“I wanted it to feel like stepping off the world…” Blackouts by Justin Torres explores love, loss and the stories we leave behind with inventive and transformative form and prose. Torres joins us to talk about the source material for this novel, the importance of telling queer stories, navigating legacy, loneliness and identity and more […]
The 73rd National Book Awards were celebrated in New York last night and fun was had by all. The ceremony was hosted by Padma Lakshmi (Tomatoes for Neela, Taste the Nation on Hulu and Emmy-winner Top Chef on Bravo), event honorees included Art Spiegelman (Maus) and Tracy D. Hall, Executive Director of the American Library […]
[Drumroll, please!] The National Book Foundation has announced the five finalists in each of five categories for the 2022 National Book Awards, and there is some GREAT reading on this list, starting with two of our own Discover Prize finalists. Winners will be announced live in New York on November 16, 2022, but until then… […]