The Lit Bit
Taking Over Wall Street with Books
by Charisse Carney-Nunes
Wall Street is in for another invasion… no, not just more protestors armed
with demands, but avid readers and celebrity-seekers armed with books! The
2011 National Book Awards, the last big book awards event of the year, is
taking place on November 16 in New York at the famous Cipriani Club 55
restaurant on Wall Street…
This year, a number of African-American writers have been nominated for awards including the late Dr. Manning Marable, Nikky Finney, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jesmyn Ward and Carl Phillips… Congratulations and best wishes are in order for all especially given that the National Book Awards is one of the most prestigious literary ceremonies in the industry that, in the past, have given awards to the likes of William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, John Updike, Toni Morrison, Norman Mailer, Alice Walker and Charles Johnson… should be an incredible evening…
Keep those pages turning,
Charisse
Charisse
Carney-Nunes is the award-winning author of several children’s
books including, I
Am Barack Obama, I Dream For You A World, and Nappy. She is also a
literary advocate, and the Executive Producer of
The Book Look a webseries airing
here on AALBC.com
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