Berkeley's T. Geronimo Johnson named finalist for the National Book Award for fiction

Competition for the two Johnsons includes Manhattan-based Hanya Yanagihara, who is also a current Man Booker prize nominee for her novel "A Little Life." Other contenders are "The Monsters of Templeton" and "Arcadia" author Lauren Groff, of Florida, whose just-released...

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Published inOakland tribune (Oakland, Calif. 1991)
Main Author Gilmore, Sue
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oakland, Calif Bay Area News Group 18.09.2015
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Book awards
Johnson, Adam
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Summary:Competition for the two Johnsons includes Manhattan-based Hanya Yanagihara, who is also a current Man Booker prize nominee for her novel "A Little Life." Other contenders are "The Monsters of Templeton" and "Arcadia" author Lauren Groff, of Florida, whose just-released third novel, "Fates and Furies," about contemporary marriage, is being hailed as a more literary "Gone Girl"; New York literary agent Bill Clegg, whose first novel, "Did You Ever Have a Family?" is also on the Man Booker longlist; and Edith Pearlman, a writer who first garnered attention in her 70s, for her short story collection "Honeydew."
ISSN:1068-5936