The National Book Awards tried to glam things up, with mixed results.
Narciso Rodriguez told us about Michelle Obama‘s controversial Election Night dress at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards.
We caught up with the MisShapes at Christian Siriano‘s birthday party at Citrine.
At the re-dedication of the Bridge Formerly Read More
At around 1 o’clock Thursday morning, Morgan Entrekin decided it was time to extract himself from the dance floor at Socialista and head home. "I’m having an excellent time!" he said, half empty beer in hand. "I wish I were 20 years younger! I could dance all night."
The reason he couldn’t: "I have Read More
Two weeks after their homegrown debut author Salvatore Scibona was nominated for the National Book Award in fiction, Minnesota-based Graywolf Press, which Ben Westhoff of The Minneapolis City Pages recently praised as "one of the best" presses in America, has sold the paperback rights to his recently published novel, The End, to Read More
And now NBA nominees for non-fiction:
Drew Gilpin Faust, The Republic of Suffering (Knopf)
Annette Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family(Norton)
Jane Mayer, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Doubleday)
Jim Sheeler, Final Salute (Penguin Group)
Joan Wickersham, The Read More
Scott Turow, speaking at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, just now announced the National Book Awards fiction finalists:
Alexander Hemon, The Lazarus Project (Riverhead)
Rachel Kushner, Telex From Cuba (Scribner)
Peter Mathiessen, Shadow Country (Modern Library)
Marilynne Robinson, Home (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Salvatore Scibona, The End (Graywolf Press)
A surprising list. Read More
Tomorrow at noon we find out who the nominees are for this year’s National Book Awards. Scott Turow’s going to announce them from the stage of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, but luckily for the folks watching at home, there’s a handy live webcast streaming from the National Book Foundation Web site.
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The National Book Foundation has released videos from the National Book Awards (hosted by Fran Liebowitz!) Here’s Fran introducing Hours novelist Michael Cunningham, who presents an award to Joan Didion after introducing her witha little speech. Afterwards you can go watch your Chris Crocker or Jacob Lodwick video or whatever. Merry stinkin’ Christmas, ingrates!
