The award ceremony was held last night at the Marriot in Times Square. “The Echo Maker” (FSG) by Richard Powers took honors for Fiction. Here are some things I’ve heard about the event:
“I forgot how funny Fran Lebowitz was, so go Fran Lebowitz.”
“Adrienne Rich’s speech received a resounding standing-O.”
“There were over 500 submissions for Non-Fiction. When one of the judges returned home from a book tour, she found that her children had made a fort from the books.”
“A significant number of fiction submissions dealt specifically with 9/12”
“It was easy to get a cab.”
