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Oklahoma Book Awards A Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors 2001 March 10, 2001 Petroleum Club Oklahoma City Welcome to the 12th Annual Oklahoma Book Awards Ceremony Oklahoma Book Awards 2001 Welcome........................................................................................................................................... B.J. Williams President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Master of Ceremonies..................................................................................................................... Dan Blanchard Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Comments....................................................................................................................................... Susan McVey Oklahoma Department of Libraries Greetings from Washington..................................................................................................... Maurvene Williams Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Presidents Award Presentation.................................................................................................... Laurie Sundborg Chair, Awards Committee Oklahoma Center for the Book Children/Young Adult Award Presentation � Lynn McIntosh Vice President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Poetry Award Presentation.................................................................................................................. Joe Holmes MidSouth Independent Booksellers Association Fiction Award Presentation............................................................................................................. Eve Sandstrom Recipient of 1994 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction Design/Illustration Award Presentation � David Clark World Literature Today Non-Fiction Award Presentation......................................................................................................... Judy Randle Tulsa World 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award............................................................................................. Maureen Sullivan Presented to Joyce Carol Thomas Senior Editor, Hyperion Books for Children Announcements.............................................................................................................................. Glenda Carlile Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book After dinner and the ceremony, enjoy the coffee bar provided by Full Circle Book Store. Presented to Liz Codding Immediate Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Distinguished Service Award Presentation Presented to Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz —owners of Best of Books, Edmond Children/Young Adult J.C. Watts—Norma Jean Lutz—Chelsea House, Broomall, Pennsylvania Lutz, who lives in Tulsa and has been writing professionally since 1977, is the author of more than 250 short stories and articles, as well as 28 books, both fiction and non-fiction. This is the story of Congressman J. C. Watts who first rose to fame as quarterback of the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the early 1980s. When the Bough Breaks—Anna Myers—Walker and Company, New York Myers has won the Oklahoma Book Award twice: in 1993 for Red Dirt Jessie and in 1996 for Graveyard Girl. Her life as a teacher in Chandler, Oklahoma, gives her a deep under-standing of both small-town life and young people. In When the Bough Breaks, a foster child takes a job reading to an elderly neighbor, and the two discover they have much in common. Jingle Dancer—Cynthia Leitich Smith—HarperCollins, New York Smith has worked in law, public relations, and journalism. A mixed-blood member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Smith lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and a gray tabby. In this book, Jenna lives in a contemporary intertribal community and family in Oklahoma and dreams of becoming a jingle dancer. Hush Songs—Joyce Carol Thomas—Hyperion Books for Children, New York Thomas, originally from Ponca City, now lives in California. She is known for writing books for the whole family: adults, children, and even toddlers. This is a collection of ten African American lullabies. Thomas will receive the 2001 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achieve-ment Award this evening. Coyote Autumn—Bill Wallace—Holiday House, New York Wallace, who received the 2000 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award, is the author of many best-selling children’s books, including Beauty, Buffalo Gal, and Ferret in the Bedroom. A former teacher and principal, he is now a full-time writer. In Coyote Autumn, a young boy moves to rural Oklahoma after living in Chicago apartments, and befriends an orphaned coyote pup. 2001 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists Poetry Legerdemain—Carol Hamilton—Mirage Group, Santa Clarita, California Hamilton is a teacher, children’s writer, and poet. She was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma from 1995 to 1997, and received the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry in 1992 for Once the Dust. Legerdemain is a dreamscape that starts with marriage and drifts through a col-lage of the everyday and history. Camera Obscura—Carol Davis Koss—Beyond the Press of the Madding Crowd, Oklahoma City Koss lives in Oklahoma City, teaches English and creative writing, and nurtures poetry in Oklahoma. She is poetry chair for the Individual Artists of Oklahoma. This collection attempts to capture those split seconds in time and place that make up poetry and stretch them, reduce them, telescope them, take them on a trek—and dynamite them— similar to the principle on which cameras work. Still Lookin’—Joe Kreger—Doane Agricultural Services, St. Louis An Oklahoma rancher and poet, Kreger was named Poet Laureate of Oklahoma in 1998 by Governor Frank Keating. This book of observations and reflections is a partner to his first book, Lookin’ at Life. Mythic Places—Judith Tate O’Brien—ByLine Press, Edmond O’Brien grew up in Oklahoma oil towns and spent two decades as a Benedictine nun. Now “cozily married” for more than twenty years, O’Brien reads or writes poetry every day. Mythic Places was the 2000 ByLine Chapbook competition winner. Interiors: A Meditation—Leah S. Taylor Wood ‘N’ Barnes Pre-Production Press, Oklahoma City Taylor grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tulsa, and has been a family therapist and orga-nizational consultant for 30 years, most of them in Oklahoma City. She has published technical works in her profession and written poetry most of her life. This book of self-reflection is also a journey to self-discovery. Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire—Carolyne Wright—Lynx House Press, Spokane Wright has received awards for her writing from the Poetry Society of America and the New York State Council on the Arts. Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire was the winner of the Blue Lynx Prize. Wright is a creative writing professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond. Fiction The Search for Shannon—Vicki Allen—Magnolia Publishing, Oklahoma City Set in southern Mississippi and southeast Georgia, this is the story of four women, brought together by birth and the adoption of one child. Allen weaves the lives of four contemporary women into an involving story. This is the second novel for Allen who lives in Oklahoma City. Silent Justice—William Bernhardt—Ballantine Books, New York Bernhardt is known as “the master of the courtroom drama” and has won several awards for his work. Bernhardt has also received awards for public service, and in 1993 was named one of the top 25 young lawyers in the nation. He received the Oklahoma Book Award for fiction in 1995 for Perfect Justice and again in 2000 for Dark Justice. He lives in Tulsa. Cherokee Dragon—Robert Conley—St. Martin’s Press, New York Conley is the author of more than 30 novels, including the 10 that comprise his acclaimed Real People Saga. He is the winner of three Spur Awards for his work. He is Cherokee and lives in Tahlequah. In Cherokee Dragon he explores the life of Dragging Canoe, the last great war chief of the United Cherokee tribe. Paper Trail—Barbara Snow Gilbert—Front Street Books, Asheville, North Carolina Gilbert is an attorney, mediator, and writer. She is a member of the mediation panel for the U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, and mediates litigation pending in both federal and state courts. She lives in Oklahoma City with her family. This is her third novel. Each of her first two novels, Stone Water and Broken Chords, won the Oklahoma Book Award in the children/young adult category. Easy Pickin’s—Fred Harris—HarperCollins, New York Harris was twice elected U.S. Senator from Oklahoma and is the author of 10 non-fiction books. Easy Pickin’s, a mystery set in Depression-era Oklahoma, is Harris’ second work of fiction. He lives in Albuquerque. Sugarplum Dead—Carolyn Hart—William Morrow, New York An accomplished master of mystery, Hart is the author of twelve Death on Demand novels, which have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She is also the creator of the highly praised Henri O series. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, a national mystery writers’ group, Hart lives in Oklahoma City. Broken—Dar Tomlinson—Genesis Press, Columbus, Mississippi With Broken, which won the prestigious Hemingway First Novel Award, Tomlinson gives readers a disturbing look into the darker sides of love, and basic drives and motives that affect us all. Tomlinson was born in Texas, grew up in Oklahoma, and now divides her time between homes in Denver and Scottsdale, Arizona. My Mother’s Daughter—Judith Henry Wall—Simon & Schuster, New York A deeply involving novel of a Texas family and three generations of its women, this is a story about mothers, daughters, sisters, and the bonds of trust that bind or destroy a family. Wall lives in Norman. Dark Within—John Wooley—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa Wooley has written novels, non-fiction works, screenplays, documentaries, and hun-dreds of news stories. Dark Within is the first fiction work in more than a decade from this horror master, and is his most spine-tingling novel yet, a blend of horror and fantasy with the intimacy of a homespun yarn. He lives in Foyil. Design/Illustration Family Correspondence Illustration and design by Kim Doner and Carl Brune—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa Brune is a native of Enid. He has worked at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa for 18 years where he is currently graphics and publication manager. The book design for Family Correspondence was by Brune. The cover art and design is by Doner, an author and illustrator. She received the Oklahoma Book Award for design/illustration in 1996 for Green Snake Ceremony. A native Oklahoman, Doner lives in Tulsa. Still Lookin’—Illustration by Gene Dougherty—Doane Agricultural Services, St. Louis Dougherty is accomplished in illustration, watercolor and oils, and he characterizes the American West with an open, clear realism. He has a Master’s degree in art education from Oklahoma State University, and has taught art for 24 years at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa. The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip—Illustration by Lane Smith—Villard Books, New York Lane Smith has illustrated several number one best-sellers including The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and James and the Giant Peach. Twice he won the New York Times’ Best Illustrated Book of the Year award and in 1993 he received a Caldecott Honor. Smith was born in Tulsa; and his parents live in Sapulpa. Interiors: A Meditation Photography by Robin Smith—Wood ‘N’ Barnes Pre-Production Press, Oklahoma City Robin Smith was born in Alva, and grew up in Oklahoma City. She has been a teacher of journalism and photography for more than 30 years. She began her career as an artistic photographer 15 years ago, and currently has a studio in the Paseo Art District of Okla-homa City. Nonfiction Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts Burkhard Bilger—Scribner, New York Bilger is a features editor at Discover, a contributing editor at Health, and an adjunct pro-fessor of science writing at New York University. He was born in Oklahoma and received a degree in English from Yale University. He has worked as a writer and editor for more than 14 years. This book of essays on Southern sub-cultures describes many Oklahoma pastimes. Bryce Harlow: Mr. Integrity Bob Burke and Ralph Thompson—Oklahoma Heritage Association, Oklahoma City Bryce Harlow served as an advisor to four presidents, informing them about more public issues than perhaps anyone in American history. Author Burke was born in Broken Bow and now practices law and writes books in Oklahoma City. He has written 28 books about Oklahoma, and received the 1999 Oklahoma Book Award for non-fiction for From Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae. Thompson is a U.S. Dis-trict Judge who teaches trial advocacy at Harvard Law School. An Oklahoma Hall of Fame honoree, Thompson lives in Oklahoma City. The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore—David Dary—Alfred A. Knopf, New York Dary gives a vivid recreation of an important time in American history. Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma for many years, he is the author of eight previous books about the West and is the recipient of a Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler award, two Western Writers of America Spur awards, and the Westerners International Best Non-Fiction Book Award. The Knife-Thrower’s Assistant: Memoirs of a Human Target Ronnie Claire Edwards—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa Edwards grew up in Oklahoma and actually did once work as a human target for a knife thrower in a circus. This and other memories of her life make this an entertaining autobiography. Edwards is known for her role as Corabeth Walton Godsey on the televi-sion series The Waltons. Edwards has appeared on television, in film and theater, and has written musicals, a cookbook, and award-winning fiction. She recently toured the United States in a one-woman show upon which this book is based. American Legal Thought From Premodernism to Postmodernism: An Intellectual Voyage—Stephen Feldman—Oxford University Press, New York This tour through two centuries of American legal thought is a contribution to our understanding of legal theory and how it relates to more general intellectual and cul-tural trends. Feldman is a professor of law and political science at the University of Tulsa. Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory David LaVere—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman This book examines the relations between Southeastern Indians who were removed to Indian Territory in the early nineteenth century and Southern Plains Indians who claimed this territory as their own. LaVere is associate professor of history at the Univer-sity of North Carolina, Wilmington. Angie Debo: Pioneering Historian Shirley A. Leckie—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman Leckie’s biography of Angie Debo assesses the significance of Oklahoma’s pioneering historian. She explores Debo’s family background, her personality, and the impact of gender discrimination on her career. Leckie is professor of history at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. Waltzing With the Ghost of Tom Joad: Poverty, Myth, and Low-Wage Labor in Oklahoma Robert Lee Maril—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman In Oklahoma, eighth-poorest state in the nation, poverty is a pressing social problem. Maril’s study examines the lives of poverty stricken Oklahomans, explores myths about the poor, discusses the causes of poverty, and presents a public policy agenda designed to benefit the poor. Maril is chair and professor of sociology at the University of Texas, Pan American. Indian Gaming: Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics W. Dale Mason—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman Mason examines the conflicts surrounding American tribal gambling operations, focus-ing on tribes in New Mexico and Oklahoma. Although Indian gaming accounts for only five percent of all gambling in the United States, it has become the issue for tribes in the 1990s. Mason is an assistant professor of political science at the University of New Mexico in Gallup. Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America David Laverne Petersen—Island Press, Washington D.C. Writer and veteran outdoorsman, Petersen offers a thoroughly informed, unsettlingly honest, intensely personal exploration of hunting. He draws clear distinctions between true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior. Petersen is a former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, magazine editor, and college professor who has invested 50 years in learning about natural wildness, and the past 15 years writing about what he has learned. He lives in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library Louise S. Robbins—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman Ruth Brown, a librarian in Bartlesville, was fired in 1950 after 30 years of exemplary ser-vice with the public library, ostensibly because she had circulated subversive materials. In truth she was fired because she had become active in promoting racial equality. Rob-bins is associate professor and director of the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World Sarah Vowell—Simon & Schuster, New York Vowell, a contributing editor for This American Life on Public Radio International and a columnist of Salon, has put together a collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene. While tackling subjects such as identity, politics, religion, art, and history, these tales are written with a biting humor in the tradi-tion of Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker. Vowell was born in Braggs, Oklahoma, and lived there until she was 11. Joyce Carol Thomas Recipient of the 2001 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award Joyce Carol Thomas was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, on May 25, 1938. At ten years of age, the family moved to California, but Thomas never forgot her Oklahoma back-ground. Known for her poetry, playwriting, and novels—especially for children and young adults—her books resonate with the language, and rhythms of Oklahoma. Her work evokes a childhood when she made up songs, stories, and poems and shared them with her family and playmates. Presently living in California, Thomas has returned to her birthplace through much of her writing. Oklahoma is the setting for her novels Marked By Fire, Bright Shadow, and The Golden Pasture. Her poetry books, I Have Heard Of A Land, Brown Honey In Broomwheat Tea, and Gingerbread Days, are infused with prairie sensibility. Thomas received the National Book Award for her first novel Marked by Fire. Her first illustrated book, Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, won a Coretta Scott King Award. The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to a person recognized for a body of work. This award was named for the Norman historian who served as the first president of the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Officers and Board of Directors President— B.J. Williams—Oklahoma City Vice-President—Lynn McIntosh—Ardmore Secretary—Glenda Madden—Norman Treasurer—Bettie Estes-Rickner—Mustang The Oklahoma Center for the Book is a state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and is organized to focus attention on the vital role of books and reading in our lives. The Center promotes the past, current, and future works of Oklahoma authors; promotes the literary heritage of the state; and encourages reading for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages. When the Library of Congress announced the granting of permission to States to become part of their program, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries assembled an advisory group and wrote a proposal. The Oklahoma Center for the Book became the fourth state center on Febru-ary 28, 1986. The Center is governed by a volunteer board of directors from across the state. Diane Canavan—Shawnee David Clark—Norman Susan McVey—Oklahoma City Liz Codding—Edmond Kim Doner—Tulsa Julia Fresonke—Oklahoma City Ann Hamilton—Edmond Carol Hamilton—Midwest City Mort Hamilton—Ardmore Joe Holmes—Oklahoma City Julie Hovis—Edmond Angie Jackson—Tulsa Jim Keith—Oologah Teresa Miller—Tulsa Anna Myers—Chandler Joyce Pipps—Shawnee Marcia Preston—Edmond Diane Seabass—Tulsa Dean Sims—Tulsa Sue Stees—Tulsa Laurie Sundborg—Tulsa M.J. Van Deventer—Oklahoma City John Wooley—Tulsa Gerry Willingham—Oklahoma City William R. Young—Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CENTER FOR THE BOOK Oklahoma Center for the Book Project Highlights The Oklahoma Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries has participated in several events in the past twelve months, and has made commitments for events later this year. Kids Caught Reading is an annual activity of the Center, and is part of Oklahoma’s Celebration of Reading. The Center will once again give $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are caught reading in their spare time. The prizes will be presented at the Celebration of Reading on April 10, 2001 at the Lazy-E Arena. The center is cosponsoring, for the seventh year, the Letters about Literature competition. Nationally promoted by Weekly Reader and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, students in grades 6 through 12 are asked to write letters to the author of a book that affected them in some way. The Center awards a total of $250 to writers of the top six letters. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is also providing funds to the Oklahoma Library Association to sponsor author and humorist Jim Boren as banquet speaker during their annual conference, April 18–20, 2001. The Center was a sponsor for the Center for Poets and Writers’ annual Celebration of Books in Sep-tember 2000. The Center for the Book and the Oklahoma Literacy Coalition co-hosted the Viburnum Literacy Con-ference in Oklahoma City, September 2000. The Center continues to provide authors to libraries and schools, and plans to initiate an Oklahoma Authors database on the organization’s website. The Center's website address is www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb Julie Hovis & Kathy Kinasewitz Recipients of the 2001 Distinguished Service Award The Distinguished Service Award is presented to Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz owners of Best of Books in Edmond in recognition of their service to the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Hovis and Kinasewitz have been true supporters of the Oklahoma Center for the Book, serving as board members and helping with numerous projects. Best of Books has been the bookseller for the annual Oklahoma Book Award ceremony for several years. Not only do they spend many hours arranging with the authors and publishers to have each finalist’s book available on the night of the awards ceremony, they also manage the sale and the return of the books. In addition, they give all the profits of the book sale each year to the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Previous Oklahoma Fiction 1990, Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister 1991, Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit 1992, Robert L. Duncan, The Serpent's Mark 1993, Rilla Askew, Strange Business 1994, Eve Sandstrom, Down Home Heifer Heist 1995, William Bernhardt, Perfect Justice 1996, Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is 1997, Stewart O’Nan, The Names of the Dead 1998, Rilla Askew, The Mercy Seat 1999, Billie Letts, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon 2000, William Bernhardt, Dark Justice Non-Fiction 1990, Leonard Leff, Hitchcock & Selznick 1991, Carl Albert and Danney Goble, Little Giant 1992, David Morgan, Robert England, and George Humphreys, Oklahoma Politics & Policies: Governing the Sooner State 1993, Henry Bellmon and Pat Bellmon, The Life and Times of Henry Bellmon; and Daniel Boorstin, The Creators 1994, J. Brent Clark, 3rd Down and Forever 1995, Dennis McAuliffe Jr., The Deaths of Sybil Bolton 1996, William Paul Winchester, A Very Small Farm 1997, Annick Smith, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass 1998, John Hope Franklin and John Whittington Franklin, Editors, My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin 1999, Bob Burke, From Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae 2000, Michael Wallis, The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West Children/ Young Adult 1990, Helen Roney Sattler, Tyrannosaurus Rex and His Kin 1991, Stan Hoig, A Capitol for the Nation 1992, Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy 1993, Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie 1994, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Cherokee Summer 1995, Russell G. Davis and Brent Ashabranner, The Choctaw Code 1996, Anna Myers, Graveyard Girl 1997, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Stone Water 1998, S. L. Rottman, Hero 1999, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Broken Chords 2000, Harold Keith, Brief Garland: Ponytails, Basketball, and Nothing But Net Poetry 1990, William Kistler, The Elizabeth Sequence 1992, Carol Hamilton, Once the Dust 1993, Jim Barnes, The Sawdust War 1994, Carter Revard, An Eagle Nation 1995, Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky 1996, Francine Leffler Ringold-Johnson, The Trouble with Voices 1997, Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli’s The Blazing Lights of the Sun 1998, Betty Shipley, Somebody Say Amen 1999, Mark Cox, Thirty-Seven Years from the Stone 2000, N. Scott Momaday, In the Bear’s House Design/ Illustration 1990, David E. Hunt, The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson 1991, Carol Haralson, Cleora's Kitchens 1992, Joe Williams, Woolaroc 1993, Carol Haralson, Will Rogers: Courtship and Correspondence; and Kandy Radzinski, The Twelve Cats of Christmas 1994, Deloss McGraw, Fish Story 1995, Mike Wimmer, All the Places to Love 1996, Kim Doner, Green Snake Ceremony 1997, Carol Haralson and Harvey Payne, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass 1998, Carol Haralson, Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art 1999, David Fitzgerald, Bison: Monarch of the Plains 2000, Carol Haralson, Glory Days of Summer: The History of Baseball in Oklahoma Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award 1990, Daniel Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus, native of Tulsa 1991, Tony Hillerman, mystery writer, native of Sacred Heart 1992, Savoie Lottinville, Director of the University of Oklahoma Press for 30 years 1993, Harold Keith, Newbery Award winning children's author, Norman 1994, N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winning Kiowa author, native of Lawton 1995, R.A. Lafferty, Hugo Award winning author, Tulsa 1996, John Hope Franklin, historian, native of Rentiesville 1997, S.E. Hinton, award winning author of young adult novels, Tulsa 1998, Jack Bickham, novelist, teacher and journalist, Norman 1999, Michael Wallis, award-winning historian and biographer, Tulsa 2000, Bill Wallace, prolific and popular writer of novels for young people, Chickasha Ralph Ellison Award 1995, Ralph Ellison, National Book Award winner, Oklahoma City 1997, Angie Debo, “First Lady of Oklahoma History,” Marshall 1999, Melvin Tolson, poet, journalist, and dramatist, Langston 2000, Jim Thompson, novelist and screenwriter, Anadarko Book Award Winners The Oklahoma Center for the Book wishes to thank the judges for the 2001 competition: Dan Blanchard Mary Ann Blochowiak David Clark Denyvetta Davis Evelyn Davis Bettie Estes-Rickner Kathryn Fanning Ann Hamilton Mort Hamilton Joe Holmes Gayle Jones Kathy Latrobe Louisa McCune Donna Norvell Dee Pierce Kitty Pittman Byron Price Diane Seebass Carl Sennhenn Dewayne Smoot Howard Stein William R. Struby James R. Tolbert III Mary Waidner Mary Woodman The Center acknowledges the generous contributions of the following organizations and individuals: With the assistance of the Best of Books, Edmond Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Dunlap, Codding and Rogers Patent Law Firm Friends of the Metropolitan Library System Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City Harper Collins /JoAnna Catler Books Rodger Harris, Archives Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society Jump At The Sun An Imprint of Hyperion Books Fred Marvel, Photographer Metropolitan Library System Oklahoma Department of Libraries Oklahoma Independent Booksellers Association Steve’s Books, Tulsa The Westin, Oklahoma City Special thanks to... M.J. Van Deventer, Ceremony Chair, and committee members Liz Codding, Julia Fresonke, and B.J. Williams Ann Hamilton, Program Chair and Audio-visual Producer Public Information Office—Oklahoma Department of Libraries: Melanie Price, Bill Petrie, Bill Struby, and Bill Young 200 Northeast 18 Street Oklahoma City OK 73105-3298 www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb • 1-800-522-8116
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Transcript | Oklahoma Book Awards A Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors 2001 March 10, 2001 Petroleum Club Oklahoma City Welcome to the 12th Annual Oklahoma Book Awards Ceremony Oklahoma Book Awards 2001 Welcome........................................................................................................................................... B.J. Williams President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Master of Ceremonies..................................................................................................................... Dan Blanchard Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Comments....................................................................................................................................... Susan McVey Oklahoma Department of Libraries Greetings from Washington..................................................................................................... Maurvene Williams Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Presidents Award Presentation.................................................................................................... Laurie Sundborg Chair, Awards Committee Oklahoma Center for the Book Children/Young Adult Award Presentation � Lynn McIntosh Vice President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Poetry Award Presentation.................................................................................................................. Joe Holmes MidSouth Independent Booksellers Association Fiction Award Presentation............................................................................................................. Eve Sandstrom Recipient of 1994 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction Design/Illustration Award Presentation � David Clark World Literature Today Non-Fiction Award Presentation......................................................................................................... Judy Randle Tulsa World 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award............................................................................................. Maureen Sullivan Presented to Joyce Carol Thomas Senior Editor, Hyperion Books for Children Announcements.............................................................................................................................. Glenda Carlile Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book After dinner and the ceremony, enjoy the coffee bar provided by Full Circle Book Store. Presented to Liz Codding Immediate Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Distinguished Service Award Presentation Presented to Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz —owners of Best of Books, Edmond Children/Young Adult J.C. Watts—Norma Jean Lutz—Chelsea House, Broomall, Pennsylvania Lutz, who lives in Tulsa and has been writing professionally since 1977, is the author of more than 250 short stories and articles, as well as 28 books, both fiction and non-fiction. This is the story of Congressman J. C. Watts who first rose to fame as quarterback of the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the early 1980s. When the Bough Breaks—Anna Myers—Walker and Company, New York Myers has won the Oklahoma Book Award twice: in 1993 for Red Dirt Jessie and in 1996 for Graveyard Girl. Her life as a teacher in Chandler, Oklahoma, gives her a deep under-standing of both small-town life and young people. In When the Bough Breaks, a foster child takes a job reading to an elderly neighbor, and the two discover they have much in common. Jingle Dancer—Cynthia Leitich Smith—HarperCollins, New York Smith has worked in law, public relations, and journalism. A mixed-blood member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Smith lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and a gray tabby. In this book, Jenna lives in a contemporary intertribal community and family in Oklahoma and dreams of becoming a jingle dancer. Hush Songs—Joyce Carol Thomas—Hyperion Books for Children, New York Thomas, originally from Ponca City, now lives in California. She is known for writing books for the whole family: adults, children, and even toddlers. This is a collection of ten African American lullabies. Thomas will receive the 2001 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achieve-ment Award this evening. Coyote Autumn—Bill Wallace—Holiday House, New York Wallace, who received the 2000 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award, is the author of many best-selling children’s books, including Beauty, Buffalo Gal, and Ferret in the Bedroom. A former teacher and principal, he is now a full-time writer. In Coyote Autumn, a young boy moves to rural Oklahoma after living in Chicago apartments, and befriends an orphaned coyote pup. 2001 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists Poetry Legerdemain—Carol Hamilton—Mirage Group, Santa Clarita, California Hamilton is a teacher, children’s writer, and poet. She was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma from 1995 to 1997, and received the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry in 1992 for Once the Dust. Legerdemain is a dreamscape that starts with marriage and drifts through a col-lage of the everyday and history. Camera Obscura—Carol Davis Koss—Beyond the Press of the Madding Crowd, Oklahoma City Koss lives in Oklahoma City, teaches English and creative writing, and nurtures poetry in Oklahoma. She is poetry chair for the Individual Artists of Oklahoma. This collection attempts to capture those split seconds in time and place that make up poetry and stretch them, reduce them, telescope them, take them on a trek—and dynamite them— similar to the principle on which cameras work. Still Lookin’—Joe Kreger—Doane Agricultural Services, St. Louis An Oklahoma rancher and poet, Kreger was named Poet Laureate of Oklahoma in 1998 by Governor Frank Keating. This book of observations and reflections is a partner to his first book, Lookin’ at Life. Mythic Places—Judith Tate O’Brien—ByLine Press, Edmond O’Brien grew up in Oklahoma oil towns and spent two decades as a Benedictine nun. Now “cozily married” for more than twenty years, O’Brien reads or writes poetry every day. Mythic Places was the 2000 ByLine Chapbook competition winner. Interiors: A Meditation—Leah S. Taylor Wood ‘N’ Barnes Pre-Production Press, Oklahoma City Taylor grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tulsa, and has been a family therapist and orga-nizational consultant for 30 years, most of them in Oklahoma City. She has published technical works in her profession and written poetry most of her life. This book of self-reflection is also a journey to self-discovery. Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire—Carolyne Wright—Lynx House Press, Spokane Wright has received awards for her writing from the Poetry Society of America and the New York State Council on the Arts. Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire was the winner of the Blue Lynx Prize. Wright is a creative writing professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond. Fiction The Search for Shannon—Vicki Allen—Magnolia Publishing, Oklahoma City Set in southern Mississippi and southeast Georgia, this is the story of four women, brought together by birth and the adoption of one child. Allen weaves the lives of four contemporary women into an involving story. This is the second novel for Allen who lives in Oklahoma City. Silent Justice—William Bernhardt—Ballantine Books, New York Bernhardt is known as “the master of the courtroom drama” and has won several awards for his work. Bernhardt has also received awards for public service, and in 1993 was named one of the top 25 young lawyers in the nation. He received the Oklahoma Book Award for fiction in 1995 for Perfect Justice and again in 2000 for Dark Justice. He lives in Tulsa. Cherokee Dragon—Robert Conley—St. Martin’s Press, New York Conley is the author of more than 30 novels, including the 10 that comprise his acclaimed Real People Saga. He is the winner of three Spur Awards for his work. He is Cherokee and lives in Tahlequah. In Cherokee Dragon he explores the life of Dragging Canoe, the last great war chief of the United Cherokee tribe. Paper Trail—Barbara Snow Gilbert—Front Street Books, Asheville, North Carolina Gilbert is an attorney, mediator, and writer. She is a member of the mediation panel for the U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, and mediates litigation pending in both federal and state courts. She lives in Oklahoma City with her family. This is her third novel. Each of her first two novels, Stone Water and Broken Chords, won the Oklahoma Book Award in the children/young adult category. Easy Pickin’s—Fred Harris—HarperCollins, New York Harris was twice elected U.S. Senator from Oklahoma and is the author of 10 non-fiction books. Easy Pickin’s, a mystery set in Depression-era Oklahoma, is Harris’ second work of fiction. He lives in Albuquerque. Sugarplum Dead—Carolyn Hart—William Morrow, New York An accomplished master of mystery, Hart is the author of twelve Death on Demand novels, which have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She is also the creator of the highly praised Henri O series. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, a national mystery writers’ group, Hart lives in Oklahoma City. Broken—Dar Tomlinson—Genesis Press, Columbus, Mississippi With Broken, which won the prestigious Hemingway First Novel Award, Tomlinson gives readers a disturbing look into the darker sides of love, and basic drives and motives that affect us all. Tomlinson was born in Texas, grew up in Oklahoma, and now divides her time between homes in Denver and Scottsdale, Arizona. My Mother’s Daughter—Judith Henry Wall—Simon & Schuster, New York A deeply involving novel of a Texas family and three generations of its women, this is a story about mothers, daughters, sisters, and the bonds of trust that bind or destroy a family. Wall lives in Norman. Dark Within—John Wooley—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa Wooley has written novels, non-fiction works, screenplays, documentaries, and hun-dreds of news stories. Dark Within is the first fiction work in more than a decade from this horror master, and is his most spine-tingling novel yet, a blend of horror and fantasy with the intimacy of a homespun yarn. He lives in Foyil. Design/Illustration Family Correspondence Illustration and design by Kim Doner and Carl Brune—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa Brune is a native of Enid. He has worked at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa for 18 years where he is currently graphics and publication manager. The book design for Family Correspondence was by Brune. The cover art and design is by Doner, an author and illustrator. She received the Oklahoma Book Award for design/illustration in 1996 for Green Snake Ceremony. A native Oklahoman, Doner lives in Tulsa. Still Lookin’—Illustration by Gene Dougherty—Doane Agricultural Services, St. Louis Dougherty is accomplished in illustration, watercolor and oils, and he characterizes the American West with an open, clear realism. He has a Master’s degree in art education from Oklahoma State University, and has taught art for 24 years at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa. The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip—Illustration by Lane Smith—Villard Books, New York Lane Smith has illustrated several number one best-sellers including The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and James and the Giant Peach. Twice he won the New York Times’ Best Illustrated Book of the Year award and in 1993 he received a Caldecott Honor. Smith was born in Tulsa; and his parents live in Sapulpa. Interiors: A Meditation Photography by Robin Smith—Wood ‘N’ Barnes Pre-Production Press, Oklahoma City Robin Smith was born in Alva, and grew up in Oklahoma City. She has been a teacher of journalism and photography for more than 30 years. She began her career as an artistic photographer 15 years ago, and currently has a studio in the Paseo Art District of Okla-homa City. Nonfiction Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts Burkhard Bilger—Scribner, New York Bilger is a features editor at Discover, a contributing editor at Health, and an adjunct pro-fessor of science writing at New York University. He was born in Oklahoma and received a degree in English from Yale University. He has worked as a writer and editor for more than 14 years. This book of essays on Southern sub-cultures describes many Oklahoma pastimes. Bryce Harlow: Mr. Integrity Bob Burke and Ralph Thompson—Oklahoma Heritage Association, Oklahoma City Bryce Harlow served as an advisor to four presidents, informing them about more public issues than perhaps anyone in American history. Author Burke was born in Broken Bow and now practices law and writes books in Oklahoma City. He has written 28 books about Oklahoma, and received the 1999 Oklahoma Book Award for non-fiction for From Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae. Thompson is a U.S. Dis-trict Judge who teaches trial advocacy at Harvard Law School. An Oklahoma Hall of Fame honoree, Thompson lives in Oklahoma City. The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore—David Dary—Alfred A. Knopf, New York Dary gives a vivid recreation of an important time in American history. Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma for many years, he is the author of eight previous books about the West and is the recipient of a Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler award, two Western Writers of America Spur awards, and the Westerners International Best Non-Fiction Book Award. The Knife-Thrower’s Assistant: Memoirs of a Human Target Ronnie Claire Edwards—Hawk Publishing, Tulsa Edwards grew up in Oklahoma and actually did once work as a human target for a knife thrower in a circus. This and other memories of her life make this an entertaining autobiography. Edwards is known for her role as Corabeth Walton Godsey on the televi-sion series The Waltons. Edwards has appeared on television, in film and theater, and has written musicals, a cookbook, and award-winning fiction. She recently toured the United States in a one-woman show upon which this book is based. American Legal Thought From Premodernism to Postmodernism: An Intellectual Voyage—Stephen Feldman—Oxford University Press, New York This tour through two centuries of American legal thought is a contribution to our understanding of legal theory and how it relates to more general intellectual and cul-tural trends. Feldman is a professor of law and political science at the University of Tulsa. Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory David LaVere—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman This book examines the relations between Southeastern Indians who were removed to Indian Territory in the early nineteenth century and Southern Plains Indians who claimed this territory as their own. LaVere is associate professor of history at the Univer-sity of North Carolina, Wilmington. Angie Debo: Pioneering Historian Shirley A. Leckie—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman Leckie’s biography of Angie Debo assesses the significance of Oklahoma’s pioneering historian. She explores Debo’s family background, her personality, and the impact of gender discrimination on her career. Leckie is professor of history at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. Waltzing With the Ghost of Tom Joad: Poverty, Myth, and Low-Wage Labor in Oklahoma Robert Lee Maril—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman In Oklahoma, eighth-poorest state in the nation, poverty is a pressing social problem. Maril’s study examines the lives of poverty stricken Oklahomans, explores myths about the poor, discusses the causes of poverty, and presents a public policy agenda designed to benefit the poor. Maril is chair and professor of sociology at the University of Texas, Pan American. Indian Gaming: Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics W. Dale Mason—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman Mason examines the conflicts surrounding American tribal gambling operations, focus-ing on tribes in New Mexico and Oklahoma. Although Indian gaming accounts for only five percent of all gambling in the United States, it has become the issue for tribes in the 1990s. Mason is an assistant professor of political science at the University of New Mexico in Gallup. Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America David Laverne Petersen—Island Press, Washington D.C. Writer and veteran outdoorsman, Petersen offers a thoroughly informed, unsettlingly honest, intensely personal exploration of hunting. He draws clear distinctions between true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior. Petersen is a former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, magazine editor, and college professor who has invested 50 years in learning about natural wildness, and the past 15 years writing about what he has learned. He lives in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library Louise S. Robbins—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman Ruth Brown, a librarian in Bartlesville, was fired in 1950 after 30 years of exemplary ser-vice with the public library, ostensibly because she had circulated subversive materials. In truth she was fired because she had become active in promoting racial equality. Rob-bins is associate professor and director of the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World Sarah Vowell—Simon & Schuster, New York Vowell, a contributing editor for This American Life on Public Radio International and a columnist of Salon, has put together a collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene. While tackling subjects such as identity, politics, religion, art, and history, these tales are written with a biting humor in the tradi-tion of Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker. Vowell was born in Braggs, Oklahoma, and lived there until she was 11. Joyce Carol Thomas Recipient of the 2001 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award Joyce Carol Thomas was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, on May 25, 1938. At ten years of age, the family moved to California, but Thomas never forgot her Oklahoma back-ground. Known for her poetry, playwriting, and novels—especially for children and young adults—her books resonate with the language, and rhythms of Oklahoma. Her work evokes a childhood when she made up songs, stories, and poems and shared them with her family and playmates. Presently living in California, Thomas has returned to her birthplace through much of her writing. Oklahoma is the setting for her novels Marked By Fire, Bright Shadow, and The Golden Pasture. Her poetry books, I Have Heard Of A Land, Brown Honey In Broomwheat Tea, and Gingerbread Days, are infused with prairie sensibility. Thomas received the National Book Award for her first novel Marked by Fire. Her first illustrated book, Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, won a Coretta Scott King Award. The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to a person recognized for a body of work. This award was named for the Norman historian who served as the first president of the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Officers and Board of Directors President— B.J. Williams—Oklahoma City Vice-President—Lynn McIntosh—Ardmore Secretary—Glenda Madden—Norman Treasurer—Bettie Estes-Rickner—Mustang The Oklahoma Center for the Book is a state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and is organized to focus attention on the vital role of books and reading in our lives. The Center promotes the past, current, and future works of Oklahoma authors; promotes the literary heritage of the state; and encourages reading for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages. When the Library of Congress announced the granting of permission to States to become part of their program, the Oklahoma Department of Libraries assembled an advisory group and wrote a proposal. The Oklahoma Center for the Book became the fourth state center on Febru-ary 28, 1986. The Center is governed by a volunteer board of directors from across the state. Diane Canavan—Shawnee David Clark—Norman Susan McVey—Oklahoma City Liz Codding—Edmond Kim Doner—Tulsa Julia Fresonke—Oklahoma City Ann Hamilton—Edmond Carol Hamilton—Midwest City Mort Hamilton—Ardmore Joe Holmes—Oklahoma City Julie Hovis—Edmond Angie Jackson—Tulsa Jim Keith—Oologah Teresa Miller—Tulsa Anna Myers—Chandler Joyce Pipps—Shawnee Marcia Preston—Edmond Diane Seabass—Tulsa Dean Sims—Tulsa Sue Stees—Tulsa Laurie Sundborg—Tulsa M.J. Van Deventer—Oklahoma City John Wooley—Tulsa Gerry Willingham—Oklahoma City William R. Young—Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CENTER FOR THE BOOK Oklahoma Center for the Book Project Highlights The Oklahoma Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries has participated in several events in the past twelve months, and has made commitments for events later this year. Kids Caught Reading is an annual activity of the Center, and is part of Oklahoma’s Celebration of Reading. The Center will once again give $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are caught reading in their spare time. The prizes will be presented at the Celebration of Reading on April 10, 2001 at the Lazy-E Arena. The center is cosponsoring, for the seventh year, the Letters about Literature competition. Nationally promoted by Weekly Reader and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, students in grades 6 through 12 are asked to write letters to the author of a book that affected them in some way. The Center awards a total of $250 to writers of the top six letters. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is also providing funds to the Oklahoma Library Association to sponsor author and humorist Jim Boren as banquet speaker during their annual conference, April 18–20, 2001. The Center was a sponsor for the Center for Poets and Writers’ annual Celebration of Books in Sep-tember 2000. The Center for the Book and the Oklahoma Literacy Coalition co-hosted the Viburnum Literacy Con-ference in Oklahoma City, September 2000. The Center continues to provide authors to libraries and schools, and plans to initiate an Oklahoma Authors database on the organization’s website. The Center's website address is www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb Julie Hovis & Kathy Kinasewitz Recipients of the 2001 Distinguished Service Award The Distinguished Service Award is presented to Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz owners of Best of Books in Edmond in recognition of their service to the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Hovis and Kinasewitz have been true supporters of the Oklahoma Center for the Book, serving as board members and helping with numerous projects. Best of Books has been the bookseller for the annual Oklahoma Book Award ceremony for several years. Not only do they spend many hours arranging with the authors and publishers to have each finalist’s book available on the night of the awards ceremony, they also manage the sale and the return of the books. In addition, they give all the profits of the book sale each year to the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Previous Oklahoma Fiction 1990, Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister 1991, Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit 1992, Robert L. Duncan, The Serpent's Mark 1993, Rilla Askew, Strange Business 1994, Eve Sandstrom, Down Home Heifer Heist 1995, William Bernhardt, Perfect Justice 1996, Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is 1997, Stewart O’Nan, The Names of the Dead 1998, Rilla Askew, The Mercy Seat 1999, Billie Letts, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon 2000, William Bernhardt, Dark Justice Non-Fiction 1990, Leonard Leff, Hitchcock & Selznick 1991, Carl Albert and Danney Goble, Little Giant 1992, David Morgan, Robert England, and George Humphreys, Oklahoma Politics & Policies: Governing the Sooner State 1993, Henry Bellmon and Pat Bellmon, The Life and Times of Henry Bellmon; and Daniel Boorstin, The Creators 1994, J. Brent Clark, 3rd Down and Forever 1995, Dennis McAuliffe Jr., The Deaths of Sybil Bolton 1996, William Paul Winchester, A Very Small Farm 1997, Annick Smith, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass 1998, John Hope Franklin and John Whittington Franklin, Editors, My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin 1999, Bob Burke, From Oklahoma to Eternity: The Life of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae 2000, Michael Wallis, The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West Children/ Young Adult 1990, Helen Roney Sattler, Tyrannosaurus Rex and His Kin 1991, Stan Hoig, A Capitol for the Nation 1992, Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy 1993, Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie 1994, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Cherokee Summer 1995, Russell G. Davis and Brent Ashabranner, The Choctaw Code 1996, Anna Myers, Graveyard Girl 1997, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Stone Water 1998, S. L. Rottman, Hero 1999, Barbara Snow Gilbert, Broken Chords 2000, Harold Keith, Brief Garland: Ponytails, Basketball, and Nothing But Net Poetry 1990, William Kistler, The Elizabeth Sequence 1992, Carol Hamilton, Once the Dust 1993, Jim Barnes, The Sawdust War 1994, Carter Revard, An Eagle Nation 1995, Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky 1996, Francine Leffler Ringold-Johnson, The Trouble with Voices 1997, Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli’s The Blazing Lights of the Sun 1998, Betty Shipley, Somebody Say Amen 1999, Mark Cox, Thirty-Seven Years from the Stone 2000, N. Scott Momaday, In the Bear’s House Design/ Illustration 1990, David E. Hunt, The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson 1991, Carol Haralson, Cleora's Kitchens 1992, Joe Williams, Woolaroc 1993, Carol Haralson, Will Rogers: Courtship and Correspondence; and Kandy Radzinski, The Twelve Cats of Christmas 1994, Deloss McGraw, Fish Story 1995, Mike Wimmer, All the Places to Love 1996, Kim Doner, Green Snake Ceremony 1997, Carol Haralson and Harvey Payne, Big Bluestem: A Journey into the Tall Grass 1998, Carol Haralson, Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art 1999, David Fitzgerald, Bison: Monarch of the Plains 2000, Carol Haralson, Glory Days of Summer: The History of Baseball in Oklahoma Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award 1990, Daniel Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus, native of Tulsa 1991, Tony Hillerman, mystery writer, native of Sacred Heart 1992, Savoie Lottinville, Director of the University of Oklahoma Press for 30 years 1993, Harold Keith, Newbery Award winning children's author, Norman 1994, N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winning Kiowa author, native of Lawton 1995, R.A. Lafferty, Hugo Award winning author, Tulsa 1996, John Hope Franklin, historian, native of Rentiesville 1997, S.E. Hinton, award winning author of young adult novels, Tulsa 1998, Jack Bickham, novelist, teacher and journalist, Norman 1999, Michael Wallis, award-winning historian and biographer, Tulsa 2000, Bill Wallace, prolific and popular writer of novels for young people, Chickasha Ralph Ellison Award 1995, Ralph Ellison, National Book Award winner, Oklahoma City 1997, Angie Debo, “First Lady of Oklahoma History,” Marshall 1999, Melvin Tolson, poet, journalist, and dramatist, Langston 2000, Jim Thompson, novelist and screenwriter, Anadarko Book Award Winners The Oklahoma Center for the Book wishes to thank the judges for the 2001 competition: Dan Blanchard Mary Ann Blochowiak David Clark Denyvetta Davis Evelyn Davis Bettie Estes-Rickner Kathryn Fanning Ann Hamilton Mort Hamilton Joe Holmes Gayle Jones Kathy Latrobe Louisa McCune Donna Norvell Dee Pierce Kitty Pittman Byron Price Diane Seebass Carl Sennhenn Dewayne Smoot Howard Stein William R. Struby James R. Tolbert III Mary Waidner Mary Woodman The Center acknowledges the generous contributions of the following organizations and individuals: With the assistance of the Best of Books, Edmond Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Dunlap, Codding and Rogers Patent Law Firm Friends of the Metropolitan Library System Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City Harper Collins /JoAnna Catler Books Rodger Harris, Archives Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society Jump At The Sun An Imprint of Hyperion Books Fred Marvel, Photographer Metropolitan Library System Oklahoma Department of Libraries Oklahoma Independent Booksellers Association Steve’s Books, Tulsa The Westin, Oklahoma City Special thanks to... M.J. Van Deventer, Ceremony Chair, and committee members Liz Codding, Julia Fresonke, and B.J. Williams Ann Hamilton, Program Chair and Audio-visual Producer Public Information Office—Oklahoma Department of Libraries: Melanie Price, Bill Petrie, Bill Struby, and Bill Young 200 Northeast 18 Street Oklahoma City OK 73105-3298 www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb • 1-800-522-8116 |
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Literary prizes--Oklahoma Oklahoma Book Awards |
Description | Program of the Oklahoma Book Awards. |
Physical Description | 16 p.; 22 cm. |
Place of Publication | Oklahoma City, OK |
Publisher | Oklahoma Center for the Book |
Publication Date | 2001 |
Source | Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma Collection, Vertical File |
Copyright and Permissions | Copyright of this digital resource, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, 2011. For further information regarding use please consult the Copyright and Permissions page, http://www.crossroads.odl.state.ok.us/shell/rights.php or contact the holding institution of the digital resource. |
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