{"id":283036,"date":"2011-04-04T18:42:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2011\/04\/04\/indie-booksellers-choice-awards\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T16:28:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:28:13","slug":"indie-booksellers-choice-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2011\/04\/04\/indie-booksellers-choice-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Booksellers Choice Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Independent Booksellers Choice Awards was launched by Melville House a couple months back as a way of giving independent booksellers a chance to promote the books from independent publishers that they most love. It’s a great idea, and who better to run this than the stridently independent Melville House Press? <\/p>\n

Anyway, you can read more about the underlying philosophy of the award here,<\/a> but the real excitement is that the 36-title longlist was announced today. (More exciting: It contains The Museum of Eterna’s Novel (The First Good Novel)<\/em>, which is one of my favorite Open Letter books.)<\/p>\n

The complete list is below (kind of in alphabetical order), and any & all indie booksellers can vote for their favorite (Macedonio, natch . . . if you need a review copy e-mail me) by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Agaat<\/em> by Marlene Van Niekerk (Tin House)
\nAliss at the Fire<\/em> by Jon Fosse (Dalkey Archive)
\nAn Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris<\/em> by Geroges Perec (Wakefield Press)
\nAsunder<\/em> by Robert Lopez (Dzanc)
\nBlack Minutes<\/em> by Martin Solares (Grove\/Atlantic)
\nContingency Plan<\/em> by David K Wheeler (TS Poetry)
\nDolly City<\/em> by Orly Castel-Bloom (Dalkey)
\nFirework<\/em> by Eugene Marten (Tyrant Books)
\nFlyover State<\/em> by Emma Straub (Flatmancrooked)
\nForecast<\/em> by Shya Scanlon (Flatmancrooked)
\nGrand Central Winter: Stories from the Street<\/em> by Lee Stringer (Seven Stories Press)
\nGreat House<\/em> by Nicole Krauss (W.W. Norton)
\nI Just Lately Started Buying Wings<\/em> by Kim Dana Kupperman (Graywolf Press)
\nLong, Last, Happy<\/em> by Barry Hannah (Grove\/Atlantic)
\nLord of Misrule<\/em> by Jaimy Gordon (McPherson)
\nMatterhorn<\/em> by Karl Marlantes (Grove\/Atlantic)
\nMuseum of the Weird<\/em> by Amelia Gray (FC2)
\nNew Jim Crow<\/em> by Michelle Alexander (New Press)
\nNox<\/em> by Anne Carson (New Directions)
\nOrion You Came and Took All My Marbles<\/em> by Kira Henehan (Milkweed Editions)
\nReport<\/em> by Jessica Francis Kane (Graywolf)
\nThe Autobiography of Jenny X<\/em> by Lisa Dierbeck (O\/R Books)
\nThe Black History of the White House<\/em> by Clarence Lusane (City Lights)
\nThe Debba<\/em> by Avner Mandelman (Other Press)
\nThe French Revolution<\/em> by Matt Stewart (Soft Skull Press)
\nThe Instructions<\/em> by Adam Levin (McSweeney\u2019s)
\nThe Jokers<\/em> by Albert Cossery (NYRB<\/span>)
\nThe Lonely Polygamist<\/em> by Brady Udall (W.W. Norton)
\nThe Museum of Eterna\u2019s Novel<\/em> by Macedonio Fernandez (Open Letter)
\nThe Orange Eats Creeps<\/em> by Grace Krilanovich (Two Dollar Radio)
\nThe Singer\u2019s Gun<\/em> by Emily St. John Mandel (Unbridled)
\nThe Windup Girl<\/em> by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books)
\nUnder the Poppy<\/em> by Kathe Koja (Small Beer Press)
\nVisitation<\/em> by Jenny Erpenbeck (New Directions)
\nWho Was Changed and Who Was Dead<\/em> by Barbara Comyns (Dorothy)
\nWingshooters<\/em> by Nina Revoyr (Akashic)<\/p>\n

Great idea for a prize, and I’m excited to see how this all plays out. It really does depend on what booksellers are most looking for . . . A beautifully produced object like Nox<\/em>, or something that’s got a decent-sized audience already like The Instructions<\/em> or Great House.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Voting for the 12-title shortlist is open until April 30th, with voting for the winner taking place from May 1st until the 13th. We’ll post the results as soon as they’re announced. <\/p>\n

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