In 2009, the National Book Foundation took a look back at the 77 books that had won the National Book Award for Fiction since 1950 through a book-a-day blog featuring short essays by writers, editors, agents, and critics. This year, the Foundation is hosting a retrospective examining more than sixty years of National Book Award-winning poetry, including a daily blog with original essays by contemporary poets on all past Award Winners in Poetry, and a series of public programs in three U.S. cities. On February 14, the Foundation launched its NBA Poetry Blog by publishing Ross Gay's essay on William Carlos Williams, Winner of the first National Book Award for Poetry in 1950. The blog, which will highlight a different Award Winner each weekday into May 2011, also includes the original book covers, photographs of the authors, lists of the National Book Award Judges and Finalists for each year (when available), and related material and links.
Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, this project will result in a digitized literary archive that will take up permanent residence on the Foundation's website.
For more information on the Winners, bloggers, and upcoming public programs in New York City on February 24 and 25, Portland, Oregon on April 7, and Minneapolis on April 13, visit www.nationalbook.org.
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