Big Up to Junot and all, but the ladies were also out in full effect for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Awards.
Dominicana Julia Alvarez (In the Time of the Butterflies, A Cafecito Story) was a finalist in the Criticism category for her Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA. Some heifer named Alex Ross won instead (whatever...)
Haitian author Edwidge Danticat, whose book The Farming of Bones really changed my views on Dominican-Haitian relations, won the award for her autobiography, Brother, I'm Dying. I was able to catch a reading from that book early last month and let me tell you- it sounds wonderful. I'm never one to read non-fiction but I added it to my "must read" list.
Way to go, ladies! And in OUR month, too!!
*smooches...entering the weekend with a smile on my face*
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now I really, really have to get off my ass and finish my book...
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First time on the blog/site
I've enjoyed myself and I'm coming back!
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Welcome! Pull up a chair and don't forget to use a coaster...
Thanks for stopping by my spot. Two Jadeds? Think the world can handle two of us? It makes sense though, 'cause you're in NY and I'm in NJ.
I have 2 friends who are authors... one is on my links list, The Boston Pobble. Her novel will be published in January. And I have a good friend who is a best selling scifi author. I appreciate her talent, but her stuff just isn't my thing...of course, I read it anyway just for support.
Stop by and check out Pobble. I know she would love to hear from another female writer/blogger. And please stop back and visit at my spot as well.
wish i could have been there.
i got to get diaz' new book
It was a great reading... and Oscar Wao is such a good book; I read it in like a week, which is good for me because my attention span in gnat-like.
@ jaded: I will def. stop by your spot again, and I'll check out your friend, too... it's not like I'm doing anything anyway LOL
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