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5 National Book Award 2011 fiction finalists
The 2011 National Book Award fiction winner will be announced on Nov. 16. Which of these five novels will be the winner?
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3 short story collections: some of the best I've ever read
When it comes to short stories, the best insight on how to read them I've ever found came from a new book on writing, “Unless It Moves the Human Heart,” by Roger Rosenblatt. One of Rosenblatt's graduate students said, in effect, that the writer begins by saying, “And so, we have come to this.” Of three new collections out this winter, two rank among the best I've ever read. If this is what we've come to, 2011 should be rich indeed.
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