The 2012 National Book Awards took place tonight, when accolades were given in each of four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature.
The winners were:
Fiction: Louise Erdrich, The Round House
Non-Fiction: Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Poetry: David Ferry, Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations
Young People's Literature: William Alexander, Goblin Secrets
Ursula Le Guin
Canopy, a non-profit organization devoted to protecting the world's forests, species and climate, is offering up special limited edition copies of Margaret Atwood's new book, "In Other Worlds," that have all been printed on paper made from a combination of straw left over from grain harvests and recycled paper. The company calls the paper Second Harvest and says that the paper is the first of its kind.
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