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2012 National Book Award Winners

November 14th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 comments | Print This Post

The National Book Award winners were announced tonight.

Fiction: The Round House, by Louise Erdrich

Nonfiction: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Poetry: Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations, by Davide Ferry

Young People’s Literature: Goblin Secrets, by William Alexander

2 comments to 2012 National Book Award Winners

  • Joe
    November 26, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    Trevor, did you ever finish The Round House? If so, I’d love to know your thoughts when you get a chance.

  • Trevor
    November 26, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    I haven’t finished it yet, Joe. I’m actually only about 100 pages in. Still enjoying it, but the holiday derailed my reading. It’ll be sometime later this week or early next.

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