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    National Book Awards, 2023

    Torres had an excellent essay "It had to be gold" anthologized in Best American Essays 2022 for those who have access to that volume.
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    Neustadt International Prize for Literature

    I read Eve out of her ruins a few years ago. I remember it being decent. Deep Vellum (her publisher in English) is a good publisher by the way.
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    WLF Prize 2024 - Anne Carson

    Just picked up Float. (Thanks Penn State Library!) I’ll let y’all know how it is.
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    WLF Prize in Literature 2024

    That was me. I unfortunately didn't sway anyone.
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    WLF Prize 2024 - Anne Carson

    I did get a really funny look when I Inter library loaned it myself.
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    WLF Prize in Literature 2024

    Does Duong Thu Huong have a work in English that could be considered representative?
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    WLF Prize 2024 - Anne Carson

    I’ll go to bat for Nox as a representative work. That book knocked me over.
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    WLF Prize in Literature 2024

    That's good, I didn't think about that. I'll edit the citation.
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    WLF Prize in Literature 2024

    1) Anne Carson 2) Adonis 3) Taylor Swift I have citations too, in case that sways anyone: Anne Carson, Canadian poet and essayist - for a poet who combines the ancient with the intensely modern to unveil new horizons in both the poem and the essay, thus creating a literary legacy all her own...
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    Guessed it 2 years in a row! That makes me . . . 2/9. Ha ha
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    Jon fosse!!!!
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    Shoot there's 203 people on the forum right now
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    I still think it's Fosse's year
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    Here's who I've got: 1) Jon Fosse 2) Can Xue 3) Lazlo Krasznahorkai 4) Yan Lianke 5) Yoko Tawada
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    Oh ha ha! That one flew right over my head.
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    Yeah, that’s good stuff!
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    I like the Christmas album, I think it hits on my favorite thing about Christmas music that other Christmas albums don’t convey. That is that the best thing about it is singing it with people you love. Your Dad (or maybe just mine) who can’t hit a note, your friends whose voices run rings...
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    I'd be happy to be wrong! If she wins that means more translations, and she might have something that's not currently translated that really connects with me.
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    Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Speculation

    I look to the history of the prize when I see the high odds of someone like Can Xue. Her work is pretty experimental (to put it mildly) and it really pushes the boundaries of prose forms like the novel and the short story as far as content, narrative structure, and perspective go. I feel like...
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    Children's classics recommendations?

    I vote for the works of Bill Peet. He was my favorite children’s author growing up.
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