Received: by 10.52.33.146 with SMTP id r18mr9223667vdi.6.1327354632456; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:12 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: openletter@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.221.2.78 with SMTP id nt14ls3565010vcb.3.gmail; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.67.145 with SMTP id n17mr9273087vdt.0.1327354630901; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.67.145 with SMTP id n17mr9273086vdt.0.1327354630887; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from mail-vx0-f178.google.com (mail-vx0-f178.google.com [209.85.220.178]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id jz14si4333398vdb.1.2012.01.23.13.37.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 209.85.220.178 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of newslet...@openletterbooks.org) client-ip=209.85.220.178; Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 209.85.220.178 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of newslet...@openletterbooks.org) smtp.mail=newslet...@openletterbooks.org Received: by mail-vx0-f178.google.com with SMTP id fk1so2243381vcb.9 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.38.10 with SMTP id z10mr6065402vcd.48.1327354630638; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from mlc-x5-rm419.lattimore.rochester.edu (mlc-x5-rm419.lattimore.rochester.edu. [128.151.98.78]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t7sm4454767vdj.7.2012.01.23.13.37.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) From: Open Letter Subject: Special Announcement: Karaoke Culture by Dubravka Ugresic a Finalist for the NBCC Award Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:37:08 -0500 Message-Id: To: Newsletter Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_3059D331-BB4A-4887-B5E6-4A940DC0ECFD" --Apple-Mail=_3059D331-BB4A-4887-B5E6-4A940DC0ECFD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 =09 Having problems viewing this email? Click here to view it = online.=09 =20 =09 On Saturday evening, the National Book Critics Circle announced the = finalists for their annual book awards, and we're proud to announced = that one of our titles=97Karaoke Culture by Dubravka Ugresic=97is one of = the five finalists in the "Criticism" category. Since this is the first major American book award that Open Letter has a = finalist in, we're absolutely ecstatic. And it's especially fitting that = this is happening to Dubravka, since her last collection, Nobody's Home, = was the first book that Open Letter ever published. I've been personally going on and on about how Karaoke Culture was one = of the best books to come out in 2011, but if you haven't heard/read = about this book, it's a collection of sharp, witty, perceptive essays = about contemporary culture, the Internet, and minibars. (The minibar = essay got a lot of attention after it appeared in The Paris Review.) The = idea of "karaoke culture"--in which people prefer to imitate stars = rather than create their own original art and sense of self=97is the = basis behind the title essay, which may well be the most concentrated = and impressive thing Dubravka has ever written. To celebrate this honor, you can purchase a copy of Karaoke Culture = through our website for $9.99. Or, if you want to support Open Letter by subscribing to all of our = titles, we will throw in a free copy of Karaoke Culture. You can read about all the finalists for the NBCCs here and I want to = thank you for your continued support of Open Letter, and for helping us = spread the word about Dubrakva's accomplishment. Chad W. Post Publisher, Open Letter =09 --Apple-Mail=_3059D331-BB4A-4887-B5E6-4A940DC0ECFD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Special Announcement: Karaoke Culture by Dubravka Ugresic a = Finalist for the NBCC Award



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On Saturday evening, the National Book Critics Circle = announced the finalists for their annual book awards, and we're proud to = announced that one of our titles=97Karaoke Culture by Dubravka = Ugresic=97is one of the five finalists in the "Criticism" category.

Since this is the first major American book award that = Open Letter has a finalist in, we're absolutely ecstatic. And it's = especially fitting that this is happening to Dubravka, since her last = collection, Nobody's Home, was the first book that Open Letter = ever published.

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I've = been personally going on and on about how Karaoke Culture was = one of the best books to come out in 2011, but if you haven't heard/read = about this book, it's a collection of sharp, witty, perceptive essays = about contemporary culture, the Internet, and minibars. (The minibar = essay got a lot of attention after it appeared in The Paris Review.) The idea of "karaoke culture"--in = which people prefer to imitate stars rather than create their own = original art and sense of self=97is the basis behind the title essay, = which may well be the most concentrated and impressive thing Dubravka = has ever written.

To = celebrate this honor, you can purchase a copy of Karaoke = Culture thro= ugh our website for $9.99.

Or, = if you want to support Open Letter by subscribing to = all of our titles, we will throw in a free copy of Karaoke = Culture.

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You = can read about all the finalists for the NBCCs here = and I want to thank you for your continued support of Open Letter, and = for helping us spread the word about Dubrakva's accomplishment.

Chad = W. Post
Publisher, Open Letter

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