Finalists for the National Book Award were announced Wednesday.
Fiction nominees are:
American Salvage - story collection by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders - stories by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Lark & Termite - Jayne Anne Phillips
Far North - Marcel Theroux (son of Paul Theroux)
The finalists in young people's literature are:
Claudette Colvin - by Phillip Hoose
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith - Deborah Seligman
Stitches - David Small
Lips Touch - Laini Taylor
Jumped - Rita Williams-Garcia
Poetry nominees are:
Versed - Rae Armanytrout
Open Interval - Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Or to Begin Again - Ann Lauterbach
Speak Low - Carl Phillips
Keith Waldrop - Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy
The winner in each category will be known November 18 in New York and will get $10,000.
Gore Vidal and Dave Eggers are honorary awardees.
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