The book community came together Monday night in New York City to honor the literary world's best emerging writers at the National Book Foundation's annual 5 Under 35 celebration. Founded in 2006, 5 Under 35 is a yearly ceremony that honors young writers whose work is particularly promising and exciting. This year, the event was hosted by Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton, who began the evening by thanking his mother. See also: Want to win a prestigious literary award? Just follow this simple formula “My mother not only read to me when I was a child, but she read in front of me,” Burton said. “That was that all-important example that gave me...
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