I had gotten a tip about this midweek, but I waited for official confirmation before posting anything…
A Guitar Kind of Week
This week has been more about strings than pages for me. So my focus has been on guitars as opposed to books recently.
National Book Award Winners Announced
The National Book Awards were handed out last night. Here are the winners:
Fiction: Peter Matthiessen for Shadow Country
Nonfiction: Annette Gordon-Reed for The Hemingses of Monticello
Poetry: Mark Doty for Fire to Fire
Young People’s Literature: Judy Blundell for What I Saw and How I Lied
Check out Galley Cat and Ed’s Reluctant Habits for extensive coverage from last night’s festivities.
Artie Lange is Too Fat to Fish
I’ve had a super-busy handful of days recently. But I did manage to read Too Fat to Fish by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza.
Freelancer Collection Attempts
Ed has an article about the difficulties collecting payment for freelance writing. In this case, it looks like it might work out well in the end.
Hannah Named USA Fellow
I spent the last several days in a hole of depression caused by my failure to mount a successful write-in campaign for Barry Hannah to become president.
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