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MINUTES. >> HI. WE'RE A LITTLE LATE STARTING BECAUSE UP UNTIL 30 SECONDS AGO THE NONFICTION JUDGES WERE IN THE LOBBY FIGHTING [LAUGHING] THIS IS TRUE....
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EASILY HAVE DECIDED. EVEN WITHOUT READING THE BOOKS. [LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE 58th ANNUAL NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED...
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WHOSE WORK HAS BEEN SO SEMINAL, OF ITS TIME AND BEYOND ITS TIME THEIR NAMES HAVE COME TO FUNCTION AS ADJECTIVES. CONSIDER SOME OF THE OTHERS. SHAKESPEARIAN....
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MY MIND. A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAPPENED TO THINK WHY I DID START WRITING. MY SWEDISH PUBLISHER WHO IS ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT, HAD GATHERED TOGETHER SOME PIECES...
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IRA GLASS IS THE HOST AND PRODUCER OF THE PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM, THIS AMERICAN LIFE. THE SHOW HAD ITS PREMIER ON CHICAGO'S PUBLIC RADIO STATION, WBEZ,...
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HE EMBARKED ON THIS BRIEF SECRET OF BINGE GOING TO PROSTITUTE, AND IF THAT WEREN'T BAD ENOUGH, TO McDONALD'S. TERRY GROSS SAYS TO HIM, CAN I CONFESS...
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YOU FOR BEING INSPIRATION TO ME AND I THINK TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS EVER WORKED IN PUBLIC RADIO IN THE PAST 15 YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AWARD....
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GO AHEAD. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> GOOD EVENING. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION I WELCOME YOU TO THE NATIONAL...
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DO AND THINK THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE BACK TO 1950. ON MARCH 16, 1950. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED A GREAT DEAL SINCE THEN, BUT THAT...
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1960, WHICH WAS A BANNER YEAR FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, HENDERSON BY SOME FELLOW LOST. MRS. BRIDGE BAYH EVAN, BUGS, LOST. THE MANSION BY WILLIAM...
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MUSAB THE GOOD IN EVERY BOOK. YES. [APPLAUSE]. AND WEPT FOR THOSE OF THE PESTICIDE PATRICIA MCCORMICK WAS CRITIQUES HELP US TO PINPOINT STRENGTHS AND...
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SNOWY DAY. I VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE FIRST COUPLE OF BOOK OFF THE SHELF AND MY RESERVATION LIBRARY IT WAS A SMALL LIBRARY AND I ENDED UP PULLING ALL THE...
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STATES. [APPLAUSE]. THE FIRST 14 HAVE NOT WORKED OUT WELL. HE HAS PUBLISHED NUMEROUS COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AMONG THEM BY ENTOURAGE SELECTED POEMS 1963-2003...
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BEARDS, B.J., DAVID SAINT JOHN AND NATASHA. THIS IS AN AMAZING TIME IN AMERICAN POETRY AS WE FOUND OUT READING ALL OF THESE BOOKS. : [APPLAUSE] STANLEY...
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THIS. IT'S EMILY DICKINSON. SHE SAID SUCCESS IS COUNTED SWEETEST BY THOSE WHO DON'T SUCCEED, TO CONTEMPLATE A NECTAR REQUIRES SORUS NEED. I DO WANT...
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OF THE PEN REVSON AWARD AND DEAD LANGUAGES, A NOVEL, WINNER THE PEN SIPPED INDICATED FICTION AWARD. HE HAS RECEIVED A GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP. TWO NEA...
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY. TO ANNETTE GORDON-REED OF NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL AND TO JAMES SHAPIRO, THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT, AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. MY CONGRATULATIONS...
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ARCHIVISTS WHO HELPED TURN SECRETS INTO PUBLIC RECORDS, TO THE WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS TO STRUGGLE AGAINST OFFICIAL CRESSEY, TO THE MEMORY OF FRIENDS...
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A WRITING TEACHER, A CURRENT PRESIDENT OF PAN AMERICAN CENTER. SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLER, READING LIKE A WRITER AND THE...
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WITH MY FELLOW PANELISTS. WE TALKED EVERY FEW WEEKS. AND I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATIONS. THEY WERE SMART. THEY WERE LIVELY. THEY...
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IS ONLY PARTLY TRUE. [LAUGHTER] HE IS ON ASSIGNMENT, UNDER CONTRACT, LEGITIMATELY ABSENT. AND IN HIS PLACE HE HAS SENT ME, THIS ENVELOPE AND HE HAS WRITTEN...
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THANK GOD. THANK YOU, GOD. THANK
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YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> ALMOST DONE. I'M JUST GOING TO, I JUST WANT TO THANK, I'M GOING TO BE QUICK. I KNOW YOU HAVE DINNER RESERVATIONS. [LAUGHTER] AS DO...
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AWARDS. [APPLAUSE] HE IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST AMYIABLE TOLERANT, MAN I HAVE EVER MET IN MY LIFE, AND I MEAN ALL THESE THREE THINGS IN A GOOD WAY....
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HI,
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