NBF Presents: Secrets of the South National Book Foundation 2021-02-17 | Join National Book Award–honored authors Jericho Brown (THE TRADITION, 2019 Poetry Finalist), Tayari Jones (AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, 2018 Fiction Longlist), and Deesha Philyaw (THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES, 2020 Fiction Finalist) for a conversation on Southern literature and how Black writers are redefining stereotypes of the South, one poem, story, and secret at a time. Moderated by Kiese Laymon, author of, most recently, HEAVY: AN AMERICAN MEMOIR.Books are available for sale, thanks to our partner Loyalty Bookstores: bookshop.org/lists/nbf-presents.To learn more about our year-round programming, and to donate, please visit our website: nationalbook.org/. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and newsletter for updates!NBF Presents is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
2024 Science + Literature Ceremony National Book Foundation 2024-03-28 | For the 2024 Science + Literature Ceremony, the National Book Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Cooper Union celebrate the three remarkable 2024 Science + Literature selected titles in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry: The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths, The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems, and Digging Stars. The program features readings and conversation with authors Brad Fox, Arthur Sze, and Novuyo Rosa Tshuma. Hosted by Emily Raboteau, author of Lessons for Survival.2024 Selection Committee: Shane Campbell-Staton, Priyamvada Natarajan, Ricardo Nuila (Chair), Brian Teare, and Christina VizcarraScience + Literature is made possible by the Sloan Foundation. To learn more about Science + Literature, please visit the National Book Foundation’s website: nationalbook.org/programs/science-literature⁂
Dan Santat at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | A First Time for Everything, by Dan SantatFirst Second / Macmillan Publishers 2023 National Book Awards Winner for Young People's LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Craig Santos Perez at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | from unincorporated territory [åmot], by Craig Santos PerezOmnidawn Publishing 2023 National Book Awards Winner for Poetry Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Stênio Gardel and Bruna Dantas Lobato at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Stênio Gardel, The Words That RemainTranslated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas LobatoNew Vessel Press 2023 National Book Awards Winners for Translated LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Ned Blackhawk at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History,by Ned BlackhawkYale University Press 2023 National Book Awards Winner for NonfictionEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball.Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Justin Torres at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Blackouts, by Justin TorresFarrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers 2023 National Book Awards Winner for FictionEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Kenneth W. Cadow at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Gather, by Kenneth W. CadowCandlewick Press 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball.Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Huda Fahmy at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Huda F Cares?, By Huda FahmyDial Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball.Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Vashti Harrison at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Big, by Vashti Harrison Little, Brown Books for Young Readers / Hachette Book Group National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's Literature Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Katherine Marsh at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine, by Katherine MarshRoaring Brook Press / Macmillan Publishers 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for Young People's LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball.Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Bora Chung and Anton Hur at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Cursed Bunny by Bora ChungTranslated from the Korean by Anton HurAlgonquin Books / Hachette Book Group 2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Translated LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
David Diop and Sam Taylor at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Beyond the Door of No Return by David DiopTranslated from the French by Sam TaylorFarrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers 2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Translated LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Pilar Quintana and Lisa Dillman at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Abyss by Pilar QuintanaTranslated from the Spanish by Lisa DillmanWorld Editions 2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Translated LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Astrid Roemer and Mateo Askaripour, reading for Lucy Scott, at 2023 Nat. Book Awards Fin. Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Featuring Mateo Askaripour, reading for Lucy ScottOn a Woman’s Madness by Astrid RoemerTranslated from the Dutch by Lucy ScottTwo Lines Press2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Translated LiteratureEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Evie Shockley at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | suddenly we, by Evie ShockleyWesleyan University Press 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for PoetryEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Brandon Som at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Tripas, by Brandon SomGeorgia Review Books / University of Georgia Press 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for PoetryEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Monica Youn at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | From From, by Monica YounGraywolf Press 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for PoetryEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Cristina Rivera Garza at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice, by Cristina Rivera GarzaHogarth / Penguin Random House 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for NonfictionEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Christina Sharpe at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Ordinary Notes, by Christina SharpeFarrar, Straus and Giroux | Macmillan Publishers2023 National Book Awards Finalist for NonfictionEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
John Vaillant at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World, by John VaillantKnopf / Penguin Random House 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for NonfictionEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Teju Cole reading for Raja Shehadeh at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir, by Raja ShehadehOther Press 2023 National Book Awards Finalist for NonfictionEach year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works.Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.More at www.nationalbook.org.
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Chain-Gang All-Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House 2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Fiction Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works. Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program. More at www.nationalbook.org.
Aaliyah Bilal at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | Temple Folk, by Aaliyah Bilal2023 National Book Awards Finalists for FictionSimon & Schuster Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works. Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program. More at www.nationalbook.org.
John Lee Clark at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | John Lee Clark's Protactile interpreters’ are Ahyicodae, Halene Anderson, Maria Becerra, Cristina Hartmann, and Jelica Nuccio.How to Communicate, John Lee ClarkW. W. Norton & Company 2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Poetry Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works. Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program. More at www.nationalbook.org.
Paul Harding at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | This Other Eden, by Paul HardingW. W. Norton & Company 2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Fiction Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works. Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program. More at www.nationalbook.org.
Hanna Pylväinen at the 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-21 | The End of Drum-Time, by Hanna PylväinenHenry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers 2023 National Book Awards Finalists for Fiction Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works. Recorded at the NYU Skirball. Hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program. More at www.nationalbook.org.
2023 Teen Press Conference National Book Foundation 2023-11-20 | The 2023 National Book Awards Teen Press Conference, hosted by Dhonielle Clayton, brings the excitement of the most prestigious literary award in the country to New York City’s middle and high school students. The event features short readings of each of the five 2023 National Book Award Finalists for Young People’s Literature by their respective authors.
2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading National Book Foundation 2023-11-20 | Each year, the Finalists in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature gather the evening before the National Book Awards Ceremony to read excerpts from their honored works. The 2023 National Book Awards Finalist Reading will be hosted by Parul Sehgal, staff writer at The New Yorker. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation and the NYU Creative Writing Program.
Statement from 2023 National Book Award Finalists National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | The 74th National Book Awards Ceremony was broadcast on November 15, 2023 at 8:00pm ET.To learn more about the 2023 National Book Award Finalists, and support our year-round work: nationalbook.org/awards2023
2023 National Book Awards Ceremony - featuring LeVar Burton welcome and special guest Oprah Winfrey National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | The 74th National Book Awards Ceremony was broadcast on November 15, 2023 at 8:00pm ET. Hosted by LeVar Burton, and featuring special guest Oprah Winfrey.The evening included the presentation of the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Paul Yamazaki by Mitchell Kaplan, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Rita Dove by Jericho Brown. The Winners of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction were also announced live.To learn more about the 2023 National Book Award Finalists, and support our year-round work: nationalbook.org/awards2023
National Book Foundation’s Executive Director Ruth Dickey at the 74th National Book Awards National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | 2023 National Book Awards CeremonyNov 15, 2023 • Cipriani Wall Street, New YorkMore about the 2023 National Book Awards and the National Book Foundation at www.nationalbook.org/awards2023If you want to support the National Book Foundation’s year round programming you can donate here: nationalbook.org/donate
National Book Foundation’s Board Chair David Steinberger at the 74th National Book Awards National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | 2023 National Book Awards CeremonyNov 15, 2023 • Cipriani Wall Street, New YorkMore about the 2023 National Book Awards and the National Book Foundation at www.nationalbook.org/awards2023If you want to support the National Book Foundation’s year round programming you can donate here: nationalbook.org/donate
Dan Santat accepts 2023 National Book Award for Young People’s Lit. for A First Time for Everything National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | The National Book Award for Young People's Literature was presented by panel chair Claudette S. McLinn. Also features a voice-over by Julie Andrews—award-winning actress, singer, and author—introducing the Young People's Literature category.A First Time for EverythingBy Dan SantatFirst Second / Macmillan Publisherswww.nationalbook.org/awards2023
Stenio Gardel, Bruna Dantas Lobato accept 2023 Nat Book Award(Trans. Lit). for The Words That Remain National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | The National Book Award for Translated Literature was presented by panel chair Jeremy Tiang. Also features a voice-over by Matthew McConaughey—actor and author of Greenlights and Just Because—introducing the Translated Literature category.The Words That RemainBy Stênio GardelTranslated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas LobatoNew Vessel Presswww.nationalbook.org/awards2023
Craig Santos Perez accepts 2023 National Book Award, Poetry for from unincorporated territory [åmot] National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | The National Book Award for Poetry was presented by panel chair Heid E. Erdrich. Also features a voice-over by Samin Nosrat—chef, author of Salt Fat Acid Heat, and co-host of Home Cooking—introducing the Poetry category.from unincorporated territory [åmot]by Craig Santos PerezOmnidawn Publishing www.nationalbook.org/awards2023
Ned Blackhawk accepts the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction for The Rediscovery of America National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | The National Book Award for Nonfiction was presented by panel chair Ada Ferrer. Also features a voice-over by Trevor Noah—comedian, writer, and the former host of The Daily Show—introducing the Nonfiction category.The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. Historyby Ned Blackhawk Yale University Press www.nationalbook.org/awards2023
Justin Torres accepts the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction for Blackouts National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | The National Book Award for Fiction was presented by panel chair Mat Johnson. Also features a voice-over by Dua Lipa—singer, songwriter, and founder of Service95—introducing the Fiction category.Justin TorresBlackoutsFarrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publisherswww.nationalbook.org/awards
National Book Foundation Presents 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award to Rita Dove National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | Nov 15, 2023 • Presented during the 2023 National Book Awards CeremonyThe National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, honored Rita Dove with the 2023 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL). Dove’s sweeping body of work features eleven books of poetry, including Museum, Grace Notes, Selected Poems, Mother Love, On the Bus with Rosa Parks, American Smooth, Sonata Mulattica, Playlist for the Apocalypse, and her debut collection, The Yellow House on the Corner; a novel, Through the Ivory Gate; a collection of her Poet Laureate lectures titled The Poet’s World; a short story collection, Fifth Sunday; and the play The Darker Face of the Earth. She is the Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Thomas and Beulah, her third collection of poetry based loosely on the lives of her maternal grandparents. From 1993 to 1995, Dove served as the first Black Poet Laureate of the United States. Dove, whose career-spanning Collected Poems 1974–2004 was an NAACP Image Award winner and a Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry, was presented with the DCAL Medal by author, National Book Award Finalist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown.nationalbook.org/awards2023
2023 National Book Awards Ceremony - Oprah Winfrey National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | The 74th National Book Awards Ceremony was broadcast on November 15, 2023 at 8:00pm ET. Hosted by LeVar Burton, and featuring special guest Oprah Winfrey.The evening included the presentation of the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Paul Yamazaki by Mitchell Kaplan, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Rita Dove by Jericho Brown. The Winners of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction were also announced live.To learn more about the 2023 National Book Award Finalists, and support our year-round work: nationalbook.org/awards2023
National Book Foundation Presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Paul Yamazaki, 2023 National Book Foundation 2023-11-17 | Nov 15, 2023 • Presented during the 2023 National Book Awards Ceremony The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, honored Paul Yamazaki, principal buyer at City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco, California, as the recipient of its 2023 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. Starting out as a part-time clerk at City Lights in 1970, Yamazaki has mentored generations of booksellers, and his collaborative approach to bookselling has elevated countless authors, shaping the United States’ literary landscape for over 50 years. A champion for books, writers, publishers, and independent bookstores, Yamazaki was presented with the Literarian Award by past recipient and revered bookseller Mitchell Kaplan.nationalbook.org/awards2023
74th Annual National Book Awards Ceremony - Full Event National Book Foundation 2023-11-16 | The 74th National Book Awards Ceremony was broadcast on November 15, 2023 at 8:00pm ET. Hosted by LeVar Burton, and featuring special guest Oprah Winfrey.The evening included the presentation of the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Paul Yamazaki by Mitchell Kaplan, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Rita Dove by Jericho Brown. The Winners of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction were also announced live.To learn more about the 2023 National Book Award Finalists, and support our year-round work: nationalbook.org/awards2023
2023 Teen Press Conference National Book Foundation 2023-11-15 | The 2023 National Book Awards Teen Press Conference, hosted by Dhonielle Clayton, brings the excitement of the most prestigious literary award in the country to New York City’s middle and high school students. The event features short readings of each of the five 2023 National Book Award Finalists for Young People’s Literature by their respective authors.
Read with NBF | Why Books Matter National Book Foundation 2023-06-27 | More about Read with NBF: nationalbook.org/read-with-nbf
Read with NBF | Imani Perrys SOUTH TO AMERICA National Book Foundation 2023-06-27 | Watch an exclusive interview with National Book Award Winner Imani Perry.More about Read with NBF: nationalbook.org/read-with-nbf
Read with NBF | Samanta Schweblin and Megan McDowell, SEVEN EMPTY HOUSES National Book Foundation 2023-06-27 | Watch an exclusive interview with National Book Award Winners' Samanta Schweblin and Megan McDowell.More about Read with NBF: nationalbook.org/read-with-nbf
Read with NBF | Sabaa Tahir’s ALL MY RAGE National Book Foundation 2023-06-27 | Watch an exclusive interview with National Book Award Winner Sabaa Tahir.More about Read with NBF: nationalbook.org/read-with-nbf
Read with NBF | Tess Guntys THE RABBIT HUTCH National Book Foundation 2023-06-27 | Watch an exclusive interview with National Book Award Winner Tess Gunty.More about Read with NBF: nationalbook.org/read-with-nbf
Read with NBF | John Keene’s PUNKS National Book Foundation 2023-06-27 | Watch an exclusive interview with National Book Award Winner John Keene.More about Read with NBF: nationalbook.org/read-with-nbf
2023 5 Under 35 Ceremony National Book Foundation 2023-06-26 | For the first time ever, the 5 Under 35 Ceremony opened to the public. Presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Museum, the celebrated honorees Mateo Askaripour, Chelsea T. Hicks, Morgan Talty, Jenny Xie, and Ada Zhang alongside selectors and special guests Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Robert Jones, Jr., Jamil Jan Kochai, Kevin Nguyen, and Jim Shepard. The evening was hosted by Wajahat Ali, public speaker, recovering attorney, and author of GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM.The National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 program is supported by Amazon Literary Partnership.
