Good morning Story Club - just running off to teach but wanted to share some news with you that made me very happy today…
Thank you so much, to the National Book Award Foundation for this great honor.
And thank you to Hillel Italie at the AP for this thoughtful and generous profile, and Chris Pizzelo for the photo (and the fun session).
More soon, many thanks to you all,
George
Congratulations! You deserve the honor. And even more, for your continued sharing, teaching and encouraging writers in Story Club. You are an example of the basic kindness and goodness inherent in being human.
Paula’s book event last night was wonderful. Someone asked her, “Do you have any advice for a new writer? She thought a minute and said, “Just keep writing.” That is encouraging. She shared that it wasn’t easy to write her novel. We just have to keep going!
I got the inspiration I hoped for from Paula. And more—I got to shake George’s hand! Such an honor!
Bellow, Updike, Roth, McCarthy, Delillo, Saunders... pretty, pretty, pretty good.