Troy Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Here are a just some of the recent nominees for 2011 National Book Awards. Dr. Manning Marable: http://aalbc.com/aut...ing_marable.htm Nikky Finney: http://aalbc.com/aut...kky_finney.html Yusef Komunyakaa: http://aalbc.com/authors/yusef.html Jesmyn Ward: http://aalbc.com/aut...esmyn_ward.html Carl Phillips: http://aalbc.com/aut...l_phillips.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Watch a live webcast of the National Book Awards tonight http://aalbc.it/nationalbookawards2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted November 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones and Nikky Finney, Head Off & Split win national Book awards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 http://aalbc.it/nikkyspeech "Black people were the only people in the United States ever explicitly, forbidden, to become literate." If you don't do anything else today, listen Nikky Finney, 2011 National Book Awards acceptance speech. One industry icon said it best, "I was moved and speechless by Finny's acceptance speech... the woman spoke the truth with such grace and elegance....She done herself, and all of us Damn proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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