American Book Award

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“Welcome to the great American two-career family and pass the aspirin please.”
—Anastasia Toufexis (20th century)

“The book has never been written which is to be accepted without any allowance.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)