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
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Puppets of Death
From the Caustic Cover Critic come these great mid-century Dutch pulp novel covers.Puppets of DeathTurbid WatersLove for His Dead LadiesSee more here.--David E
Where Folks Have Them Funny Names
"The parent of a Choctawhatchee High School student wants the Okaloosa County School Board to ban a novel from the classroom." The book in question is The Kite Runner, a novel of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban which includes a rape scene. Students in two northwestern Florida high schools read and discuss the book … Continue reading Where Folks Have Them Funny Names
Musings from Magers and Quinn 