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Archive June 2009

A debut novelist who was born and raised in Boston and lives in New York has been chosen from nearly 150 nominees from 41 countries as winner of this year's IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Michael Thomas won the prize—worth 100,000 euros, or nearly 140,000 dollars—for his first novel, Man Gone Down (Grove, 2007).

Looking for a place to write during the summer? Sure, you could hole up in your home office or sweet-talk the barista at your local coffee bar and claim the corner table as your own. But if you want a truly unique writing spot, consider Frost Place, the nonprofit educational center for poetry and the arts based at Robert Frost’s old homestead in Franconia, New Hampshire.

By now you've probably read Louis Menand's article about creative writing programs in the current issue of the New Yorker—or read an article by someone who's read the Louis Menand article. From the first paragraph, in which Menand uses the phrase "ritual scarring and twelve-on-one group therapy" to describe the writing workshop, he's got your attention.

Marilynne Robinson on Wednesday was named winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction at a ceremony in London. She won for her third novel, Home (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008).

C. D. Wright, who was shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize in 2003 for Steal Away but lost to Paul Muldoon, took the top honor this year for her twelfth book, Rising, Falling, Hovering. She will receive $50,000 Canadian, or approximately $45,950.

The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, recently announced the winners of the 2008 Arab American Book Awards. The annual prizes are given to authors, editors, or illustrators of books "that preserve and advance the understanding, knowledge, and resources of the Arab American community" in order to inspire authors and educate readers about the community.

The Hurston/Wright Foundation recently released a list of nominees for the Legacy Awards, annual prizes given to writers of African descent for books of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and a first book of fiction published in the previous year.

Archive June 2009

Debut Author From Boston Wins World's Richest Literary Prize

Care to Kick Back in Frost's Old Farmhouse?

Hey Louis Menand, T&W Is Looking for Essays on Creative Writing Education

Marilynne Robinson Grabs the Orange for Home

Six Years Later, the Finalist Wins Big

Book Awards Celebrate Arab American Culture

Jericho Brown and Uwem Akpan Among Legacy Award Nominees