{"id":2634,"date":"2009-10-14T14:13:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2018-05-27T22:15:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T02:15:51","slug":"2009-national-book-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2009\/10\/14\/2009-national-book-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 National Book Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Header 2\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Header-2-1-e1493098728843.jpg?resize=929%2C200\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-20947\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Fiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bonnie Jo Campbell: <em>American Salvage<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Colum McCann: <em>Let the Great World Spin<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Daniyal Mueenuddin: <em>In Other Rooms, Other Wonders<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jayne Anne Phillips:\u00a0<em>Lark &amp; Termite<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Marcel Theroux: <em>Far North<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have read only Jayne Anne Phillips&#8217; <a title=\"Mookse Review of Lark &amp; Termite\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2009\/02\/24\/jayne-anne-phillipss-lark-and-termite\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>Lark &amp; Termite<\/em> <\/a>(and if you remember, <a title=\"Moose Interview with Jayne Anne Phillips\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2009\/06\/02\/interview-with-jayne-anne-phillips\/\" target=\"_self\">I interviewed her here<\/a>).\u00a0I actually signed on to the National Book Award website specifically to see if she&#8217;d been nominated because I assumed she would be. Very deserving. I didn&#8217;t read last years shortlist in its entirety &#8212; we&#8217;ll see if I do it this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nonfiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David M. Carroll: <em>Following the Water: A Hydromancer&#8217;s Notebook<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sean B. Carroll: <em>Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Greg Grandin: <em>Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford&#8217;s Forgotten Jungle City<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Adrienne Mayor: <em>The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome&#8217;s Deadliest Enemy<\/em><\/li>\n<li>T.J. Stiles: <em>The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Poetry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rae Armantrout: <em>Versed<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ann Lauterbach: <em>Or to Begin Again<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Carl Phillips: <em>Speak Low<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: <em>Open Interval<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Keith Waldrop: <em>Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Young People&#8217;s Literature:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deborah Heiligman: <em>Charles and Emma: The Darwin&#8217;s Leap of Faith<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Phllip Hoose: <em>Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice<\/em><\/li>\n<li>David Small: <em>Stitches<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Laini Taylor: <em>Lips Touch: Three Times<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Rita Williams-Garcia: <em>Jumped<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s National Book Award finalists have been 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