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Enjoy my round-up of this week’s literary tidbits!

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National Book Award Finalists for 2008 »

National Book Award Finalists for 2008 Announced!

For the complete list including children’s literature and poetry, visit the NBA site!
Fiction

The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
Shadow Country by Peter Mattheissen
Home by Marilynne Robinson
The End by Salvatore Scibona

Nonfiction:

The Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
The Hemingses of Monticello: [...]

Booker Announced »

Aravind Adiga has won the Booker for The White Tiger.  I started this novel recently and really enjoyed the first 20-30 pages, but then was hit by 6 ARC books for review and had to return Tiger to the library.  I plan to revisit it soon, though…
Here is the synopsis from the Booker Prize website:
“Born [...]

Literary Stampede! »

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We’re enjoying a relaxing weekend at the cabin…  Hope you enjoy these literary links of interest!

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