March 24, 2004

Northern California Book Award Winners

Novel: Old School
Short Story Collection: How to Breathe Underwater
Poetry: Notes from the Divided Country
Non-Fiction: River of Shadows
Children's Literature: The Day the Babies Crawled Away
Translation: Head Above Water

Detailed report to follow tomorrow morning.

The biggest surprise was Orringer beating out Packer. Also, it was probably a mistake to introduce myself to Waldman and say, "Hey. How's it going?" There were reasons for this -- among them, a bad memory. More tales of inept literary adventures tomorrow.

Posted by DrMabuse at March 24, 2004 08:26 PM
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Ayelet Waldman?

Posted by: moorishgirl at March 25, 2004 08:26 AM