Awards: Thurber Prize; Grammy Nominations

Patricia Lockwood has won the 2018 Thurber Prize for American Humor for Priestdaddy: A Memoir (Riverhead Books). The judges wrote that "Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met--a man who lounges in boxer shorts, loves action movies, and whose constant  jamming on the guitar reverberates 'like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972.' His daughter Patricia's childhood involved such memories as an ill-fated family hunting trip, an abortion clinic sit-in where her father was arrested, and her involvement in a cultlike Catholic youth group. As an adult, she's an irreverent poet who long ago left the church's country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents' rectory, her past and present collide. Lockwood pivots from the comic to the deeply serious, exploring the balance of a hard-won identity with the weight of family and tradition."

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Among the nominations for the Grammy Awards, which will be held Sunday, February 10, are some book-related ones. In the Best Spoken Word Album (which includes poetry, audiobooks & storytelling) category:

Accessory to War by Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang, narrated by Courtney B. Vance (Penguin Random House)
Calypso by David Sedaris (Hachette Audio)
Creative Quest by Questlove (Harper Audio)
Faith: A Journey for All by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster Audio)
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish (Simon & Schuster Audio)

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