Showing posts with label National Book Award Winner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Book Award Winner. Show all posts
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Horse Racing and "Lord of Misrule" from On Point with Tom Ashbrook Podcast

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We speak with 2010 National Book Award winner Jaimy Gordon about her novel "Lord of Misrule" -- and ride into the world of horse r...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

"Let the Great World Spin Author Colum McCann Gives Amy Ryan a Reading Lesson from New York Magazine by Alex Vadukul

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Colum McCann , the National Book Award–winning author of Let the Great World Spin, will be curating tonight's performance of "Sele...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

"Turn some real pages this Reading Week" from North by Northwestern by Dan Camponovo

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Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann: Remember life before the World Trade Center fell? All those years ago? Yeah, me either, really. I...
Friday, November 19, 2010

"National Book Award winners announced" from Minnesota Public Radio by Marianne Combs

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An eleven-year-old girl with Asperger's is the main character of Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine , which took home the award for Young Pe...

"Erskine Wins NBA in Young People's Literature" from Publishers Weekly by Diane Roback

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Kathryn Erskine was filled with gratitude as she stepped up to the podium on Wednesday night to claim the National Book Award for Young Peo...

"Patti Smith's 'Just Kids' Wins Nonfiction Award" from NPR's Morning Edition by LYNN NEARY

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Rock musician Patti Smith is now a literary star. Her memoir about life in New York City in the 1960s, Just Kids, won the National Book Awa...

"Surprise! Jaimy Gordon Wins The National Book Award, And Patti Smith Weeps" - from NPR's blog, "Monkey See"

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The National Book Awards are like the Oscars of literature, without the national telecast, the security guards to watch over the Harry Wins...