Thursday, October 17, 2013

National Book Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2013 National Book Award have been announced.

Among them are five past visitors to the New York State Writers Institute: James McBride and George Saunders for Fiction; Jill Lepore for Nonfiction; and Frank Bidart and Lucie Brock-Broido for Poetry.

The awards ceremony is scheduled for November 20.

Full list in the New York Times:  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/business/media/finalists-for-national-book-awards-announced.html?_r=0

Picture: Jill Lepore.