Each year the National Book critics circles awards are presented to the best books published in the United States as voted on by 600 literary critics. Heres this years Award Ceremony from the new school in new york city. Its 90 minutes. Hello, everyone. Good evening and welcome. Im the director of the creative writing and we are happy to welcome back our friends. For over 15 years we have been honored to host this award in the auditorium. For the fifth year from the Creative Writing Program interviewed the finalists in a series of interviews can you hear me . Okay, the interview is posted on the blog and the website. You can check them out on book critics. Org. Organizing and posting over 30 interviews over a threeweek period is a huge job and one that couldnt have been job without kelly stewart, student interviewers and the others. Thank you to the Board Members and sylvan simon for all of their efforts and a huge thank you for the board i wonder if we can get a round of applause to t
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Savannah, charleston, wilmington, all in the storms path as it creeps up the east coast. Mug shot. Prison officials release a new photo of o. J. Simpson, the first public image in nearly three ye years. Together again. A reunion 30 years in the making as Swedish Group abba gets together for a performance no one saw coming. Today, tuesday, june 7th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. I cant believe you, abba, you had a reunion concert and didnt call us. This is a big deal. Knowing me, knowing you, were going to have a lot to say about that. True. Lets start with politics. A race for the white house is our top story. After reaching that magic number of delegates, the presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton, has another reason to smile this morning. A brandnew nbc news surveymonkey online poll shows 48 of respondents would vote for clinton
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