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LeVar Burton attends the 75th Directors Guild of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton on February 18, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

LeVar Burton to host book awards

Melanie McFarland
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Drew Barrymore dropped as awards host

Hanh Nguyen
Ta-Nehisi Coates (Wikimedia/Eduardo Montes-Bradley)

Coates accepts the NBA

Brendan Gauthier
Details from Roz Chast's "Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir" and Alison Bechdel's "Are You My Mother?" (Bloomsbury USA/Mariner Books)

"This isn't literary"

Alexander Chee
James McBride (Reuters/Mike Cassese)

Book awards get it right

Laura Miller
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Hillel Italie
Rachel Kushner, George Saunders (Lucy Raven/AP/Evan Agostini)

Literary prize smackdown!

Laura Miller
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National Book Awards wise up

Laura Miller
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National Book Award winners Katherine Boo (left) and Louise Erdrich (Heleen Welvaart/Angela Erdrich)

National Book Award winners

Laura Miller

Genre fiction dissed again

Laura Miller
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Book Awards honor the 99 Percent

Hillel Italie

Who should judge book awards?

Victor LaValle
Lauren Myracle

The National Book Award's comprehension problem

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe on the cover of her National Book Award-winning "Just Kids"

Patti Smith wins National Book Award

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An illustration from "Beauty and the Beast"

Laura Miller
Der US-amerikanische Schriftsteller Jonathan Franzen gestikuliert am Freitag (08.10.10) in Frankfurt am Main auf der 62. Frankfurter Buchmesse. Die diesjaehrige Buchmesse findet vom Dienstag (05.10.10) bis zum Sonntag (10.10.10) statt. Foto: Katja Lenz/dapd (Dapd)

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The six books shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize are held at a photocall on the stage of the Royal Festival Hal in London, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at a dinner at London's Guildhall. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (AP)

Laura Miller

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Craig Offman
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Oprah, Empress of Books: She's not doing literature any favors

Gavin McNett
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