{"id":2290,"date":"2011-10-12T16:37:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:11:00","slug":"2011-national-book-award-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/12\/2011-national-book-award-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 National Book Award Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a list of the finalists in all four categories&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1934137340\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Sojourn<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Andrew Krivak <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/andrewkrivak.com\/books\/the-sojourn#excerpt\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0385343841\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Tiger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Wife<\/a><\/em> by <strong>T\u00c3\u00a9a Obreht<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/book\/123952\/the-tigers-wife-by-tea-obreht#excerpt\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0307700003\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Buddha in the Attic<\/a> <\/em>by <strong>Julie Otsuka <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/book\/211811\/the-buddha-in-the-attic-by-julie-otsuka\/9780307700001#excerpt\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0982338295\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Binocular Vision<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Edith Pearlman <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lookout.org\/binoexcerpts.html\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1608195228\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Salvage the Bones<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Jesmyn Ward <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookreporter.com\/reviews\/salvage-the-bones\/excerpt\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1934137340\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1934137340.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0385343841\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0385343841.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0307700003\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0307700003.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0982338295\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0982338295.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1608195228\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1608195228.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nonfiction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1555975828\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Deborah Baker<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfpress.org\/Related_Content\/Book_Excerpts\/Excerpt_from_The_Convert\/\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0316066117\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Mary Gabriel<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/software.newsstand.com\/bookrdr\/hbg-live\/BookBrowse.html?a=JLQtAe14TcMv%2F8WLA%2B5%2FGstd1nEbFQAjmptcHl%2BEEgWweXM6tXgcQz%2FEnCCUhyM0Wfzn8G8W6wdSVPUefqOK487wwOe4LsmB2asdMzJtAYs7TVOtxvsdUMQX0YrFB0VZ&amp;z=hbg\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0393064476\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Swerve: How the World Became Modern<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Stephen Greenblatt<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/detail-inside.aspx?ID=22329&amp;CTYPE=G\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0670022209\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Manning Marable<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2011\/06\/solving-for-x-malcolm-x-and-white-readers.html?sym=EXC\">our review<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0061351326\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Radioactive: Marie &amp; Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Lauren Redniss <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/browseinside\/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061351327\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1555975828\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1555975828.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0316066117\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0316066117.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0393064476\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0393064476.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0670022209\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0670022209.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0061351326\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0061351326.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0810152169\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Head Off &amp; Split<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Nikky Finney<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0374120382\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Chameleon Couch<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Yusef Komunyakaa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0374141576\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Double Shadow<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Carl Phillips<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0393079678\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Tonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems: 2007-2010<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Adrienne Rich<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/detail-inside.aspx?ID=17144&amp;CTYPE=G\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0226764354\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Devotions<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Bruce Smith<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0810152169\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0810152169.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0374120382\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0374120382.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0374141576\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0374141576.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0393079678\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0393079678.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0226764354\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0226764354.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Young People\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Literature:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0761459804\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">My Name is Not Easy<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Debby Dahl Edwardson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0061962783\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Inside Out &amp; Back Again<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Thanhha Lai<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/browseinside\/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061962783\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0375868895\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Albert Marrin<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/book\/208521\/flesh-and-blood-so-cheap-the-triangle-fire-and-its-legacy-by-albert-marrin\/9780375868894#excerpt\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0810984172\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Shine<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Lauren Myracle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0547152604\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Okay for Now<\/a> <\/em>by <strong>Gary D. Schmidt<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com\/catalog\/mtitledetail.cfm?textType=excerpt&amp;titleNumber=1051989\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0761459804\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0761459804.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0061962783\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0061962783.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0375868895\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0375868895.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0810984172\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0810984172.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0547152604\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0547152604.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2011\/10\/2011-national-book-award-finalists-announced.html\">The Millions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2011\/10\/2011-national-book-award-finalists-announced.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a list of the finalists in all four categories&#8230; Fiction: The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak (excerpt) The Tiger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Wife by T\u00c3\u00a9a Obreht (excerpt) The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (excerpt) Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman (excerpt) Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (excerpt) Nonfiction: The Convert: A Tale of Exile and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/12\/2011-national-book-award-finalists-announced\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2011 National Book Award Finalists Announced<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[325,252,253,208,504,254],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-did-you-know","tag-325","tag-awards","tag-fiction","tag-nationalbookawards","tag-nba","tag-nonfiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10095,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions\/10095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}