Keith Waldrop, who just won the National Book Award in poetry for his Transcendental Studies, is a quilter in phrases. He eschews any intention or...
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If you read a review of Keith Waldrop's "Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy," this year's winner of the National Book Award, there's a good chance it will include the word "postmodern" or "avant-garde. Post Profile
The winners are: Fiction: Colum McCann for Let the Great World Spin Poetry: Keith Waldrop for Transcendental Studies Non-Fiction: T.J. Stiles for The First Tycoon Young Adult: Philip Hoose for Claudette Colvin Post Profile
From a list of the most interesting list of of finalists ever (so says Ron Silliman), the National Book Award judges picked Keith Waldrop’s Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy (UC Press) as this year’s winner. Waldrop, a fixture of th... Post Profile