The blog White Readers Meet Black Authors has proclaimed December to be National Buy a Book by a Black Author and Give it to Somebody Not Black Month. The blog is devoted to drawing attention to books by black authors--particularly in genres you might not expect--science fiction, anyone? They've also compiled a top ten list … Continue reading Black and White on the Page
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At long last, Clezio
Remember the confounding Nobel Prize for Literature this year? Frenchman Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won. Almost no one in the States knew who he was, and his English translations of his books were few and hard to find. But now Curbstone Press has come through with a reprint of Clezio's novel Wandering Star. We've got … Continue reading At long last, Clezio
National Coverage
The 2008 National Book Award finalists were announced last night. They are:Fiction: Shadow Country by Peter MathteissenNonfiction: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Ann Gordon-ReedPoetry: Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems by Mark DotyYoung People's Literature What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy BlundellFull details, including interviews with all the … Continue reading National Coverage
Musings from Magers and Quinn 