National Book Foundation's "Five Under 35" commentary

The always incisive Tayari Jones reiterates her previous comments on the links between class privilege and early achievement, while still graciously congratulating this year's winner her fellow MacDowell Writers Colony alum, and "nice guy and fine writer," Nam Le. She also points us to writer Erin Fitzgerald's great cartoon response to the NBF's age ceiling at Rarely Likeable.

I don't Fitzgerald think is going to Hades for this as she fears. As the old folks say: "Tell the truth and shame the devil..." (see image at left, or click on her blog title for full sized image).