April 5th, 2011 / 11:46 am
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NYPL Young Lions Announcement

Every year, the New York Public Library & Ethan Hawke award $25k to a writer under 35 based on a book she published the previous year. Here’s the full press release. Here is this year’s list:

Citrus County by John Brandon (McSweeney’s)

Vida by Patricia Engel (Grove Press)

The Instructions by Adam Levin (McSweeney’s)

Death Is Not an Option by Suzanne Rivecca (W.W. Norton & Company)

Kapitoil
by Teddy Wayne
(Harper Perennial)

What do you think about this list? What have you read on this list? Who “deserves” it? Who’s missing? What was your favorite book published in 2010 written by a writer under 35?

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12 Comments

  1. Noah Cicero

      sam pink’s person

  2. Justin Taylor

      John Brandon, absolutely. That book was beautiful and wise.

  3. Chicgoods52

      chic-goods.com

  4. Michael

      Thinking someone missed a great April Fools opportunity here.

  5. Matt Rowan

      Glad to see Levin is on the list. I might have included Patrick Somerville and / or Lindsay Hunter, as well. (That is, if short story collections are permissible entries and Patrick Somerville is under 35, which I’m pretty sure he is). Also really liked Amelia Gray and Alissa Nutting in 2010.

  6. anon

      Justin Taylor

  7. Richard

      I second both Amelia Gray and Alissa Nutting. Is Matt Bell under 35? If so, add him too.

  8. Roxane

      I’d put Danielle Evans on that list for Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self. I think she’s under 35.

  9. letters journal

      If I haven’t said it already, thanks for recommending that book. It was one of my favorites from last year, for sure.

  10. letters journal

      If I haven’t said it already, thanks for recommending that book. It was one of my favorites from last year, for sure.

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  12. Jordan

      The Rivecca book is great.