Tomorrow the 69th National Book Awards ceremony will be held, featuring the presentation of lifetime achievement awards to Isabel Allende and Doron Weber, as well as the announcement of the winners of each NBA category (Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction). Information on how to livestream the event can be found here.
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nonfiction november: be/ask/become the expert
For the third week of Nonfiction November, Be/Ask/Become the Expert, I’m choosing to recommend three books on Universal Basic Income (UBI), a policy proposal advocated by progressives, libertarians, and neoliberals alike.
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qotw: imagination
We need to keep imagining, so that when the future arrives, we are ready.
—Annie Lowrey, Give People Money
on recollection (viii)
Near the start of college, I first came across the work of Virginia Woolf through her greatest novels—Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and The Waves—and I instantly knew I’d found an author whose books I would always appreciate.
on anticipation (viii)
For this week of Nonfiction November I’ll be reading several books on Universal Basic Income, including Annie Lowrey’s Give People Money, as well as Dani Shapiro’s memoir on paternity, Inheritance.
on reflection (vii)
Weekly updates and mini reviews of two memoirs: Kiese Laymon’s Heavy and Manal al-Sharif’s Daring to Drive.
on heart berries
In Heart Berries, Terese Marie Mailhot recounts her coming of age as a Nlaka’pamux woman in Canada, while questioning what it means to ethically narrate the stories of Native lives.
