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OCTOBER 22, 2009
National Book Award Finalists Announced

The National Book Award Foundation announced the 2009 National Book Award finalists.  Winners will be announced on November 18th.

Young People’s Literature:
Stitches by David Small
Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
 
Fiction:
American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
Far North by Marcel Theroux
 
Nonfiction:
Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s Notebook by David M. Carroll
Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species by Sean B. Carroll
The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayer
 
Poetry:
Versed by Rae Armantrout
Or to Begin Again by Ann Lauterbach
Speak Low by Carl Phillips
Open Interval by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy by Keith Waldrop

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