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The article explores how several literary translators are evolving to become authors themselves. Topics discussed include translator Jennifer Croft's role in the campaign to include translators' names on book covers, Brazilian American translator Bruna Dantas Lobato's exploration with different styles and genres in her debut novel "Blue Light Hours," and Anton Hur's commitment to support innovative Korean literature.

The article focuses on the release of The New York Times Book Review's list of the 10 Best Books of 2024, which includes an episode of the Book Podcast discussing top titles with notable authors.

A conversion between editor Patrick Healy and columnists Maura Dowd, Tressie McMillian Cottom and Lydia Polgreen about the movie "Wicked" is presented. They discuss the performance of actress Cynthia Erivo of the witch character Elphaba, the movie's use of art to remake and redefine creativity, the story line about fascism and oppression, the critique of liberalism in the film's characterization of Glinda, and its depiction of gender.

The article focuses on the adaptation of Charles Yu's novel 'Interior Chinatown' into a Hulu mini-series, which both improves upon and inherits issues from the original book. Topics include the challenges of adapting metafiction to screen, the shift in tone and narrative style from the book to the show, and the portrayal of Asian American experiences through satire and crime drama elements.

The article focuses on Percival Everett winning the National Book Award for his novel James , a retelling of Huckleberry Finn from an enslaved man's perspective. Topics include Everett's emotional acceptance speech, the award ceremony's other winners, and the event's reflection on contemporary social issues and challenges in the literary world.

The article offers news briefs including The Onion, a satirical news outlet, purchasing Infowars, the House Ethics Panel's investigation into Matt Gaetz, and David W. Blight's call for universities like Yale to better connect with working-class Americans.

The article focuses on the turbulent criminal trial of Young Thug, where Judge Ural Glanville, who had overseen the case for two years, was ordered to step aside due to a secret meeting with prosecutors and a reluctant witness, prompting a pause in proceedings to appoint a new judge.

The article focuses on the introduction of Astrid Roemer, a Dutch-Surinamese author, to American readers through the publication of her novels "On a Woman's Madness" and "Off-White," exploring themes of race, sexuality, and family dynamics in Suriname's multiethnic society.

The article focuses on the announcement of the Inside Literary Prize, a new award initiated by Freedom Reads, the Center for Justice Innovation, and the National Book Foundation, which allows inmates in prisons across six states to read, debate, and vote on books.

The article focuses on the National Book Award ceremony in Manhattan, where the event concluded with a joint statement from a group of writers calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, while also highlighting the literary recognition of Justin Torres for fiction and Ned Blackhawk for nonfiction.

The article informs about the death of poet and translator David Ferry at the age of 99. Topic include Known for his emotionally resonant poetry and translations of classical texts, Ferry received widespread recognition, including the National Book Award at the age of 86, after nearly 40 years of teaching at Wellesley College.

The article you provided discusses a recent cancellation of an event at the Frankfurt Book Fair honoring Palestinian author Adania Shibli, due to concerns related to her nationality and the conflict in the Middle East.

The article informs that actor and literacy advocate LeVar Burton will host the 74th National Book Awards, which will be held at Cipriani Wall Street In New York on November 15. 2023.

The article focuses on Aaliyah Bilal, a debut author whose book "Temple Folk" delves into the lives of Black American Muslims in the Nation of Islam during the 1970s, examining themes of identity, history, and spirituality. Topics include her path to becoming a writer, the complexities of addressing the Nation of Islam in her work, and her reflection on the book's critical reception.

The article focuses on the announcement of the 25 finalists for this year's National Book Awards, including books like "Chain-Gang All-Stars," "The Rediscovery of America," "Temple Folk," "Blackouts," "Liliana's Invincible Summer," and "From From," covering a wide range.

The article reports that HBO talk show host Bill Maher has reversed his decision to restart his show due to ongoing screenwriters' strike negotiations, following a similar trend among other talk show hosts like Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Hudson.

The article announces that the Charles Yu won the National Book Award for fiction for his mind-bending satire, " Interior Chinatown," a sendup of Hollywood and Asian American stereotypes.

The article informs that the annual U.S. literary, National book awards announces nominees in the fiction and nonfiction categories including Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam; The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw; and The Great Offshore Grounds by Vanessa Veselka.

The article announces that author Susan Choi's novel "Trust Exercise" won the National Book Award for fiction.

The article announces nominees for National Book Award including Taffy Brodesser-Akner's "Fleishman Is in Trouble; Susan Choi's "Trust Exercise"; and Marlon James' "Black leopard, Red Wolf"

The article announces that author Sigrid Nunez has won the National Book Award for the fiction category for her novel "The Friend" which explores sexual harassment.

The article announces that Jesmyn Ward has received the National Book Award for her book "Sing, Unburied, Sing" featuring fiction on race and poverty.

The article offers arts news briefs on topics including the motion filed by the lawyers of comedian Bill Cosby to dismiss the criminal sexual assault charges against him, the finalists for the 2016 National Book Awards, and the use of social media like Facebook by Lincoln Center in New York City.

An obituary for Michael S. Harper, an American poet, who was a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry in 1978, is presented.

The article profiles American author Mary Gaitskill, a finalist for the National Book Award for her novel "Veronica." Gaitskill has built her career writing about sexual abjection in squalid worlds, beginning with her literary debut of "Bad Behavior," a short story collection. Gaitskill, a shy woman, has a restless spirit she considers a legacy from her father. The heroine of "Veronica" runs away as a teenager, as Gaitskill did. As a writer, Gaitskill has the gift of being able to evoke a character's essence and image in a single physical description. She has often found horror in ordinary imperfection and has been intensely interested in the darker truths of physical appearance.

The article offers arts news briefs as of October 15, 2015 including the finalists of the U.S. National Book Awards, the hospitalization of tenor Plácido Domingo for inflamed gallbladder, and American actress Meryl Streep who will lead the jury of the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences on being a book editor and a reader and as judge for the National Book Awards in the U.S. claiming it was an honor for him.

The article reports that the book "The Good Lord Bird," by James McBride has won the National Book Award that was held on November 20, 2013.

The article announces the recipients of the 2013 National Book Award which include "The Good Lord Bird," by James McBride in the Fiction category, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," by George Packer in the nonfiction category, and the poetry award received by Mary Szybist.

The article offers news briefs related to art as of October 17, 2013 is presented including the announcement of the finalists for the National Book Awards, the 16 nominees for the 29th-annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction such as Nirvana and Linda Ronstadt, and the top spot of gained of the music "Bangerz," by Miley Cyrus on Billboard's music album chart.

The article offers news briefs related to arts in New York as of January 2013 including the new book of Dan Brown entitled "Inferno," the increase of finalists for the National Book Awards, and the appointment of Janne Siren as director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.

The article focuses on the book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity," by Andrew Solomon. It mentions that the book is about children who grew up unexpected by their parents. It also cites William Davis, the father of an autistic son and was interviewed by Solomon for the book.

A correction to the article regarding the winners of the National Book Awards in the November 15, 2012 issue is presented.

The article announces several awards given to novelists including the book "The Round House," by Louise Erdrich received the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity," by Katherine Boo received the 2012 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and "Goblin Secrets," by William Alexander received the 2012 Young People's Literature.

The article offers information on the National Book Awards in Manhattan, New York in November 2012. It says that the U.S. National Book Foundation, which presents the prizes, has been establishing changes behind the event, particularly in the nomination process. It mentions that Man Booker Prize gives one award for fiction and its judges are not just writers but also an entertainer with literary interest.

The National Book Foundation has created an online exhibit to highlight notable American authors like Cynthia Propper Seton, Earl Thompson and Alan Saperstein. Oh, and Hemingway, Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor, too. They're all among the 373 finalists for the National Book Award for Fiction since the honor was first issued in 1950. The legends and the largely forgotten exist side by side on the site, which allows readers to scroll through the front covers of the nominees and winners. (This somewhat ungainly method is the only way to browse for now.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Patti Smith entered the world of famous people in 1975 with her album ''Horses,'' which combined punk and classic '60s rock with elements of Van Morrison and Bob Dylan's folk agitation. But Ms. Smith has always been more than a musician. In the late '60s and '70s, living in New York, she wrote poetry, music criticism for Rolling Stone and Creem, and a play with her onetime partner Sam Shepard. Her memoir, ''Just Kids,'' about her relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, won the 2010 National Book Award. And last year she marked another celebrity rite of passage with a television acting debut on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent.'' Through it all, Ms. Smith made visual art. Her work has appeared in many galleries and museums, but ''Patti Smith: Camera Solo,'' an exhibition of 70 photographs, ephemera and other objects at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, is the first American museum show dedicated primarily to her photography. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Ruth Stone, a poet who wrote in relative obscurity until receiving the National Book Award at the age of 87 for her collection ''In the Next Galaxy,'' died on Nov. 19 at her home in Ripton, Vt. She was 96. Her death was announced on Tuesday by her daughter Abigail Stone. A quietly respected poet who wrote in rural solitude, Ms. Stone became something of a public figure when news of her award was announced in November 2002 and press accounts drew attention to her unusual life story of struggle and belated acclaim, dominated by the suicide of her poet husband in 1959. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stewart Brand is best known as the editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, a counterculture compendium published twice a year between 1968 and 1972 and the only catalog to win the National Book Award. Its credo, ''Stay hungry. Stay foolish,'' influenced many of the hippie generation, most notably Steve Jobs. Mr. Brand currently divides his time working for the Long Now Foundation and Global Business Network, organizations he co-founded to encourage forward thinking and long-term development. READING I'm devouring ''Steve Jobs,'' by Walter Isaacson. Steve's life and interests intersected with mine a number of times, so revisiting all that in sequence is like galloping through a version of my own life, plus I get to fill in the parts of his life I wondered about. Take a hippie who is also a driven perfectionist at crafting digital tools, let him become adept at managing corporate power, and marvel at what can result. The book I'm studying line by line, and dog-earing every other page, is Steven Pinker's ''Better Angels of Our Nature.'' It chronicles the dramatic decline of violence and cruelty in human affairs in every century. Now that we know that human behavior has been getting constantly gentler and fairer, how do we proceed best with that wind at our backs? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In case there were any doubt that the annual announcements of literary prizes can yield high drama, an author was asked to withdraw from the shortlist for the National Book Awards on Monday, five days after she was mistakenly named a finalist by the National Book Foundation. Lauren Myracle, an author of young-adult literature, was named to the shortlist last Wednesday for ''Shine,'' a novel about the experience of a gay teenager who is the victim of a hate crime. Shortly afterward the National Book Foundation corrected itself, saying that Ms. Myracle's book was not meant to be a finalist but that it would stay on the five-book shortlist anyway. The foundation then added a sixth book, ''Chime,'' by Franny Billingsley, originally intended to be a finalist. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE ARTS A report in the ''Arts, Briefly'' column on Thursday about finalists for the National Book Awards, including the novel ''The Buddha in the Attic,'' by Julie Otsuka, misstated the book's subject matter. It is about Japanese ''picture brides'' brought to the United States nearly a century ago; it is not about the postwar Japanese-American experience. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For the second year in a row books about war and foreign locales enchanted the judges of the National Book Awards, whose finalists were announced on Wednesday. The finalists for fiction are Andrew Krivak, for ''The Sojourn'' (Bellevue Literary Press), a novel set during World War I; Tea Obreht for ''The Tiger's Wife'' (Random House), a best-selling debut novel set in the war-torn Balkans; Julie Otsuka for ''The Buddha in the Attic'' (Knopf), a fictional retelling of the postwar Japanese-American experience; Edith Pearlman for ''Binocular Vision'' (Lookout Books), a story collection whose characters confront issues of identity and relocation; and Jesmyn Ward for ''Salvage the Bones'' (Bloomsbury USA), a story of a Mississippi Gulf family facing Hurricane Katrina. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

-Here's a rare literary phenomenon: Americans are rushing to read poetry. One day after Philip Levine was named the next poet laureate, his books have quickly sold out in bookstores and online retailers, making it nearly impossible to immediately acquire copies of some collections of his poems. On the Amazon.com ''Movers and Shakers'' list, which tracks books that are growing the most quickly in popularity, two by Mr. Levine were at the top of the list: ''What Work Is,'' a collection of poems that won a National Book Award, and ''The Simple Truth,'' a collection that won a Pulitzer Prize. Both books are backordered and not available to ship for at least six days. Other books are backordered for at least one to three weeks. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]