Maxine Hong Kingston.
Maxine Hong Kingston.
Martin Garbus.
Martin Garbus and Barney Rosset.
Martin Garbus and Barney Rosset.
Barney Rosset.
Barney Rosset.
John Irving.
Jann Wenner, Lynn Nesbit and
Brice Marden.
Shirley Lord, Sir Harry Evans
and
Steve Kroft, Gail Lumet Buckley
Daniel Handler.
Daniel Handler and Judy Blundell.
Judy Blundell.
Judy Blundell.
Robert Pinsky.
Robert Pinsky and Mark Doty.
Mark Doty.
Mark Doty.
Mark Doty.
Marie Arana.
Maria Arana and
Annette Gordon-Reed.
Annette Gordon-Reed.
Annette Gordon-Reed.
Gail Godwin.
Gail Godwin and Peter Matthiessen.
Peter Matthiessen.
Peter Matthiessen.
Maria and Peter Matthiessen.
Maria and Peter Matthiessen.
2008 National Book Award Winners.
Free 2008 National Book Award
Poster
and Bookmark
available for download .
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
POETRY
WINNER:
Mark Doty ,
Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems 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
Interview Reginald
Gibbons , Creatures of a Day 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 .
