This morning, the supremely classy Lauren Myracle withdrew her novel Shine from consideration for the National Book Award, after being asked to by the National Book Foundation. Why? Because they f’ed up and misheard “Shine” when the judge called in to nominate “Chime”, and the NBF couldn’t bear to stand […]
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As you may have heard, the finalists for the National Book Award were announced yesterday, and for the first time, six finalists were announced as contenders for the Award in the category of Young People’s Literature. That is, FIVE titles were announced during the press conference, with a sixth added […]