blogShamelessly pleased
On Friday the New York Public Library announced their list of the 25 best books of the year. Among the eleven 2007 novels honored were those by Jim Crace, Junot Diaz, Denis Johnson, David Leavitt, Edmund White…and — holy cow! — me, for Heyday. And this week the Langum Charitable Trust is announcing that Heyday has won their annual Langum Prize for the best historical fiction of 2007.
As one of my daughters said about the news, “Woo-hoo!” (And as another artist said in 1985, “I haven’t had an orthodox career, and I’ve wanted more than anything to have your respect…I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!”)