Today in books: A memorable speech from poet Nikky Finney at the National Book Awards ceremony last night, Penguin's lending self-publishing authors a counter-intuitive helping hand, and Libya's ceremonial "unbanning" of books.
It's unclear if poet Ann Lauterbach meant to be ironic when she pointed out "that we are occupying Wall Street" in her brief remarks to a black tie crowd at Cipriani, the luxurious downtown setting for this year's National Book Awards on Wednesday night.
Also: Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography traces the origins of his black turtleneck
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