The Nation was honored this week with two National Magazine Awardnominations. Columnist Naomi Klein was recognized for "Columns andCommentary" for her work in 2008. Our Contributing Writer WilliamDeresiewicz was nominated for the second straight year for his reviewsand criticism in the Books & the Arts section. Both Naomi and Billrepresent the best of The Nation: provocative, courageous commentary;insightful, intelligent analysis; thoughtful and informed debate. Theyreflect what we try to do every week, in every issue. Congratulations toboth of them and to their Editors; winners will be announced in lateApril. You can read their work below, and see who else was nominated intheir categories here.
Columns and Commentary
Naomi Klein's three nominated works range in topic from the falteringeconomy to the 2008 election:
Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation was honored this week with two National Magazine Awardnominations. Columnist Naomi Klein was recognized for “Columns andCommentary” for her work in 2008. Our Contributing Writer WilliamDeresiewicz was nominated for the second straight year for his reviewsand criticism in the Books & the Arts section. Both Naomi and Billrepresent the best of The Nation: provocative, courageous commentary;insightful, intelligent analysis; thoughtful and informed debate. Theyreflect what we try to do every week, in every issue. Congratulations toboth of them and to their Editors; winners will be announced in lateApril. You can read their work below, and see who else was nominated intheir categories here.
Columns and Commentary
Naomi Klein’s three nominated works range in topic from the falteringeconomy to the 2008 election:
Disowned by the Ownership SocietyJanuary 31, 2008Bush turns out to be the undertaker of the free market’s false promisesto ordinary Americans.
Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not aSmearFebruary 28, 2008He should denounce the attacks themselves as racist propaganda.
Obama’s Chicago Boys June 12, 2008Before Obama can transform the economy, he has some housecleaning to do.
Reviews and Criticism
William Deresiewicz’s three nominated reviews from 2008 inspire largerconversations about criticism, politics, race and faith:
Foes February 7, 2008J.M. Coetzee, now out with a new novel and a collection of essays,reminds us what a master he is at turning life into narrative.
Homing Patterns September 24, 2008Marilynne Robinson’s new novel explores faith, loneliness and thenational passion play of race.
How Wood Works November 19, 2008James Wood may be the best literary critic we have, but the status heenjoys reveals just how far we have fallen.
Congratulations as well to Jamie Kitman, a contributor to The Nation whowas recognized this year as a columnist for Automobile; to TheNation‘s longtime contributor and Carnal Knowledge columnist JoAnnWypijewski, who was recognized in the “Public Interest” category for hercontributions to the Mother Jones series Torture Hits Home; and toNation contributor Kathy Dobie, who was nominated in “Feature Writing”for her GQ essay “The Long Shadow of War”.
Katrina vanden HeuvelTwitterKatrina vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019.