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This book has been made a Memorial Volume out of compliment to American literature and is dedicated, with his permission, to President Roosevelt. This book presents an interesting evidence of the growth of the popularity of American literature in Europe and strives to show the high appreciation for American authors. (Imprint: SNOVA)

This week, the National Book Awards longlists for young people’s literature, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction were announced. The nominated titles include Tracy K. Smith’s Ordinary Light, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, Sally Mann’s Hold Still, Angela Flournoy’s The Turner House, Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, and Nell Zink’s Mislaid; writing from and about these books & authors can be found on Literary Hub at the above links!

I did come away with wanting to read Moby Dick. It seems intimidating, but I think I may enjoy it. Bialoksy also used some moving passages from Moby Dick that piqued my interest when reading Book 42,History of a Suicide.