Category: Awards

>The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for its prestigious awards. The winners will be announced March 8. The Nona Balakian Citation…

>The winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature almost always give great, interesting lectures. Orhan Pamuk‘s is no exception. Here’s a sample: “A writer…

>The National Book Award for fiction went to The Echo Maker by Richard Powers. No real surprise there, from what I’ve heard. It sounds…

>Several months ago I did an analysis of the Pushcart Prizes for Fiction, for 2001-2006. Many people told me how interesting the results were,…

>And speaking of awards, the National Book Award finalists were announced yesterday. Sadly, I haven’t read any of the fiction nominees. Happily, I see…

>The Nobel Prize in Literature was today awarded to Orhan Pamuk of Turkey. I’ve got Snow around here somehwere–I really must read it! NPR…

>I wasn’t surprised to learn that Kiran Desai won the Man Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss–which I have but of course haven’t…