November 20, 2008
Huffington Post
Peter Matthiessen Wins National Book Award
By AP / Hillel Italie
(NEW YORK) — The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining.
"It's a good time to be alive," announced author, Obama fan and fiction committee chair Gail Godwin, as she gracefully pulled out an envelope Wednesday night — in stated emulation of the president-elect — and revealed that Peter Matthiessen had won for Shadow Country ...
read the entire article
go to the National Book Award web site
Huffington Post
Peter Matthiessen Wins National Book Award
By AP / Hillel Italie
(NEW YORK) — The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining.
"It's a good time to be alive," announced author, Obama fan and fiction committee chair Gail Godwin, as she gracefully pulled out an envelope Wednesday night — in stated emulation of the president-elect — and revealed that Peter Matthiessen had won for Shadow Country ...
read the entire article
go to the National Book Award web site