Our dear friend, Phillip Hoose walked away with a National Book Award tonight for his stunning portrait of a brave woman, Claudette Colvin.
Claudette stood regal by Phil’s side as he accepted the award and thanked her repeatedly for taking a chance on him, for letting him tell her story.
Could be the hour of 3AM, could be the champagne, could be all the darn delight and pride I am feeling, but I cannot come up with any more to say yet. Just all too grand.
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