More National Book Award coverage:

• Steve Inskeep talks with Kate Walbert;

• Nathalie Chicha posts a long interview with Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum;

• Lily Tuck discusses her novel on All Things Considered;

• MeThree tracks down Christine Schutt;

• Joan Silber tells Ron Hogan she never thought she’d get to be at the heart of a literary scandal;

• All five fiction nominees met to sign books last weekend at a library in Darien, Connecticut;

• Say what you will, Judy Blume deserves that distinguished contribution award;

• The CS Monitor looks at the neglected poetry nominees.