{"id":7905,"date":"2012-10-10T11:36:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=7905"},"modified":"2016-07-29T18:52:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T22:52:03","slug":"2012-national-book-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2012\/10\/10\/2012-national-book-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 National Book Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They announced the finalists this morning. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, November 14.<\/p>\n<p>Fiction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>This Is How You Lose Her<\/em>, by Junot D\u00edaz<\/li>\n<li><em>A Hologram for the King<\/em>, by Dave Eggers<\/li>\n<li><em>The Round House<\/em>, by Louise Erdrich<\/li>\n<li><em>Billy Lynn&#8217;s Long Halftime Walk<\/em>, by Ben Fountain<\/li>\n<li><em>The Yellow Birds<\/em>, by Kevin Powers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nonfiction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944 &#8211; 1956<\/em>, by Anne Applebaum<\/li>\n<li><em>Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in Mumbai Undercity<\/em>, by Katherine Boo<\/li>\n<li><em>The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon B. Johnson, Vol. 4<\/em>, by Robert A. Caro<\/li>\n<li><em>The Boy Kings of Texas<\/em>, by Domingo Martinez<\/li>\n<li><em>House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East<\/em>, by Anthony Shadid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Poetry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations<\/em>, by David Ferry<\/li>\n<li><em>Heavenly Bodies<\/em>, by Cynthia Huntington<\/li>\n<li><em>Fast Animal<\/em>, by Tim Seibles<\/li>\n<li><em>Night of the Republic<\/em>, by Alan Shapiro<\/li>\n<li><em>Meme<\/em>, by Susan Wheeler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Young People&#8217;s Literature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Goblin Secrets<\/em>, by William Alexander<\/li>\n<li><em>Out of Reach<\/em>, by Carrie Arcos<\/li>\n<li><em>Never Fall Down<\/em>, by Patricia McCormick<\/li>\n<li><em>Endangered<\/em>, by Eliot Schrefer<\/li>\n<li><em>Bomb: The Race to Build &#8212; and Steal &#8212; the World&#8217;s Most Dangerous Weapon<\/em>, by Steve Sheinkin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The finalists for the National Book 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