On this edition of The Literary Life, join Ruth Dickey, the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, and a live audience at Books and Books for an evening honoring Alexandra Chang, Joseph Hahn, Crystal Hana Kim and Alyssa Songsiridej, all recipients of the five under 35 prize selected by past National Book Award winners and finalists, or previous five under 35 honorees.

Unfortunately, Claire Sestanovich was not able to make the trip to Coral Gables. This award recognizes young debut fiction writers whose work will undoubtedly be with us for many, many years to come.

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