National Book Award Highlights and Contenders
National Book Award winners and contenders are listed with works across categories. Names include Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. for history and James Dickey for poetry, with other authors noted among university presses and ongoing judging for the awards.
Porter and Schlesinger Win 1966 National Book Awards
Des de la lee Le ae Des tonal Reet Award adds to a long list of honors for Miss Porter who reflects on writ ing life and dedication while acknowledging the struggle to publish. Schlesinger honors President Kennedy and the lasting impact of his leadership, praising the conscience and vision Kennedy inspired. Flanner of Indianapolis, Paris since 1921, writes for the New Yorker and is signed Genet in half a century of dispatches. Dickey, Atlanta native and Air Force veteran, serves as poet in residence at San Fernando Valley State College and was named Library of Congress consultant in poetry.
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Miss Porter
Washington
Miss. Porter
Schlesinger
A Kennedy
United States
Miss Flanner
Indianapolis
Paris
New Yorker
Genet
Dickey
Atlanta
San Fernando Valley State College
California
Library of Congress
Old Myths About New China and Public Policy Views
A survey for the Council on Foreign Relations critiques myths about Communist China and U S policy. Steele reports diverse expert views, noting gaps in knowledge, public readiness to re-examine myths, and calls for more informed debate amid rising China influence.
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Council On Foreign Relations
Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
China
Viet Nam
A A. T. Steele
Counci
Steele
Navy
Council
United States
Alexander Eckstein
Far East
New York Herald Tribune
America
Symphony by Schumann headlines Winston-Salem music scene
Winston-Salem Symphony presents Schumann Symphony No 3 in B flat major at Rynalds Auditorium as part of its fourth concert of the season. The program spotlights local natives Thomas Moore John Garvey and Charles Fussell with soloists and a commissioned piece, all marking the bicentennial year celebrations. The edition also notes UNC Greensboro Summer String Institute and other music events at local venues.
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Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra
Rynalds Auditorium
Schumann
Beethoven
Winston- Salem
Thomas Moore
Ohio State
Saint-Saens
John Garvey
Rachmaninoff
Garvey
Cologne
Germany
Charles C. Fussell
John Tuele
Fussell
Winston-Salem Symphony
University of
Black Bard of Chapel Hill: George Moses Horton’s life
Chapel Hill recounts George Moses Horton, the enslaved poet who wrote verses for students before the Civil War. He became North Carolina’s first self-supporting writer and the first southern Black published poet, later moving with a Philadelphia patron to publish a final collection. Horton died in 1898 in obscurity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha McMakin
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
George Moses Horton
United States
Northampton County
William Horton
George
Chatham County
Horton
Big House
James Horton
James
James K. Polk
Old
Raleigh Register
Joseph Gales and Sons of
Raleigh
Milton
Virgil
Shakespeare
Johnson
Walker
Sheridan
Michigan Cavalry
University
Houston
Carolina
Will .H. S. Banks
Lexington
Banks
Philadelphia
Phyllis Wheatly
Banneker Institute of Pennsylvania
George Horton
North Carolina
Truth Uncatchable gives new life to a famed embezzler
In this 1941 memoir inspired novel Louis Auchincloss crafts a threefold narrative about Guy Prime, Rex Geer and Angelica Hyde. The false light of Prime’s past shatters marriages and reputations while the three figures mirror and distort each other through time. Truth remains elusive as each voice offers a self serving retelling within a time capsule of scandal and high society.
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Louis Auchincloss
Houghton Mifflin
Wall Street
Guy Prime
New Deal
New York Stock Exchange
Prime
Panama
Angelica Hyde
Rex Geer
Angelica
Rex
Guy
Auchineloss
Auchincloss
Justin
Best Sellers Fiction and Nonfiction List
The list features fiction titles including The Double Image by Macianes, The Source by Michener, The Embezzler by Auchincloss, Those Who Love by Stone, The Billion Dollar Brain by Deighton, and nonfiction picks like In Cold Blood by Capote, A Thousand Days by Schlesinger, The Proud Tower by Tuchman, Games People Play by Berne, and A Gift of Prophecy by Montgomery.
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Macianes
Michener
Auchincloss
Stone
Deighton
Capote
Schlesinger
Tuchman
Berne
Montgomery
Greensboro to Get Urban Renewal Loan
The city of Greensboro North Carolina will receive a 151320 loan from the Urban Renewal Administration for a 130 acre renewal project. The government has earmarked 5.1 million for the initiative.
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Greensboro
Washington
N. C
Urban Renewal Administration
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Arts and Letters
Paris Journal
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
John F
James Dickey
Pan Ucomraission
Bentley Glass
University of North Caroling Press
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New
A. T. Steele
Counc
McGraw-Hill Book Company
A. M. Halpern
Moore Book Company
Official
Halpern
Yugoslavia
Maurice Dolbier
North Carolina At Greensboro School of Music
Joseph Knitzer
Janus
Showboat Dinner Theatre
St. Andrews
Presbyterian College
Laurinburg
Erich Leinsdorf
Leinsdorf
High Point Musical Arts Club
Floyd Mehan
Westwood Ave
High Point
Menottti
Janette Ogg
Jeanette Smith
George Recipes
Peggy Sue Russell
Alumni Hall
UNCG
Ladies Auxiliary
Eastern Music Camp
Guilford Musical Arts Center
Liberia
Hail Horton
Mal
Hall
Joseph Caldwell
Caroline Lee Hentz
Harfor
Kemp P. Battle
Hela
Museum
Jack Weaver
High Point Museum
Little Red Schoolhouse
E. Ray and
N. Hamilton Streets
Meagens ES
Elmer Horton
Franklin Roosevelt
Prime Seas
Flora MacDonald
Elizabeth Gray Vining
Straughans
Straughan's Socksellers
the South
Mein St