7:00 p.m.

The National Book Awards were established in 1950. On the eve of the annual award ceremony, The New School hosts a reading with the 2009 finalists in the categories of Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young People’s Literature. Twenty distinguished authors share excerpts from their works.

Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street

Admission:

$10

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