By Lynsey Noe Because we live in the “Writingest State” and love literature, we wanted to share what some of North Carolina’s many colleges and universities have chosen for their first-year summer readers. The assignment of a common read is meant to create a shared experience among new students, something for freshmen to discuss in […]
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2012 National Book Award Winners
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The 2012 National Book Award winners have been announced, as follows: Young Peoples Literature: William Alexander, Goblin Secrets (Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) Poetry: David Ferry, Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations (University of Chicago Press) Nonfiction: Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a […]