The 2017 National Book Award Winners Announced

The 2017 National Book Award Winners Announced

In Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature

By Emily Temple | November 16, 2017

30 Dystopian Novels By and About Women

30 Dystopian Novels By and About Women

Our Future Bodies, Our Future Selves

By Emily Temple | November 16, 2017

Susan Sontag on Being a Writer:

Susan Sontag on Being a Writer: "You Have to Be Obsessed"

And other insights on craft from the legendary critic and novelist

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2017

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Simon Schama

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Simon Schama

The author of Belonging on loving Tolstoy and being brave

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2017

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Daniel Mendelsohn

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Daniel Mendelsohn

The author of An Odyssey on narrative structure and the beauty of nonfiction

By Emily Temple | November 14, 2017

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist David France

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist David France

The Author of How to Survive a Plague on the remarkable legacies of AIDS activists

By Emily Temple | November 14, 2017

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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

This is How to Turn a Great Short Story into a Great TV Show

By Emily Temple | November 13, 2017

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Kapka Kassabova

By Emily Temple | November 13, 2017

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Mark O’Connell

By Emily Temple | November 13, 2017

Read Anne Sexton's Response to Her Worst-Ever Review

Read Anne Sexton's Response to Her Worst-Ever Review

Esquire is my enemy as you know."">"Dickey at Esquire is my enemy as you know."

By Emily Temple | November 9, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Jesmyn Ward

Meet National Book Award Finalist Jesmyn Ward

The author of Sing, Unburied, Sing on Prince, Faulkner, and writing exercises

By Emily Temple | November 9, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Carmen Maria Machado

Meet National Book Award Finalist Carmen Maria Machado

The author of Her Body and Other Parties tells us about her favorite stories

By Emily Temple | November 9, 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Write What You Know' is the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'Write What You Know' is the Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard

And Other Hot Tips from the Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Min Jin Lee

Meet National Book Award Finalist Min Jin Lee

The author of Pachinko on the long road to her latest novel

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Lisa Ko

Meet National Book Award Finalist Lisa Ko

The author of The Leavers on being perennially timely

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Danez Smith

Meet National Book Award Finalist Danez Smith

The author of Don't Call Us Dead on editing, performance, and instinct

By Emily Temple | November 7, 2017

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