2004 National Book Award reviews

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Winner - Fiction

The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck

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San Francisco Chronicle review
by Linda Burnett

Washington Post review
by Joanne Omang

Mostlyfiction.com review
by Sebastian Hernandez

Curled Up With a Good Book
review by Luan Gaines


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Lily Tuck
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Fiction - Other Nominees

Madeleine is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

 
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Washington Post review
by John Crowley

USA Today review
by Andrew Ervin

Curled Up With a Good Book
review by Luan Gaines


Madeleine is Sleeping
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
 
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Our Kind: A Novel in Stories by Kate Walbert

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Orlando Sentinel review
by Nancy Pate

New York Times review
by Jennifer Egan

Salon.com review
by Barbara O'Dair

Washington Post review
by Elizabeth Gold


Our Kind
Kate Walbert
 
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Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories by Joan Silber

 
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Seattle Times review
by Michael Upchurch

Washington Times review
by Debra Bruno

San Francisco Chronicle review
by Christina Eng


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Joan Silber
 
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Florida by Christine Schutt

 
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review by Luan Gaines

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Christine Schutt
 
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Nonfiction - Winner

Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle

 
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New York Times review
by Patricia Cohen

Christian Science Monitor review
by Gregory M. Lamb

Salon.com review
by Priya Jain

New York Times review
by Robert F. Worth


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Kevin Boyle
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Nonfiction - Other Nominees

The 9/11 Commission Report

 
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New York Review of Books review
by Elizabeth Drew

The Observer review
by Martin Bright

Progressive Magazine review
by Matthew Rothschild

Mostlyfiction.com review
by Jana Kraus


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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt

 
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New York Times review
by Michiko Kakutani

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review
by Bob Hoover

New York Times review
by Colm Toibin

San Francisco Chronicle
review by Robert Hurwitt


Will in the World
Stephen Greenblatt
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Washington's Crossing by David Fischer

 
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New York Times review
by Joseph J. Ellis

Boston Globe review
by Michael Kenney

Washington Times review
by Woody West

National Review review
by Michael Knox Beran


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David Fischer
 
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Life on the Outside by Jennifer Gonnerman

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New York Times review
by Brent Staples

Washington Post review
by Michael Schaffer

Bookpage review
by J. Campbell Green

Village Voice review
by Mark Holcomb


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Jennifer Gonnerman
 
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Young People's Literature - Winner

Godless by Pete Hautman

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Nimble Spirit review

BookPage review
by Dean Schneider

Sacramento Bee review
by Kathy Morrison

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Godless
Pete Hautman
 
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Young People's Literature - Other Nominees

Luna by Julie Anne Peters

 
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TeenReads.com review
by Norah Piehl

The Book Haven review
by Amy Coffin

BookLoons.com review
by Hilary Williamson

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Luna
Julie Anne Peters
 
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Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti

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TeenReads.com review
by Amy Alessio

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Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Deb Caletti
 
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The Legend of Buddy Bush by Shelia P. Moses

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by Linda M. Castellitto

Nimble Spirit review


The Legend of Buddy Bush
Shelia P. Moses
 
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Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance by Laban Carrick Hill

 
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BookLoons.com review
by Hilary Williamson

BookPage review


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Laban Carrick Hill
 
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