Time for Thursday-morning quarterbacking.
Last night the National Book Foundation announced the winners of the National Book Awards, which have been roundly criticized in recent years. This year's list includes some more recognizable names, although the "loss" by E.L. Doctorow for The March was considered by some to be a surprise. The winners, who each receives a $10,000 prize and a crystal sculpture:
Last night the National Book Foundation announced the winners of the National Book Awards, which have been roundly criticized in recent years. This year's list includes some more recognizable names, although the "loss" by E.L. Doctorow for The March was considered by some to be a surprise. The winners, who each receives a $10,000 prize and a crystal sculpture:
- Fiction: William T. Vollmann for Europe Central (Viking).
- Nonfiction: Joan Didion for The Year of Magical Thinking (Knopf).
- Poetry: W.S. Merwin for Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press).
- Young People's Literature: Jeanne Birdsall for The Penderwicks (Knopf Books for Young Readers).