NPR's list of the 200 Best Books of 2013 is replete with books by past and recent visitors to the New York State Writers Institute, including
Ayana Mathis (pictured here), who came this month to present
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie; Goli Taraghi who came in October to present
The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons; James Salter who visited last April to present
All That Is; and
George Saunders who came last February to present
Tenth of December.
Other past visitors on the list include Ruth Ozeki, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jill Lepore, Nikki Giovanni, Edwidge Danticat, Ben Katchor, Howard Norman, Julian Barnes, Margaret Atwood, Frank Bidart, Susan Choi, Charles Simic, Gregory Orr, Robert Pinsky, Alice McDermott, Tom Barbash, Nicholas Delbanco, Dave Eggers, James McBride, Meg Wolitzer, and Karen Russell.
Complete NPR list:
http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2013/
