The National Book Critics Circle announced its 2009 award winners yesterday. They are Fiction: Roberto Bolaño, 2666 (FSG)General Nonfiction: Dexter Filkins, The Forever War (Knopf)Biography: Patrick French, The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul (Knopf)Autobiography: Ariel Sabar, My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq … Continue reading National Book Critic Circle Winners Announced
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Up, Up, and Away
Broadway.com reports that a stage version of Khaled Hosseini's hit novel The Kite Runner will premiere in San Jose on March 21. Hosseini lives in San Jose.Details are here.--David E
Call for Submisions
Magers & Quinn Booksellers and mnartists.org are looking for Minnesota writers. We're running two series: What Light is a poetry competition, and miniStories is a flash fiction contest. Submissions will be accepted through April 30. Details are here.Winning poems and stories will be posted on mnartists.org and on magersandquinn.com. Winning authors will be invited to … Continue reading Call for Submisions
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