October 13th, 2010
The 2010 Natinal Book Award Finalists were announced: Kathleen Graber, The Eternal City (Princeton University Press). Terrance Hayes, Lighthead (Viking Penguin). James Richardson, By the Numbers (Copper Canyon Press). C.D. Wright, One with Others (Copper Canyon Press). Monica Youn, Ignatz (Four Way Books). Hayes and Richardson have appeared in Smartish Pace, thus we conclude that one of their books will win.