August 12, 2010
Boston Globe
Eggers, Baraka among American Book Award winners
NEW YORK—Dave Eggers and Amiri Baraka are among the winners of the 31st annual American Book Awards, given for literary works that cover "the entire spectrum of America's diverse literary community."
Eggers was cited for "Zeitoun," a novel set in post-Katrina New Orleans, and Baraka for "Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music." ...
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