Easter Closure—Sunday, April 20

All DMPL locations will be closed on Sunday, April 20 for the Easter holiday. Regular hours and services will resume on Monday, April 21.

North Side Construction - Detour Route

Ongoing construction on Euclid Avenue may limit the ability to access the North Side Library parking lot from the north. If you're visiting the North Side Library, you may reach the parking lot from the south by traveling on Ovid Ave. and then turning north onto 5th Ave. Please see the North Side Library page for a diagram.

'The Friend,' 'The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke' Among 2018 National Book Award Winners

National Book Award

The 69th National Book Award winners were announced last night at a ceremony in New York City. The show was hosted by comedian and author Nick Offerman of Parks and Recreation fame, and five books were nominated in each category. This included the Translated Literature category, returning to the ceremony for the first time since 1983. The winners were:

The Poet X

Young People’s Literature
Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

The Emissary

Translated Literature
Yoko Tawada, The Emissary
Translated by Margaret Mitsutani

Indecency

Poetry
Justin Phillip Reed, Indecency

The-New-Negro

Nonfiction
Jeffrey C. Stewart, The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

The-Friend

Fiction
Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

Chilean author Isabel Allende was awarded with the National Book Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. Allende’s first book, La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits), was published in 1982. She's had more than 20 books published, and her stories have been translated into more than 30 languages, including English. Allende became a United States citizen in 1993, and she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. She currently lives in California.

A full list of the nominees can be found on the National Book Award's website.

Published on November 15, 2018
Last Modified April 15, 2025