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The novel received the 2011 Salon Book Award (Fiction).
This is incorrect: Salon’s 2011 fiction book award went to Jesmyn Ward’s *Salvage the Bones*, not *The Pale King*.
Full reasoning
Salon’s own coverage of its 2011 book awards says the fiction prize went to Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones, not to David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King. In Salon’s November 17, 2011 article “Book Awards honor the 99 Percent,” the text states that “Jesmyn Ward's ‘Salvage the Bones’ won the fiction prize.”
A likely source of confusion is that Salon later included The Pale King in its “The best fiction of 2011” roundup on December 7, 2011. But being selected for a year-end best-books list is not the same thing as receiving the Salon Book Award. So the article conflates a Salon best-of list mention with the separate award result.
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- Book Awards honor the 99 Percent - Salon.com
Jesmyn Ward's "Salvage the Bones" wins fiction prize ... Jesmyn Ward's "Salvage the Bones" ... won the fiction prize.
- The best fiction of 2011 - Salon.com
Salon’s year-end fiction list includes "The Pale King" among five best novels of 2011, which is distinct from the book award.
April 15, 2011 (Tax Day)
In 2011, U.S. Tax Day was April 18, not April 15, because the federal filing deadline was extended for Emancipation Day.
Full reasoning
The parenthetical is wrong for the year in question. In 2011, the IRS extended the federal income-tax filing deadline to Monday, April 18, 2011 because Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C. was observed on Friday, April 15, 2011.
The IRS’s own 2011 notice says: “The filing deadline for all tax forms and payments required to be filed or completed on or before April 15 … will be Monday, April 18, 2011.” CBS News likewise summarized on April 15, 2011 that “Tax Day has been pushed back to April 18.”
So while the book’s publication date may indeed have been April 15, 2011, labeling that date as “Tax Day” is inaccurate for 2011 specifically.
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- Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2011-10 | Internal Revenue Service
For example, in 2011, Emancipation Day falls on a Saturday, meaning that it will be observed on Friday, April 15, 2011. The filing deadline for all tax forms and payments required to be filed or completed on or before April 15 ... will be Monday, April 18, 2011.
- Why today isn't tax day - CBS News
Tax Day has been pushed back to April 18 due to a legal technicality requiring the Internal Revenue Service to observe a Washington, D.C., holiday called Emancipation Day.