Grove Atlantic publisher Morgan Entrekin and agent Lynn Nesbit chaired the National Book Awards this year, “trying to move it out a little bit for people who are interested in books but aren’t necessarily in the business” as executive director Harold Augenbraum of the National Book Foundation tells the Observer. The article explains how that translated into action: “With the help of veteran literary agent Lynn Nesbit, Mr. Entrekin did the thing the only way he knew how: by moving the dinner from a tacky hotel in Times Square to Cipriani’s Wall Street; spiking the normal guest list of editors […]
