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National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. Dedicated to the celebration of the best literature published in the United States. #NBAwards
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An update on the host of the 2023 National Book Awards.
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.@repjohnlewis' unforgettable 2016 #NBAwards acceptance speech for the Young People's Literature Award
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The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo has won the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature! #nbawards.
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🎉👏A deafening round of applause for the 2017 National Book Awards Finalists!👏🎉
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Independent bookstores are back in a big way, and it warms our literature-loving hearts. ❤️ 📚
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In an original work for #NationalComingOutDay #NBAwards Finalist @Gingerhazing shares an illustrated essay .@oprahmagazine
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Toni Morrison's birthday, February 18, will be known as “Toni Morrison Day” in her home state of Ohio!
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Rest in power, John Lewis.
.@repjohnlewis' unforgettable 2016 #NBAwards acceptance speech for the Young People's Literature Award
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry has won the 2022 #NBAwards for Nonfiction!.
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We have huge news! This year we're introducing a fifth prize: the National Book Award for Translated Literature!
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To read more about the ten titles longlisted for the 2019 #NBAwards for Fiction, visit our website. 📚 Congratulations to the authors and publishers of these exceptional works!
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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 National Book Awards! We are so excited to share this incredible night with them!
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When someone reminds us that we can spend all day tomorrow buying books in the name of a holiday. #IndependentBookstoreDay.
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We are delighted to announce the 2017 National Book Awards Finalists with @CBSThisMorning!
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Happy Valentine's Day to booksellers, librarians, writers, editors, poets, publicists, marketers, agents, sales teams, fulfillment staff, book clubs, literary nonprofits, new readers, lifelong readers, and not-yet-but-soon-to-be readers. We love you all. ❤️ 📖 ❤️.
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🎉 #NBAwards season has officially begun! Announcing the Longlist for the 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! 🎉
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📚 The final category is here! Announcing the Longlist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction! 📚
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We can't overstate what @strandbookstore means to the literary community of NYC. Fred Bass leaves behind a monumental legacy, and our hearts go out to the Bass family and Strand staff.
It is with a heavy heart we share that Strand’s owner, Fred Bass, passed away early this morning at home surrounded by loved ones at the age of 89. We thank Fred for his passion and dedication, and our thoughts are with the Bass family.
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The country’s first Black-owned bookstore opened in New York City in 1834
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We are thrilled to announce the 2017 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People's Literature! #NBAwards
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Through her nonprofit, @dollyslibrary, the iconic @DollyParton has given away 100 million books. ONE HUNDRED MILLION. It's downright heroic.
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"I’ll be standing here for literature until my very last breath." LeVar Burton, who inspired so many to become readers, is still speaking up for books.
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Head to the NBF website to learn about all ten of the remarkable titles on the #NBAwards Longlist for Nonfiction.
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70th #NBAwards host @levarburton selects James Baldwin's Go Tell It On the Mountain as his first pick for a new book club!
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It’s #BlackHistoryMonth! If you’re looking to read more black authors in February (and for the rest of your life), these 2017 #NBAwards titles are a great place to start.
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Art Spiegelman is the first comic artist to receive the DCAL medal, which will be presented to him by author Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) at the #NBAwards Ceremony on November 16. For the full announcement, visit our website.
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Nell Painter, “This year’s National Book Award for Nonfiction goes to Tiya Miles, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake. Random House / Penguin Random House.".
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The most exciting statistic you'll hear all week? The number of indie bookstores in the U.S. has increased by nearly 40% since 2009.
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We are thrilled to share the 2020 5 Under 35 honorees with you!
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We are thrilled to announce that @JasonReynolds83 will host the 71st National Book Awards! #NBAwards
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Huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists for the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes @PulitzerPrizes, including @jerichobrown @GregGrandin @colsonwhitehead @KeeangaYamahtta Mary Ruefle and Albert J. Woodfox #Pulitzer .
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The #NBAwards excitement continues with the fourth category of the week's announcements. These are the ten titles longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
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We are beyond thrilled to share the ten books on the Longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction! @NewYorker #NBAwards.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." Happy birthday to James Baldwin, a literary icon and four-time #NBAwards Finalist.
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The 2018 5 Under 35 authors have been announced! We're thrilled to this year honor Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Akwaeke Emezi, Lydia Kiesling, and Moriel Rothman-Zecher.
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We are thrilled to announce that Paul Yamazaki, principal buyer at @CityLightsBooks, will receive the 2023 Literarian Award at the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony, presented to him by @mitchellakaplan of @BooksandBooks! | @latimes @latimesbooks.
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Joan Trygg, “This year’s National Book Award for Young People’s Literature goes to Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies. #NBAwards.
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Visit our website to learn more about the ten incredible books longlisted for the 2019 #NBAwards for Young People’s Literature!
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Head to the NBF website to learn about all ten of the remarkable titles on the 2020 #NBAwards Longlist for Young People’s Literature
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The Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters will be presented to Isabel Allende by Pulitzer Prize finalist Luís Alberto Urrea. You can find the full @AP announcement here!
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"Be kind to everybody, make art, and fight the power." - #NBAwards Winner @colsonwhitehead.
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Tonight’s the night! Watch live as the Winners of this year’s #NBAwards are announced at the 69th National Book Awards! Stream begins at 7:20pm ET, with Winners announced around 8:30pm
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#NBAwards Finalist and @DreamWorksSheRa showrunner Noelle Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) chats with @io9 about the next season, some of her formative experiences, and her forthcoming graphic memoir, THE FIRE NEVER GOES OUT.
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Congratulations to the 2021 MacArthur Fellows! This year’s cohort includes #NBAwards Winners @DrIbram and @DonMeeChoi, #NBAwards Longlisters @NifMuhammad, @DanielGAlarcon, and @KeeangaYamahtta, and #LitforJustice authors @dwaynebetts and @NicoleFleetwoo2.
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We’re thrilled to announce that the great @larrywilmore will host the 67th #NBAwards Ceremony on November 16!
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We are delighted to present the ten titles on the 2021 #NBAwards Longlist for Nonfiction! @NewYorker.
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Visit our website to learn more about the ten titles on the 2023 #NBAwards Longlist for Fiction!.
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"'That is Art. Art, with a capital 'A,' is always thinking about art, with a small 'a.' He makes things that matter, and I think he knows he makes things that matter.'". @neilhimself on 2022 DCAL Medalist Art Spiegelman. | @AP .
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At the National Book Foundation, we are committed to recognizing the exceptional work of a wide range of writers. Which is why we are thrilled to introduce our inaugural "5 Under 5" honorees! Full announcement and authors' bios at our website:
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“The more you read, the more you'll love it. The more you love it, the more you'll want to read." We couldn’t agree with you more, @desusnice.
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Indecency by Justin Phillip Reed has won the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry! #NBAwards.
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Announcing five incredible writers as our 2017 5 Under 35 honorees! Thank you also to our amazing selectors!
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It’s the first day of #NBAwards Longlist announcements!. We are so excited to share the ten contenders for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Congratulations to everyone on the list!.
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Today’s the second day of #NBAwards Longlist announcements! We are pleased to share the Longlist for the 2023 #NBAwards Longlist for Poetry! | @NewYorker .
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It's the first day of #NBAwards Longlist announcements! We are so excited to announce the ten titles on the 2020 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People's Literature. Congratulations to all, and welcome to the family!
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"Black people, you said, were the only people in the United States ever explicitly forbidden to become literate. I am now officially speechless." - .Nikky Finney, accepting the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry
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Cathryn Mercier, This year’s #NBAwards for Young People’s Literature goes to Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Dutton Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House.”.
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The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart has won the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction! #NBAwards.
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Congratulations again to all the 2020 #NBAwards Winners and Finalists and thank you everyone who watched tonight!
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We are beyond excited to share the ten books on the Longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction! @NewYorker #NBAwards.
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We're honored to share the 2020-2021 Literature for Justice Reading List
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🎉✨FICTION LONGLIST✨🎉. @elliotackerman @iamlisako @minjinlee11 @jesmimi @MWilkers13 @carmenmmachado @Egangoonsquad
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