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MSNBC’s Mika Bzezinski, host of the 2013 National Book Awards Ceremony, was interviewed during the 2013 National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York C…

National Book Foundation Chair David Steinmberger was interviewed during the 2013 National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Jill Lepore talked about her book, Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction. She was interviewed during the …

Alan Taylor talked about his book, The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed during…

Author and Poet Maya Angelou was interviewed during the 2013 National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. She received the Literarian Award for …

Lawrence Wright talked about his book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed…

Wendy Lower talked about her book, Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction. She was interviewed during …

George Packer talked about his book, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed during the 2…

Author E.L. Doctorow was interviewed during the 2013 National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. He received the Medal for Distinguished Contri…

Television and radio host Faith Salie hosted the 63rd annual National Book Awards. The National Book Foundation presented The Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to auth…

The National Book Foundation presented the 2011 National Book Awards at a ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City with John Lithgow as the master of ceremonies. The Medal for Disti…

Barbara Demick talked about her book Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, which was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. She was interviewed during the 61s…

Megan Stack talked about her book Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War, which was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. In the book she recounts her…

Justin Spring talked about his book Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade, which was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Awa…

John Dower talked about his book Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq, which was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He was interviewed during the 61s…

Tom Wolfe talked about his literary career as he was about to be awarded the 2010 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He was interviewed during…

Patti Smith talked about her memoir Just Kids, which was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The book is about her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.…

Harold Augenbraum, executive director of the National Book Foundation, talked about the National Book Awards. He was interviewed during the 61st National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Cerem…

Robert Caro was interviewed while at the 60th annual National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani in New York City. He talked about his multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, The Years of Ly…

While at the 60th annual National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani in New York City, Robert Caro was asked what books he was reading. He talked about why he was re-reading The Prime Minister…