“5 under 35″ in Literature
Written by: on Dec 20 | Book Alert, News |The National Book Foundation recognizes young writers each year who they believe whose work shows promise and excellence with their 5 under 35 List. And since we respect any organization who are making attempts to honor young and diverse writers we had to mention the honorees before 2008 rolled in. The awards ceremony was in November. Yes, I know we are late. But hey, at least we made it by Dec. 31.
Kirstin Allio
Garner
(Coffee House Press, 2005)
Selected by Dana Spiotta, 2006 NBA Fiction Finalist for Eat the DocumentDinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears
(Riverhead Books, 2007)
Selected by Jess Walter, 2006 NBA Fiction Finalist for The ZeroAsali Solomon
Get Down: Stories
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006)
Selected by Jennifer Egan, 2001 NBA Fiction Finalist for Look at MeAnya Ulinich
Petropolis (Viking Press, 2007)
Selected by Ken Kalfus, 2006 NBA Fiction Finalist for A Disorder Peculiar to the CountryCharles Yu
Third Class Superhero (Harcourt, 2006)
Selected by Richard Powers, 2006 NBA Fiction Winner for The Echo Maker
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