Jean Valentine winner of the National Book Award for poetry for 'Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003,' (AP)
Focus on Literature Story aired: Friday, November 19, 2004
From this week's National Book Award winner and runners up, to some of the hottest poetry books, the winners are the readers.
In another literary landmark of sorts, this Sunday's issue of the book review celebrates poetry in a full edition, for the first time.
Recommended reading from Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review:
"Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age" by Kevin Boyle.
"The News from Paraguay" by Lily Tuck
"Our Kind: A Novel in Stories" by Kate Walbert
"Door in the Mountain New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003" by Jean Valentine
"The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren
Guests:
Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review
