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Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headings at the crossway of politics, culture, media, and more.
Reflecting on 75 Years of the National Book Awards
In the run-up to the 75th anniversary of the National Book Awards lateron this year, The Washington Post hasactually welcomed authors who haveactually been honored by the NBAs to compose a series of essays checkingout the history and effect of the Awards, years by years. Viet Thanh Nguyen kicks things off with an evaluation of what the veryfirst National Book Awards showed about the 1950s in America. In the procedure, he does the finest task I’ve seen anybody do attempting to assess what, if anything, book awards mean in the huge image.
…Many reward winners haveactually been forgotten; ontheotherhand, lotsof older books still read today neverever won awards in their time. Prizes insomecases forecast a future member of the literary hall of popularity; insomecases they’re just provided to the books that a bulk of judges can concur on. Juries are not immune to the enthusiasms and bias of their times, so it’s no surprise that they can be both prophetic and imperfect.
Adaptations for Your Summer Couch Party
We’re in a season of very mid TELEVISION and motionpictures, however the adjustments keep coming. The huge emphasize of June’s watchlist is House of the Dragon season 2, however there are plenty of options if boobs-and-dragons isn’t your jam. Hulu’s adjustment of Queenie (coming June 7) looks appealing, or you might go a little more avant garde with Max’s Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play., a documentary in which playwright Jeremy O. Har