Interested in reading fine literature by American writers? The 2007 National Book Award winners were announced on Tuesday, November 14:- Fiction – Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- Nonfiction – Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, by Tim Weiner (Doubleday)
- Poetry – Time and Materials, by Robert Hass (Ecco/Harper Collins)
- Young People’s Literature – Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown & Company). Click on the links to reserve a copy for yourself.
The National Book Awards, given to writers by writers, were established in 1950 to recognize literary excellence in American literature and to raise the public’s awareness of great writing by fellow Americans. To learn more about the awards and see a complete list of finalists, click on the link above.
