Looking forward to tonights 5 Under 35 National Book Foundation, National Book Awards party at powerhouseArena in Dumbo, where 5 fine young writers, including Sackett Street Writers instructor Alex Gilvarry will be celebrated. Last year, I was too busy video interviewing the awards winners outside in the cold, which was great fun, but this year, I mingle with my date, SSWW instructor Orli Van Mourik. Hosted by Questlove, DJ Ben Greenman, and special guest bartender Rosie Schaap 5 Under 35 Award Authors: Yelena Akhtiorskaya, Panic in a Suitcase (Riverhead, July 2014) Selected by Aleksandar Hemon, 2008 National Book Award Finalist for The Lazarus Project Alex Gilvarry, From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant (Viking, January 2012) Selected by Amy Bloom, 1993 National Book Award Finalist for Come to Me Phil Klay, Redeployment (Penguin Press, March 2014) Selected by Andrea Barrett, 1996 National Book Award Winner for Ship Fever and Other Stories Valeria Luiselli, Faces in the Crowd (Coffee House Press, May 2014) Selected by Karen Tei Yamashita, 2010 National Book Award Finalist for I Hotel Kirstin Valdez Quade, Night at the Fiestas (W.W. Norton & Company, March 2015) Selected by Andre Dubus III, 1999 National Book Award Finalist for House of Sand and Fog nationalbook.org/5under35.html#.VGpsE_TF8z0
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:47:30 +0000