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National Book Awards
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The National Book Awards are awarded annually to outstanding books by U.S. authors. Go to National Book Awards for more information, including previous winners and finalists.
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2012 Ferry, David. Bewilderment : New Poems and Translations To read David Ferry's Bewilderment is to be reminded that poetry of the highest order can be made by the subtlest of means. The passionate nature and originality of Ferry's prosodic daring works astonishing transformations that take your breath away. 2012 Adult Nonfiction Book | |
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2011 Finney, Nikky Head Off & Split : Poems The poems in Nikky Finney's breathtaking new collection Head Off & Split sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a rooftop during Hurricane Katrina. 2011 Adult Nonfiction Book | |
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2010 Hayes, Terrance Lighthead Terrance Hayes's fourth collection portrays the light-headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time 2010 Adult Nonfiction Book PS3558.A8378 L54 2010 | |
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2009 Armantrout, Rae Versed Provides an expanded view of the arc of the author's writing, collecting poems dealing with the perversity of human consciousness and the confrontation of the invisible experienced during the author's bout with cancer. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book 811.6 Ar54 | |
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2008 Doty, Mark Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems A collection of top-selected works and new poems by the author of Dog Years features pieces that meditate on such topics as mortality, the instructive presence of animals, and art's ability to give shape to human life. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book 811.54 D7425 | |
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2007 Hass, Robert Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 Reflects on the beauty and energy of the physical world as well as life in contemporary America, in a stylistically varied collection of poetry that includes the poem, "Envy of Other People's Poems." 2007 Adult Nonfiction Book 811.54 H27 | |
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2006 Mackey, Nathaniel Splay Anthem In a stunning new collection of poems of transport and transcendence, African-American poet Nathaniel Mackey's "asthmatic song of aspiration" scuttles across cultures and histories-from America to Andalucía, from Ethiopia to Vienna-in a sexy, beautiful adaptive dance. 2006 Adult Nonfiction Book | |
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2005 Merwin, W. S. Migration: New & Selected Poems Presents a collection of the author's best poems along with new works. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book 811.54 M559 | |
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2004 Valentine, Jean Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems Presents a collection of the author's established works in addition to new poems, which deal with such topics as death, aging, and the passage of time. 2004 | |
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2003 Williams, C. K. The Singing: Poems The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Repair presents a new collection of poetry that considers such topics as the loss of friends, the love of grandchildren, childhood memories, current events, his self image, and contemporary life during wartime. 2003 | |
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