American Book Award

Famous quotes containing the words american, book and/or award:

    In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.
    Lionel Trilling (1905–1975)

    A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
    Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)

    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)