Winners of the 2010 Ambassador Book Awards, sponsored by the English-Speaking Union of the United States: (from l.) J.D. McClatchy, for Mercury Dressing (poetry); Melvin Urofsky for Louis D. Brandeis: A Life (biography); Morris Dickstein for Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression (American studies); James Mann for The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War (American studies); Elleza Kelley, accepting the award for her father, Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (special distinction); and Colum McCann for Let the Great World Spin (fiction).
Photo: Elena Olivo
