NEW YORK (AP) - The publishing industry will attempt a break from the bad news of the marketplace and cheer for literature tonight at the 59th annual National Book Awards.
Nominees in four competitive categories include award-winning novelists Peter Matthiessen and Marilynne Robinson, investigative journalist Jane Mayer, and poets Richard Howard, Frank Bidart and Mark Doty. Honorary prizes will go to publisher and First Amendment crusader Barney Rosset and to "The Woman Warrior" author Maxine Hong Kingston. The writer and performance artist Eric Bogosian will serve as master of ceremonies.
Winners each receive $10,000.
The awards, founded in 1950, are sponsored by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization that offers numerous educational and literary programs.
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NEW YORK (AP) - The publishing industry will attempt a break from the bad news of the marketplace and cheer for literature tonight at the 59th annual National Book Awards.
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Published: November 19, 2008
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