Finalists unveiled for 2011 National Book Awards

FICTIONAndrew Krivak, “The Sojourn”Tea Obreht, “The Tiger’s Wife”Julie Otsuka, “The Buddha in the Attic”Edith Pearlman, “Binocular Vision”Jesmyn Ward, “Salvage the Bones”NONFICTION:Deborah Baker, “The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism”Mary Gabriel, “Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution”Stephen Greenblatt, “Swerve: How the World Became Modern”Manning Marable, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”Lauren Redniss, “Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout”POETRY:Nikky Finney, “Head Off & Split”Yusef Komunyakaa, “The Chameleon Couch”Carl Phillips, “Double Shadow”Adrienne Rich, “Tonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems 2007-2010”Bruce Smith, “Devotions”YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE:Franny Billingsley, “Chime”Debbie Dahl Edwardson, “My Name Is Not Easy”Thanhha Lai, “Inside Out and Back Again”Albert Marrin, “Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy”Lauren Myracle, “Shine”Gary D. Schmidt, “Okay for Now”