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Culture
The National Book Award Has Gone to Hell
NO THRILL
Once a literary prize more prestigious than the Pulitzer, the National Book Award has lost its way by trying to please too many people. The result is mediocrity.
Tom LeClair
Published
Nov. 6 2016
2:00PM EST
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Tom LeClair
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