A very accurate prediction of LeVar Burton's night hosting the National Book Awards.
In honor of the great LeVar Burton—reader, actor, Renaissance man, and host of tonight’s 70th-Annual National Book Awards—here’s our GIF-based preview of how his night will probably go.
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6:30pm
Enters with entourage.
6:35pm
Inspects (and approves) the final seating arrangements.
6:50pm
Gives a rousing pep talk to Team Book.
7pm
Is introduced to his dining companions at the head table.
7:05pm
Takes the stage to a rousing chorus of adulation.
7:15pm
Takes us through the evening’s nominees.
7:20pm
Gets really serious for a moment about the real world.
8:15pm
Enjoying the frank ribaldry of Edmund White’s lifetime achievement award acceptance.
9:20pm
Making sure the show finishes on time.
9:28pm
Delivers his stirring closing words.
10:35pm
Hits the dance floor! (Please let this happen.)
Midnight
Heading out into the night to spread the gospel of books.
Jonny Diamond
Jonny Diamond is the Editor in Chief of Literary Hub. He lives in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains with his wife and two sons, and is currently writing a cultural history of the axe for W.W. Norton. @JonnyDiamond, JonnyDiamond.me
