National Book Awards wise up
How America's annual literary prize plans to be less insular and esoteric in the future
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 6:40 PM UTCEntertainment Literary Prizes
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National Book Awards get a revamp
The rewrite is the most extensive changes to the rules since the mid-1990s
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 3:30 PM UTCEntertainment National Book Awards
National Book Awards are becoming more relevant
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Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 3:19 PM UTCEntertainment Books, National Book Awards
National Book Awards: Genre fiction dissed again
The National Book Awards name five worthy finalists but ignore "Gone Girl" and 2012's top crime, sci-fi and fantasy
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Book Awards honor the 99 Percent
Jesmyn Ward's "Salvage the Bones" wins fiction prize at ceremony held blocks from Occupy Wall Street
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Who should judge book awards?
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The National Book Award nominee that wasn’t
Lauren Myracle's YA novel sounded similar to the book the judges selected. So she withdrew, like a real winner
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Patti Smith wins National Book Award for nonfiction
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Why do the National Book Awards bar fairy tales?
Humanity's favorite stories are punished for their vaguely disreputable origins
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Franzen snubbed by National Book Awards
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Why the Booker is the best literary award
Britain's book prize rewards Howard Jacobson's "The Finkler Question" and could teach its American cousins a lesson
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Vanity book awards
Want to win some props for your masterpiece? We can do that -- for a price
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 12:18 AM UTC 32Entertainment Literary Prizes
National Book Award winners announced
Surprised gasps greet wins by Sontag and Philbrick.
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Gaffes, but no fireworks, at National Book Awards
Unlike 1998, no egos run amok.
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Reaching to the converted
Oprah's Book Club introduces readers to people they already know -- themselves.
Friday, Nov 12, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Oprah Winfrey
National Book Award finalists: Year of the dark horses
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Thursday, Oct 14, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment National Book Awards, Books
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