National Book Awards Announced

The National Book Awards for 2008 have been announced.

This year's winners are:

Fiction: Peter Matthiessen won for "Shadow Country"

Non-Fiction: Annette Gordon-Reed won for "The Hemingses of Monticello"

Poetry: Mark Doty won for "Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems"

YA Literature: Judy Blundell won for "What I Saw and How I lied"

You can listen to the authors read excerpts from the books by clicking on the book titles.

For more information. Visit http://www.nationalbook.org/