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ED of Nat'l Book Foundation, often-procrastinating writer, enthusiastic urban hiker, ardent fan of coffee & dogs & books - www.ruthdickey.com

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On Saturday, October 17 at 12:00pm CDT, join us for NBF Presents: The Heart of Nonfiction at the Hay Festival Forum Dallas.

Join National Book Award honorees Kelly Lytle Hernández and Nilo Tabrizy for readings and conversation about the personal and historical contexts fueling present-day US immigration policies and global movements. Moderated by Ruth Dickey, in partnership with @thewilddetectives

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The Daily Minute: 10.3.26
In which were headed to Cleveland with a few more books on the bus.

#busloadofbooks
#nationalbookawards

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Over the past few months, we asked our contributors to tell us what’s been on their minds, and we’re sharing some tidbits in the lead-up to our pub date of Nov. 10, 2026. 🗣️🙌🏽🥰
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Uncertain Girls in Uncertain Times is divided into five sections — I Wonder, I Worry, I Wait, I Want, and I Will — to represent some of the concerns and aspirations that young women have about entering the next chapter of their lives, whether that be declaring a different major, founding their own company, or starting to write their first book. 🫶🏿🫶🏾🫶🏽🫶🏼
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Next up, four of our contributors — Yazmin Mehdi (@ymathome), Ruth Dickey (@ruthdickey206), Antonia Galindo (@antgal9), and Cleo Barnett (@cleobarnett) share some of their big wants for the world. ❤️‍🔥☺️
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Stay tuned to hear more words from our wonderful contributors, and to learn more about the Uncertain Girls project. 🌟 #uncertaingirls #advice #poetry

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In the run-up to our launch on Nov. 10, 2026, we asked our contributors to share a bit about what’s been on their minds. 🤔🥰🤗
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Uncertain Girls in Uncertain Times is divided into five sections — I Wonder, I Worry, I Wait, I Want, and I Will — to represent some of the concerns and aspirations that young women have about entering the next chapter of their lives, whether that be college, a first job, a big move, a breakup, or more. 🫶🏿🫶🏾🫶🏽🫶🏼
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First up, four of our contributors — Ruth Dickey (@ruthdickey206), Darine Hotait (@darinehotait), Thu Anh Nguyen (@thuanhpoet), and Rozlyn Flood (@jajer892) — share what they’re wondering about these days. ❤️‍🔥🙌🏽
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Stay tuned to hear more words from our wonderful contributors, and to learn more about the Uncertain Girls project. 💫 #uncertaingirls #advice #poetry

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✨📖 GIVEAWAY ✨📖

That’s a wrap on the latest season of Read with NBF! This spring, we read and re-read the 2025 National Book Award Winners and for the first time, hundreds of readers joined us for LIVE interviews with the authors and translators alongside our Executive Director Ruth Dickey.

If you missed it, visit our link in bio to register for the Read with NBF newsletter and head to our YouTube channel to watch or re-watch the interviews with Daniel Nayeri, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Robin Myers, Patricia Smith, Omar El Akkad, and Rabih Alameddine.

And if you’ve been planning to pick up one (or all) of the 2025 Winners, this is your chance—we’re giving away a stack to one lucky reader! To enter, like this post and comment where you’d like to read the Winners. 🏕️ 🛋️ 🏝️

The giveaway winner will be selected on Wednesday, July 29 and notified via DM. Readers must be based in the US to participate. Happy reading! 📚

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An honor and a privilege to bring SAFAR to you, my loves!
SAFAR has been a multi year commitment and journey & YOU delivered your curiosity, your love & your support for this book about food ways and travel ways of South Asians in the American west so beautifully.
The book has traveled (for now) to California, New York, Hong Kong, Koln, Oregon, Maryland, London and who knows where else! If you’re reading this and have a copy to share a picture of you with it, do send it to me! I hope SAFAR and our stories resonate with all of you. Next stop— New York City, can’t wait to see you all♥️

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We’re still in celebration mode from this week’s 5 Under 35 Ceremony, hosted by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.

Thank you to all of the readers who joined us in-person and online to cheers this year’s incredible cohort of debut writers Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, Anika Jade Levy, Carrie R. Moore, Maggie Su, and Stephanie Wambugu!

A special thanks to our 2026 selectors Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sigrid Nunez, Danielle Evans, Charles Yu, and Kaveh Akbar; special guest Dinaw Mengestu; the team at Littlefield; and our friends at Books Are Magic for making this celebration possible.

The 5 Under 35 prize honors five fiction writers annually whose debut work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape. We look forward to continue celebrating these debut writers!

📸: Beowulf Sheehan (@beowulfsheehan)

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On Friday, May 29 at 2pm EDT, join us live for an exclusive conversation with Omar El Akkad, Winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Omar will talk to us about how he interweaves his own story amidst this historical moment, and chat with Ruth about:

📚 His writing influences and reading recommendations
🌍 Why everyone should read nonfiction
🌟 The impact of the National Book Awards

You’ll have the opportunity to ask Omar questions during the live interview, and everyone who joins will be entered to win a signed copy of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This!

To register, visit the link in bio. 🔗📚

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May flowers (and May book events!) are here! Check out our website at the link in bio to register for upcoming events near you. 📚💐

☁️Friday, May 1 at 5pm HST | Kauaʻi, HI
Ingrid Rojas Contreras is the special featured guest of the monthly Kauaʻi Writers Garden. Presented in partnership with the Kauaʻi Writers Garden, Rice Street Business Association, and Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities.

📖Friday, May 29 at 2pm EDT | Virtual
Join Omar El Akkad, Winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, for a live conversation with Ruth Dickey.

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On Friday, April 24 at 3pm EDT, join us live for an exclusive conversation with poet Patricia Smith, Winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry. Patricia will take us behind-the-scenes of collecting past work alongside new poems, and chat about:

🖋️ The poem she wrote exclusively for Read with NBF readers
📖 Why everyone should read poetry
🌟 The impact of the National Book Awards

You’ll have the opportunity to ask Patricia questions during the live interview, and everyone who joins will be entered to win a signed copy of The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems!

To register, visit the link in bio. 🔗📚

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On Friday, March 20 at 2pm EDT, join us live for an exclusive conversation with author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and translator Robin Myers, Winners of the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. Gabriela and Robin will take us behind the scenes of their writing and translating processes, and chat about:

🌴 The trip that inspired the novel
🌍 Why everyone should read translated literature
🌟 The impact of the National Book Awards

You’ll have the opportunity to ask Gabriela and Robin questions during the live interview, and everyone who joins will be entered to win a signed copy of We Are Green and Trembling!

To register, visit the link in bio. 🔗📚

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Earlier this week we celebrated the 2026 Science + Literature honorees Kimberly Blaeser (Ancient Light), Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature), and Anna North (Bog Queen) at The Cooper Union in NYC. The Ceremony was hosted by Flora Lichtman of Science Friday. To watch the livestream, head to our YouTube channel at the link in bio.

Thank you to @yuandmebooks and everyone who joined in celebration of the fifth annual Science + Literature Ceremony, especially the 2026 selection committee: Dr. Aidyl Gonzalez-Serricchio, Daisy Hernández (Chair), Sean Hill, Akil Kumarasamy, and Joseph Osmundson.

Science + Literature is made possible by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. To purchase the three selected titles and learn more, including details about upcoming Science + Literature events near you, please visit our website.

📸: @beowulfsheehan, ft. bonus group selfie by @real_dr.g

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