http://www.mail.com/people/645798-junot-diaz.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/645798-junot-diaz.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2036888-diaz-erdrich-finalists-carnegie-prize.html NEW YORK (AP) — Junot Diaz and Louise Erdrich are among the finalists for a literary prize chosen by the American Library Association. Diaz's "This Is How You Lose Her" and Erdrich's "The Round House" are nominees for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Also contending for the $5,000 award is Richard Ford's "Canada." F... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:49:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2036888-diaz-erdrich-finalists-carnegie-prize.html 2013-04-22T17:49:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1972562-chinua-achebe-author-things-fall-apart-dies.html NEW YORK (AP) — The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in "Things Fall Apart." Africans, the Nigerian author announced more than 50 years ago, had their own history, their own celebrities and reputations. Centur... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:03:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1972562-chinua-achebe-author-things-fall-apart-dies.html 2013-03-22T18:03:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1952404-folio-prize-to-reward-english-language-fiction.html LONDON (AP) — A new literary prize is hoping to beat the Booker to the title of Britain's most prestigious fiction award — in part by including Americans. Unlike the Booker Prize, which is open to British, Irish and Commonwealth writers, organizers said Wednesday the new Folio Prize will be open to any English-language writer whose work has been published... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:19:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1952404-folio-prize-to-reward-english-language-fiction.html 2013-03-13T19:19:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1935848-watergate-novel-nominated-fiction-prize.html NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Mallon's novel about the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction. Published by Random House Inc., Mallon's "Watergate" was among five nominees for the $15,000 award. Three other books announced Wednesday were published by smaller presses, as judges bypassed such high-profile works... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:31:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1935848-watergate-novel-nominated-fiction-prize.html 2013-03-06T16:31:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1821956-ap-newsbreak-rewrite-national-book-awards.html NEW YORK (AP) — The National Book Awards are getting a rewrite. New rules announced Tuesday include a "long list" of 10 nominees to be offered for each of the four competitive categories before being narrowed to the traditional five finalists. And the pool of judges will be expanded beyond writers to include critics, booksellers and librarians. ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1821956-ap-newsbreak-rewrite-national-book-awards.html 2013-01-15T13:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1821694-junot-diaz-finalist-short-story-prize.html NEW YORK (AP) — Junot (JOO'-noh) Diaz's "This Is How You Lose Her" is among three finalists for a $20,000 prize for short story collections. Other nominees announced Tuesday for the Story Prize are Dan Chaon's (shawnz) "Stay Awake" and Claire Vaye Watkins' "Battleborn." The winner will be announced March 13. Diaz's book was a nominee last fall for the Nat... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1821694-junot-diaz-finalist-short-story-prize.html 2013-01-15T12:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1819392-caro-katherine-boo-nominated-critics-prizes.html NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro, Katherine Boo and the late Anthony Shadid are among the finalists for the National Book Critics Circle prize. Boo already won the National Book Award for her nonfiction account of a Mumbai community, "Beyond the Beautiful Forevers," while Caro was a finalist for his latest Lyndon Johnson book, "The Passage of Power," and Shadi... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1819392-caro-katherine-boo-nominated-critics-prizes.html 2013-01-14T14:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1764650-chabon-ties-together-telegraph-avenue.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The way Michael Chabon sees it, he took the cowardly way out early in his career. It's a startling admission from one of modern American literature's unquestioned giants. And it's a little bit true. As a grad student in his early 20s, Chabon was held in the intoxicating sway of giants like Italo Calvino and Jorge Luis Borges, and p... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1764650-chabon-ties-together-telegraph-avenue.html 2012-12-13T16:42:00Z