Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 National Book Award, announced last night!
FICTION
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
NONFICTION
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Steven Greenblatt
POETRY
Head Off & Split by Nikky Finney
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
And congratulations to Books & Books owner Mitchell Kaplan, who received the foundation’s Literarian Award for Outstanding Contribution to the American Literary Community.
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