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2009 Oklahoma Book Awards 20th Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors Welcome to the 20th Annual Oklahoma Book Awards Ceremony OKLAHOMA BOOK AWA R D Shakespearean Sponsors The Oklahoma Heritage Association Pioneer Library System/Red Dirt Book Festival Bob Burke Hemingway Sponsors The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Dunlap Codding, P.C. 2009 • Oklahoma Book Awards Welcome Lynn McIntosh President, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book Greetings from the State Library Susan McVey Director, Oklahoma Department of Libraries Master of Ceremonies The Honorable George Nigh Former Governor of Oklahoma Children/Young Adult Award Presentation Adrienne Butler Children/Youth Services Consultant, Oklahoma Department of Libraries Non-Fiction Award Presentation Patricia Loughlin Associate Professor of History, University of Central Oklahoma Design/Illustration Award Presentation Karen Neurohr Assessment Librarian, Oklahoma State University and Board member, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book Poetry Award Presentation Sandra Soli Recipient of the 2008 Poetry Award Fiction Award Presentation Richard Rouillard Board member. Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award C. Blue Clark Honoring Robert J. Conley Instructor of Law, Oklahoma City University Announcements Glenda Carlile Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book Music provided by Oklahoma City University, Wanda L. Bass School of Music The book sale and signing continues after dinner. Best of Books contributes all proceeds to the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Please enjoy visiting with the book award medalists and finalists. CONGRATULATIONS to finalists Frank Keating and Mike Wimmer for The Trial of Standing Bear 1400 CLASSEN DRIVE • OKC • 405.235.4458 • www.oklahomaheritage.com published by the Oklahoma Heritage Association The Leader in Publishing Oklahoma’s History Learn more about our publications, as well as programs providing scholarships and free field trips to the Gaylord-Pickens Museum, at www.oklahomaheritage.com. On the 20th anniversary Creating a Literary Legacy for the State If the goal of art is to speak to the world, then the literary arts do an exceptional job of ac-complishing this. The art of the word is intimate and direct. As the reader scans the page, absorbing the sentences and metaphors, her imagination and personal experiences, emo-tions and knowledge are all called forth to add meaning and relevance to the story. Oklahoma has always produced men and women of letters who have created outstand-ing written art, and they have contributed mightily to the literary legacy of the nation. The problem was, throughout most of the Twentieth Century, many people (even in Oklahoma) did not connect these writers with Oklahoma. To this day, people can still register surprise to learn that Ralph Ellison—the author of Invisible Man, one of the most important and notable books of the last century—was born and raised in Oklahoma. When Oklahoma established the fourth Center for the Book in the nation in 1986, the organi-zation’s advisory board instinctively knew that its primary mission would be the celebration of Oklahoma writers and their works. “There was really nothing in our state at that time to recog-nize authors and Oklahoma literature” according to Aarone Corwin, a member of the organization’s first board, and eventually the Center’s second executive director. Corwin was there in those early years when the Center’s “OCB Prize” committee was brainstorming ideas, establish-ing criteria and categories, considering book award medal designs, figuring out budgets, establishing panels of judges, and convincing publishers and authors to submit six free copies of a title in order to enter an Oklahoma literary com-petition. “That first book award ceremony was a much simpler affair,” Corwin said. Fifty-two people registered to attend a recep-tion at the then National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. “It was a small wine and cheese gathering where we gave medals in the five categories, but it brought wonderful recognition to the authors,” Corwin said, “and it made publishers aware of our serious intent to promote Oklahoma authors and literature.” From 1990, the Oklahoma Book Award’s first Non-fiction winner “After that, we really didn’t have any difficulty in getting publishers and authors to submit nominations.” The new Oklahoma Book Awards would grow greatly un-der the Center’s two subsequent executive directors, Ann Hamilton and Glenda Carlile, and through the support of the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book. The reception became a dinner, attendance increased from 52 to more than 200 today, book entries increased to more than 150 this year, and the yearly list of finalists and medalists has come to reflect the best of Oklahoma’s book community. Today, Oklahoma’s annual literary competition and celebra-tion is considered one of the most successful state book award programs in the country. The Library of Congress Center for the Book continues to recommend the Oklahoma Center as a resource for other states exploring literary award events. Carlile, the Center’s current executive director (since 1996), has been involved in the Oklahoma Book Awards since their inception. “When we first started, many people had no idea how diverse Oklahoma’s literary culture truly was,” Carlile said. Diversity is certainly an apt description of the Book Award finalists and medalists through the years. Just take a look at two of the categories: non-fiction and fiction. Non-fiction medal recipients have ranged from the personal essays of William Paul Winchester in A Very Small Farm, to Michael Wallis’s epic The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West, to University of Oklahoma professor Laurie J. Vitt’s ground-breaking zoological work, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. Fiction medalists include Billie Letts’s phenomenon, Where the Heart Is, the courtroom thrillers of William Bernhardt, and Rilla Askew’s stories of the Oklahoma (indeed, the American) character. Billie Letts’ first winner of the Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction, in 1996—her second award was for The Honk and Holler Opening Soon in 1999. 1997 Ralph Ellison recipient Angie Debo’s 1944 social history of an Oklahoman town. The Center has also worked to honor the state’s diverse writers and scholars of the past with the posthumous Ralph Ellison Award. Recipients include fearless truth-teller Angie Debo, revered poets Melvin Tolson and John Berryman, pulp fiction powerhouse Jim Thompson, and renaissance man/ everyman Woody Guthrie. Most of these writers were never properly acknowledged in their home state, yet they are the pioneers who began writing this state’s literary legacy. Meanwhile, living writers are honored each year with an Award for Lifetime Achievement, named after Norman his-torian Arrell Gibson, the first president of the Center’s board. Past Lifetime Award recipients include historians John Hope Franklin, Michael Wallis, Bob Burke and David Dary; poets N. Scott Momaday and Joy Harjo; science fiction masters R.L. Lafferty and C.J. Cherryh; and award-winning childrens/ young adult authors Harold Keith, Bill Wallace, Joyce Carol Thomas and S.E. Hinton. When the curtain rings down on this Oklahoma Book Award ceremony, we will have bestowed our 20th Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award to Cherokee novelist and poet Robert J. Conley, and we will have honored additional books and their creators. But much more will have happened. Over the two decades of the Book Award program, we will have honored more than 600 finalists; presented medals to 126 writers, illustrators, photographers and book designers; presented 112 medals to publishers of Book Award medalists; and posthumously paid tribute to 10 of Oklahoma’s outstanding writers. More importantly, we will have added more finalists and medalists to that growing list that represents the best of Oklahoma writing and books. It is a list that will be available for future generations as they began their exploration of our unique literary heritage. After all, that’s what a legacy is all about. 2008 Arrell Gibson recipient David Dary’s 1998 book on frontier journalism. 2009 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists Children/Young Adult Chosen—P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast—St Martin’s Press, New York, NY Bloodlust and dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledging vampyre Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. In the third installment in their House of Night Series, mother and daughter team, P.C. and Kristin Cast, continue to explore a world where mankind and vampyres must live and work together. The first book in the series, Marked, won the 2009 Oklahoma Book Award. Both authors live in the Tulsa metropolitan area. On a Road in Africa—Kim Doner—Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA Author, illustrator, and animal rehabilitator Kim Doner opens up the world of Chryssee Perry Martin (Mama O) and her work at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage. As a child, Doner aspired to be a ballerina/veterinarian/artist. These dreams inspired her current adventures–writing and illustrating children’s books, sharing her love of the arts through speaking and teaching, and rehabilitating wildlife. The Tulsa resident has written nine children’s books. She received the Oklahoma Book Award for illustration in 1996 for Green Snake Ceremony. It Wasn’t Much: True Tales of Ten Oklahoma Heroes—Jana Hausburg—Forty-Sixth Star Press, Oklahoma City, OK Hausburg’s first book is a collection of short biographies that highlight the incredible, real-life adventures of ten heroic Oklahomans. The heroes in this book were ordinary Oklahomans who did extraordinary things. Each chapter has website addresses, suggestions for further reading, and information on how to visit the historic places mentioned in the book. Hausburg is a cataloger for the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City. The Trial of Standing Bear—Frank Keating—Oklahoma Heritage Association, Okla. City, OK Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating tells of the anguish and resolve of Ponca Chief Standing Bear and his people as they are forced from their homeland, and their subsequent fight to be treated like human beings. Governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003, Keating is the author of Will Rogers: An American Legend and Theodore, which received the 2007 International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award. He and his wife, Cathy, live in McLean, Virginia. Spy—Anna Myers—Walker & Company, New York, NY As a country fights for its freedom, Jonah Hawkins must make a choice as to where his loyalties lie. His promise to his dying father that he would remain loyal to the king isn’t easy to keep after he meets his new teacher Master Nathan Hale, especially after he hears Hale utter the famous words, “I only regret I have but one life to lose for my country.” Myers has written over a dozen books and received three Oklahoma Book Award medals. She lives in Chandler and is president of the Oklahoma Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. The Spectacular Now—Tim Tharp—Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY Sutter Keely is known as the master of the party until he wakes up in the front lawn of Aimee, the new girl in town and a social disaster. For the first time in his life, Sutter has the power to make a difference in someone’s life or ruin it forever. The Spectacular Now was a finalist in the 2008 National Book Awards. Tharp teaches in the humanities department at Rose State College and was the recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award in 2008 for Knights of the Hill Country, his first young adult novel. Non-Fiction Oklahoma: A History—W. David Baird and Danney Goble—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK Baird and the late Danney Goble provide a centuries-spanning account regarding Oklahoma’s history, including the varied landscape and its influences, indigenous peoples, and European encounters and settlement. The authors explore the individuals and events in history that helped shape our great state: Sequoyah, Alfalfa Bill Murray, Bertha Teague, Indian removal, land runs, statehood, political elections, the Great Depression, and civil rights. Goble received the Center’s posthumous Ralph Ellison Award last year. A Letter to America—David Boren—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK Boren explores America’s place in a post 9/11 world. He contends that America is at a crossroads in her history, as destructive partisan political bickering is threatening the very fabric of the nation. He asserts the American people are growing cynical of our political system and are losing faith in the country. He argues major bipartisan reforms must be implemented to restore America’s position in the world. These reforms must take place in campaign finance, education, and foreign policy. Only in Oklahoma: Collected Columns Originally Published in the Tulsa World during Oklahoma’s Centennial Year—Gene Curtis—World Publishing Co., Tulsa, OK Newspaper reporter and editor Gene Curtis has compiled a variety of columns covering the state’s history for this centennial project sponsored by the Tulsa World. Curtis covers both individuals and events in Oklahoma’s history including the Dust Bowl, Oklahoma City bombing, Tulsa’s Memorial Day flood, and Alfalfa Bill Murray’s Red River standoff. He also includes stories regarding the state’s Native American population, logging towns, tornadoes, law enforcement, and World War II heroes. The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson—Kevin J. Hayes—Oxford University Press, New York, NY Hayes provides a literary profile of one of America’s most well read presidents. He examines Jefferson’s intellectual and spiritual growth by focusing on the books and writings that greatly influenced him. Hayes gives examples of the writers and literary works from classical antiquity to the popular literature of the day that Jefferson loved and held in his massive collection. He gives insight into the other areas of Jefferson’s interest outside politics including education, history, law, and science. Jefferson’s passion for learning and the written word led to the creation of the “academic village,” later known as the University of Virginia. Hayes is a professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade—Stan Hoig—University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM Hoig traces the Chouteau family for four generations and describes their relationship to the development of the American West. The Chouteaus, a French Creole family, led the fur trade along the Mississippi River, founded the city of Saint Louis, and helped create a global fur market. Moreover, they assisted Lewis and Clarke during their westward exploration, and helped the federal government develop treaties among the Indian tribes. Hoig received the Oklahoma Book Award in 1991 in the children/young adult category for A Capitol for the Nation. He is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma. Grappling with Demon Rum: The Cultural Struggle over Liquor in Early Oklahoma—James E. Klein—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK Klein examines both the cultural and social conflict that led Oklahoma to become a dry state, prior to the national prohibition law in 1919. He investigates the role of the Oklahoma Anti- Saloon League, middle-class citizenry, Catholic and Protestant groups, rural and urban forces, and the working class that engaged in the debate regarding liquor. He also describes the role of law enforcement in attempting to enforce prohibition legislation. Klein is an assistant professor of history in Texas. In Reckless Hands: Skinner V. Oklahoma and the Near Triumph of American Eugenics—Victoria F. Nourse—W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY Eugenics is often synonymous with Nazi, Germany, but during the early part of the twentieth century America witnessed the popularity of eugenics as many state legislatures passed sterilization laws. Nourse examines the eugenics movement in the United States, and how legislation attempted to create a better society by sterilizing the mentally ill and habitual criminals. She explores the movement in Oklahoma as the threat of sterilization led many Congratulations to Gene Curtis and his book Only in Oklahoma for being a finalist in the 2009 Oklahoma Book Award competition. inmates in McAlester prison to riot in 1936. She provides detailed information regarding Jack Skinner and his legal case against the state that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Nourse is a law professor at the University of Wisconsin and Emory University. The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival—J. Diane Pearson— University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK Utilizing new sources and oral histories, Pearson provides new insight into the plight of the Nimiipuu and the Nez Perces’ struggle with the federal government, during their forced removal from Montana to Fort Leavenworth, the Quapaw Reservation, and the Ponca Agency. The author describes a story of survival and determination as the Nimiipuu advocated for their aboriginal and civil rights and to be relocated back to their homeland. While imprisoned, these people learned how to deal with the federal authorities, which ultimately led to their 1885 release. Pearson teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. Full-Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions of the World—Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK In this account of Montana’s Fort Shaw Indian School girls’ basketball teams, Peavy and Smith provide a detailed account of how ten young women, representing seven Indian nations, became world champions while bringing attention to this new American sport. The authors use the story of the girls’ basketball team as a springboard to talk about tribes and tribal histories, while exploring both the positive and negative aspects of Indian boarding schools. Peavy is a former instructor of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. Hunting the American West: The Pursuit of Big Game for Life, Profit, and Sport, 1800–1900—Richard C. Rattenbury—Boone and Crockett, Missoula, MT Rattenbury’s research into big game hunting in the American West during the eighteenth century is drawn from original written documents from those individuals engaged in hunting as well as spectators. The author provides an easy-to-read narrative account regarding the history of big game hunting including the species, subsistence, and commerce, as well as a variety of hunting methods and weaponry utilized by hunters. Rattenbury is curator of history at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Design/Illustration Juxtapositions: Brunel Faris and the Visual Arts in Oklahoma City—Design by Carl Brune—Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, OK Three-time Oklahoma Book Award medalist Carl Brune brings his talent and design sense to as-sist authors Christiane Faris and Margaret Flansburg as they relate the life and impact of Brunel Faris, whose forty year career as an artist, teacher and administrator were uniquely entwined with the growth and development of Oklahoma City’s visual arts community. A native of Enid, Brune lives in Tulsa. On a Road in Africa—Illustrations by Kim Doner—Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA Doner’s work represents the epitome of children’s book illustration, where the art works seam-lessly with the written word. Here, the two elements tell the story of the author/illustrator’s very personal journey to Africa. Doner is a six-time Oklahoma Book Award finalist in this category. The Tulsa artist received the Oklahoma Book Award in 1996 for Green Snake Ceremony. Tonight, she is also a finalist in the children/young adult category for On a Road in Africa. Charles Faudree Interiors—Photography by Jennifer Jordan, Design by Debra McQuiston—Gibbs Smith, Layton, UT McQuiston employs a clear, clean design in this oversize volume to provide the perfect canvas for Jordan’s crisp photography of Faudree’s Country French Interiors. Faudree is one of Oklahoma’s (and America’s) top interior designers. He lives in Tulsa. This is the third book exploring his sig-nature Country French style with co-author M.J. Van Deventer. They Know Who They Are—Illustrations by Mike Larsen—Chickasaw Press, Ada, OK Larsen’s paintings of living Chickasaw elders go beyond simple portraiture, conveying an inti-macy and understanding of the subjects. An award-winning Chickasaw artist, Larsen is especially known for paintings and sculptures of dancing figures. He is best known to many Oklahomans for his Flight of Spirit mural at the State Capitol, a work that honors the state’s five famous Indian ballerinas. In 2006, Oklahoma Today magazine named Larsen Oklahoman of the Year. They Know Who They Are is a joint effort with his wife, writer Martha Larsen. How We Lived: A Pictorial History of the Places Oklahomans Have Called Home— Design by Holley Mangham—Oklahoma Housing Finance Authority, Oklahoma City, OK This book is a celebration of the places Oklahomans have called home, from tee pees to sod houses to the modern brick suburban abode. Beyond architecture, many photos feature the people who also made it feel like home, providing additional insight into the way we used to live. Mangham presents the photos in chronological order to emphasize the changing styles of housing, but the people in the photos tell us how much we remain the same. What Dogs Want for Christmas—Illustrations by Kandy Radzinski—Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI Here it is—Radzinski’s canine response to last year’s Oklahoma Book Award winner, What Cats Want for Christmas. These puppies ask Santa for everything from “mittens made of Persian kittens” to a “loving home with someone to hold me and call me their own.” The unique character of the different dogs shine through thanks to the artist’s craftsmanship. The three-time book award winner lives in Tulsa with her husband Mark and son Ian. Placing Memory: A Photographic Exploration of Japanese Internment— Photography by Todd Stewart, Design by Eric H. Anderson and Karen Hayes- Thumann—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK The quality and starkness of Stewart’s photographs of former Japanese Internment campsites as they appear today, are juxtaposed with warm World War II era photos of the camps filled with activity. The contrast is striking—where there was life (and internment), now there is abandon-ment (and freedom). Anderson and Hayes-Thumann’s design is spare, uncluttered and intimate. Photographer Stewart and graphic designers Anderson and Hayes-Thumann are all on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma’s School of Art and Art History. The Trial of Standing Bear—Illustrations by Mike Wimmer—Oklahoma Heritage Association, Oklahoma City, OK Mike Wimmer’s paintings are so detailed and precise, they make Frank Keating’s history of this famous trial truly come alive for the young reader. Wimmer is a seven-time finalist in this category. He received the Oklahoma Book Award in 1995 for All the Places to Love. He illustrated Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth, named an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book, and Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh, recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for nonfiction. He lives in Norman with his family. Poetry Lessons from an Oklahoma Girlhood—Dorothy Alexander—Village Books Press, Cheyenne, OK “Childhood was a journey I didn’t recognize until it was over,” Alexander writes in her introduction to this collaborative work. Now in her seventies, she discovered “an urgency to tell the story of that journey, to write down my version of how I got to this point.” Eighteen Oklahoma women artists contribute visual art in response to each poem. As the artwork came in, Alexander says “it became apparent that my personal memories spoke to the universal experience of those who lived their childhood in this place we call Oklahoma.” Alexander is co-owner of Village Books Press. This is her fourth book of poetry. Two Tables Over—Nathan Brown—Village Books Press, Cheyenne, OK Brown describes himself as “a poet, musician, photographer or problem … depending on who’s talking.” He’s also a traveler, a teacher, and that shrewd observer two tables over at a local Norman coffee house. His revelations about what he sees transform both the poet and his readers. This is his third time as a finalist in the poetry category. His books Suffer the Little Voices and Not Exactly Job also received the honor. Congratulations on your nomination! On a Road in Africa by Kim Doner $15.95 • Hardcover Available now where books are sold. Tricycle Press www.tricyclepress.com • www.crownpublishing.com “Kim Doner has exquisitely opened [a] fascinating world to you in her book.” —Jack Hanna, TV’s wildlife expert and Director Emeritus, Columbus Zoo. “In rhyming, chiming, sing-song words, this upbeat picture book introduces a day in the life of animal conservationist Chrysee Martin, who runs the Nairobi Animal Orphanage.” —Booklist 2009 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, NCSS-CBC 99 99 VILLAGE BOOKS PRESS Cheyenne, Oklahoma Publishing Oklahoma Writers Since 2002 CONGRATULATES All 2009 Finalists! Antidotes & Home Remedies—Jim Chastain—Village Books Press, Cheyenne, OK Chastain’s poetry incorporates dark humor, keen observations, and moments of grace and joy. The first half of the book finds him wrestling with his ongoing struggle with terminal cancer, while the second “home remedies” half is filled with meditations that have arisen through his journaling. The Norman writer has penned two other books: I Survived Cancer but Never Won the Tour de France and Like Some First Human Being. Chastain also blogs about his journey on NewsOK.com. Shots On—Carol Hamilton—Finishing Line Press—Georgetown, KY What do you see when you look at a photograph? If you’re Carol Hamilton, you see poetry. Inspired by early women photographers, the award-winning Midwest City writer pays homage to these pioneers of the lens and their photographic art. As a result, Main Street Rag Press editor M. Scott Douglass says Hamilton has given us “a collection of poems worthy of framing.” This former elementary school teacher and college professor was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma 1995–1997. She received the Oklahoma Book Award in poetry in 1992 for Once the Dust. Rounding the Human Corners—Linda Hogan—Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN The intimate connections between all living things and the layers that both protect and disguise our affinities is the theme of Hogan’s first book of poetry since 1993’s The Book of Medicines. A Chickasaw poet, novelist, playwright, teacher and activist, Hogan has won many awards and has spent most of her life in Oklahoma and Colorado. Her novel Mean Spirit received the 1991 Oklahoma Book Award in fiction. She is also a finalist in the fiction category tonight. Fiction People of the Whale—Linda Hogan—W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY Thomas Witka, a Vietnam veteran, is torn between his war experience and his Native American community. His tribe is in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. Hogan is known for taking on the most difficult contemporary Native issues. She was inducted into the Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame in 2007. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award for her novel Mean Spirit. She lives in Tishomingo. Made in the U.S.A.—Billie Letts—Grand Central Publishing, New York, NY Lett’s first novel, Where the Heart Is, won the Oklahoma Book Award, sold more than three million copies, was an Oprah Book choice, and became a major motion picture. Her second novel, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, received the Oklahoma Book Award and was named the first Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma selection. Her third novel, Shoot the Moon was both a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller. In this fourth novel, Lutie McFee and her younger brother Fate are left on their own when their aunt dies in the local WalMart. Rather than becoming wards of the court, the two motherless children hightail it across the country in their aunt’s old Pontiac, facing a cruel, unfair, and frightening world. Trudy’s Promise—Marcia Preston—Mira Books, Don Mills, ON, Canada Trudy Hulst’s husband is killed attempting an escape past the newly constructed Berlin Wall. Branded the wife of a defector and facing a life in prison, she has no choice but to escape to the West, leaving behind her young son and his maternal grandmother. This historical thriller traces Trudy’s desperate attempts to regain her son, including a journey to America. Preston is a five-time finalist in this category. She received the Oklahoma Book Award in 2004 for Song of the Bones. To Honor the Dead—Joseph W. Shaw—University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM A finalist for the New Mexico Book Award, this book traces the old Tyree homestead in western Oklahoma from the earliest beginnings of the white man’s relentless march across the Great Plains through the shameful Indian tribal relocations and bloody military campaigns of the late 1800s. Now after nearly a century, a more recent tragedy is coming to light. Shaw was born and raised in western Oklahoma. He currently lives in Albuquerque with Gina, his wife and business partner for forty-three years. The Black Hand—Will Thomas—A Touchstone Book published by Simon and Schuster The Barker and Llewelyn novels, set in Victorian England, have become one of the best historical-mystery series. In this, fifth of the series, sleuths Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn are called to investigate an Italian assassin’s body floating in a barrel in London’s East end. Soon, corpses begin to appear all over London, each accompanied by a Mafia Black Hand note. The Tulsa author won the 2005 Oklahoma Book Award for Some Danger Involved. All of his Barker/Llewelyn mysteries have been honored as Book Award finalists. Thomas lives in Tulsa with his family. Sweeping up Glass—Carolyn D. Wall—Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, AZ 1938 is the coldest winter ever recorded in Aurora, Kentucky, but poverty has the greatest grip. On a strip of icy mountain, Olivia Harker raises her grandson, runs a declining grocery store, and tolerates her crazy mother. When Olivia sets out to discover who is killing the wolves on her land, she discovers something much more sinister than a simple poaching scheme. This debut novel has received glowing reviews, and Wall’s writing is being compared to that of Harper Lee and Flannery O’Conner. Wall lives in Oklahoma City, has completed her second novel, and is working on the third. Poisoned Pen Press has sold out of the book, but a new edition by Random House will be available in the fall. robert J. Conley Recipient of the 2009 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award One of Oklahoma’s most prolific authors, Conley was born in Cushing in 1940. His first novel, Back to Malachi, was published in 1986. Since that time he has had more than seventy books published, both fiction and non-fiction. His poems and short stories have been published in numerous peri-odicals and anthologies over the years, including some in Germany, France, Belgium, New Zealand and Yugoslavia. His poems have been published in English, Cherokee, and Macedonian. Conley is known for his accurate depiction of the old West, focusing on the history, tradition, and folklore of the Cherokee people. A member of the Western Writers of America, he has won Spur Awards for two of his novels, Nickajack and The Dark Island, and for his short story “Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography.” The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers named him Wordcrafter of the Year in 1997. That same year, he was also inducted into the Oklahoma Profes-sional Writers Hall of Fame. Also in 2007, his book Cherokee Medicine Man was part of the annual literary six-pack for the Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma statewide centennial literary celebration. He is an enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Con-ley has been assistant programs manager for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, director of Indian Studies at Bacone College, associate professor of English at Morningside College, coordinator of Indian Culture at Eastern Montana College, and instructor of English at Southwest Missouri State University and at Northern Illinois University. He is the new Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University. The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to recognize a body of work. This award is named for the Norman, Oklahoma, historian who served as the first president of the Oklahoma Center for the Book. 20Years 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 2001 • David LaVere, Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory 2002 • Lydia L. Wyckoff, Editor; Woven Worlds: Basketry from the Clark Field Collection 2003 • Michael A. Mares, A Desert Calling: Life in a Forbidding Landscape 2004 • Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity 2005 • Ed Cray, Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie 2006 • Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time 2007 • Charles Robert Goins and Danney Goble, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, Fourth Edition 2008 • Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr 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 2001 • Carolyn Hart, Sugarplum Dead 2002 • Douglas Kelley, The Captain’s Wife 2003 • Diane Glancy, The Mask Maker: A Novel 2004 • M.K. Preston, Song of the Bones 2005 • Will Thomas, Some Danger Involved 2006 • David Kent, The Black Jack Conspiracy 2007 • Sheldon Russell, Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush 2008 • Rilla Askew, Harpsong Children/Young Adult 1990 • Helen Roney Sattler, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin 1991 • Stan Hoig, A Capital for the Nation 1992 • Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy 1993 • Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie winners 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. 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Williams—producer and host of “Read About It,” and Past President of the Oklahoma Center for the Book Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency congratulates Holley Mangham 2009 Oklahoma Book Award Design & Illustration Finalist 2612 South Harvard, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 • 918–743–3544 The Oklahoma Center for the Book wishes to thank the judges for the 2009 competition Keith Allen Mary Ann Blochowiak Adrienne Butler Mark Cotner Brian Dahlvang Julie Dill Bettie Estes-Rickner Kathryn Fanning Dee Fisher Danney Gordon Gerald Hibbs Michael Hull Carol Davis Koss Patricia Loughlin Sharon Martin Louisa McCune-Elmore Raymond D. Munkres Kitty Pittman Richard Rouillard Sandy Shropshire Kristin Sorocco William R. Struby Leah Taylor Al Turner Revere Young The Center acknowledges the generous contributions of the following organizations and individuals Barnes and Noble Best of Books, Edmond Bill and Irene’s Flowers Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Chickasaw Regional Library System Rodger Harris, Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society Fred Marvel, Photographer Oklahoma Department of Libraries Oklahoma Heritage Association University of Oklahoma Press Special thanks to Ceremony Committee—B.J. Williams (chair), Gini Campbell, Karen Klinka, and Kitty Pittman Public Information Office, Oklahoma Department of Libraries— Glenda Carlile, Connie Armstrong, Michael O’Hasson, Bill Petrie, Bill Struby, and Bill Young 3004 NW 23 Street (405) 943–3353 Oklahoma City, OK 73107 Bill & Irene’s Flowers Proudly serving the Oklahoma City metro area since 1935. Project Highlights The Oklahoma Center for the Book (OCB) in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and its Friends support group have participated in several events in the last year. Other exciting events are an-ticipated in the coming months. Oklahoma Author Database—At long last, Oklahoma author information is being collected in a database and is available for use by libraries, schools and individuals. Log on to www.crossroads. odl.state.ok.us, and click “collections” and “authors” to see this work-in-progress. Letters About Literature is a contest co-sponsored with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Target Corporation. Students write a letter to an author, living or dead, telling how a book has influenced his or her life. Kids Caught Reading is an annual event that the Center has been pleased to participate in for several years. Friends of the Center will again give $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are “caught reading” in their spare time. For the last six years the Center has participated in the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Executive Director Glenda Carlile and Board member Connie Armstrong were fortunate to attend the festival last fall, promoting our state and its authors. The Friends of the Center for the Book provided funds to sponsor a speaker at the 2008 Oklahoma Library Association annual conference, and plan to participate again in 2009. This year, the Friends are a sponsor of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Oklahoma Library Association’s Sequoyah Children’s Book Award. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is pleased to participate in the Red Dirt Book Festival in Shawnee, November 5–7, 2009. Information is available for membership to the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book— please call 405–522–3575. The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book thank Bob Burke for making this evening possible. We appreciate your many years of support for the Book Award program and other Oklahoma Center for the Book projects. Bob, you’re the best! Connie Armstrong—Norman Bettye Black—Langston Bob Burke—Oklahoma City Glenda Carlile—Oklahoma City Linda Edmondson—Oklahoma City Louix Escobar-Matute—Tulsa Jennifer Greenstreet—Ada Julia Harmon—Shawnee Rodger Harris—Oklahoma City Gerald Hibbs—Edmond Julie Hovis—Edmond Karen Klinka—Edmond Susan McVey—Oklahoma City Raymond Munkres—Midwest City Karen Neurohr—Stillwater Kitty Pittman—Oklahoma City Julie Porter—Oklahoma City Judy Randle—Tulsa Richard Rouillard—Oklahoma City Sandra Soli—Oklahoma City Kristin Sorocco—Oklahoma City Sue Stees—Tulsa Laurie Sundborg—Tulsa M.J. Van Deventer—Oklahoma City B.J. Williams—Oklahoma City William R. Young—Oklahoma City Friends of the Center The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book is a non-profit, 501–c-3 organization. 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Transcript | 2009 Oklahoma Book Awards 20th Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors Welcome to the 20th Annual Oklahoma Book Awards Ceremony OKLAHOMA BOOK AWA R D Shakespearean Sponsors The Oklahoma Heritage Association Pioneer Library System/Red Dirt Book Festival Bob Burke Hemingway Sponsors The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Dunlap Codding, P.C. 2009 • Oklahoma Book Awards Welcome Lynn McIntosh President, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book Greetings from the State Library Susan McVey Director, Oklahoma Department of Libraries Master of Ceremonies The Honorable George Nigh Former Governor of Oklahoma Children/Young Adult Award Presentation Adrienne Butler Children/Youth Services Consultant, Oklahoma Department of Libraries Non-Fiction Award Presentation Patricia Loughlin Associate Professor of History, University of Central Oklahoma Design/Illustration Award Presentation Karen Neurohr Assessment Librarian, Oklahoma State University and Board member, Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book Poetry Award Presentation Sandra Soli Recipient of the 2008 Poetry Award Fiction Award Presentation Richard Rouillard Board member. Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award C. Blue Clark Honoring Robert J. Conley Instructor of Law, Oklahoma City University Announcements Glenda Carlile Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book Music provided by Oklahoma City University, Wanda L. Bass School of Music The book sale and signing continues after dinner. Best of Books contributes all proceeds to the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book. Please enjoy visiting with the book award medalists and finalists. CONGRATULATIONS to finalists Frank Keating and Mike Wimmer for The Trial of Standing Bear 1400 CLASSEN DRIVE • OKC • 405.235.4458 • www.oklahomaheritage.com published by the Oklahoma Heritage Association The Leader in Publishing Oklahoma’s History Learn more about our publications, as well as programs providing scholarships and free field trips to the Gaylord-Pickens Museum, at www.oklahomaheritage.com. On the 20th anniversary Creating a Literary Legacy for the State If the goal of art is to speak to the world, then the literary arts do an exceptional job of ac-complishing this. The art of the word is intimate and direct. As the reader scans the page, absorbing the sentences and metaphors, her imagination and personal experiences, emo-tions and knowledge are all called forth to add meaning and relevance to the story. Oklahoma has always produced men and women of letters who have created outstand-ing written art, and they have contributed mightily to the literary legacy of the nation. The problem was, throughout most of the Twentieth Century, many people (even in Oklahoma) did not connect these writers with Oklahoma. To this day, people can still register surprise to learn that Ralph Ellison—the author of Invisible Man, one of the most important and notable books of the last century—was born and raised in Oklahoma. When Oklahoma established the fourth Center for the Book in the nation in 1986, the organi-zation’s advisory board instinctively knew that its primary mission would be the celebration of Oklahoma writers and their works. “There was really nothing in our state at that time to recog-nize authors and Oklahoma literature” according to Aarone Corwin, a member of the organization’s first board, and eventually the Center’s second executive director. Corwin was there in those early years when the Center’s “OCB Prize” committee was brainstorming ideas, establish-ing criteria and categories, considering book award medal designs, figuring out budgets, establishing panels of judges, and convincing publishers and authors to submit six free copies of a title in order to enter an Oklahoma literary com-petition. “That first book award ceremony was a much simpler affair,” Corwin said. Fifty-two people registered to attend a recep-tion at the then National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. “It was a small wine and cheese gathering where we gave medals in the five categories, but it brought wonderful recognition to the authors,” Corwin said, “and it made publishers aware of our serious intent to promote Oklahoma authors and literature.” From 1990, the Oklahoma Book Award’s first Non-fiction winner “After that, we really didn’t have any difficulty in getting publishers and authors to submit nominations.” The new Oklahoma Book Awards would grow greatly un-der the Center’s two subsequent executive directors, Ann Hamilton and Glenda Carlile, and through the support of the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book. The reception became a dinner, attendance increased from 52 to more than 200 today, book entries increased to more than 150 this year, and the yearly list of finalists and medalists has come to reflect the best of Oklahoma’s book community. Today, Oklahoma’s annual literary competition and celebra-tion is considered one of the most successful state book award programs in the country. The Library of Congress Center for the Book continues to recommend the Oklahoma Center as a resource for other states exploring literary award events. Carlile, the Center’s current executive director (since 1996), has been involved in the Oklahoma Book Awards since their inception. “When we first started, many people had no idea how diverse Oklahoma’s literary culture truly was,” Carlile said. Diversity is certainly an apt description of the Book Award finalists and medalists through the years. Just take a look at two of the categories: non-fiction and fiction. Non-fiction medal recipients have ranged from the personal essays of William Paul Winchester in A Very Small Farm, to Michael Wallis’s epic The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West, to University of Oklahoma professor Laurie J. Vitt’s ground-breaking zoological work, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. Fiction medalists include Billie Letts’s phenomenon, Where the Heart Is, the courtroom thrillers of William Bernhardt, and Rilla Askew’s stories of the Oklahoma (indeed, the American) character. Billie Letts’ first winner of the Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction, in 1996—her second award was for The Honk and Holler Opening Soon in 1999. 1997 Ralph Ellison recipient Angie Debo’s 1944 social history of an Oklahoman town. The Center has also worked to honor the state’s diverse writers and scholars of the past with the posthumous Ralph Ellison Award. Recipients include fearless truth-teller Angie Debo, revered poets Melvin Tolson and John Berryman, pulp fiction powerhouse Jim Thompson, and renaissance man/ everyman Woody Guthrie. Most of these writers were never properly acknowledged in their home state, yet they are the pioneers who began writing this state’s literary legacy. Meanwhile, living writers are honored each year with an Award for Lifetime Achievement, named after Norman his-torian Arrell Gibson, the first president of the Center’s board. Past Lifetime Award recipients include historians John Hope Franklin, Michael Wallis, Bob Burke and David Dary; poets N. Scott Momaday and Joy Harjo; science fiction masters R.L. Lafferty and C.J. Cherryh; and award-winning childrens/ young adult authors Harold Keith, Bill Wallace, Joyce Carol Thomas and S.E. Hinton. When the curtain rings down on this Oklahoma Book Award ceremony, we will have bestowed our 20th Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award to Cherokee novelist and poet Robert J. Conley, and we will have honored additional books and their creators. But much more will have happened. Over the two decades of the Book Award program, we will have honored more than 600 finalists; presented medals to 126 writers, illustrators, photographers and book designers; presented 112 medals to publishers of Book Award medalists; and posthumously paid tribute to 10 of Oklahoma’s outstanding writers. More importantly, we will have added more finalists and medalists to that growing list that represents the best of Oklahoma writing and books. It is a list that will be available for future generations as they began their exploration of our unique literary heritage. After all, that’s what a legacy is all about. 2008 Arrell Gibson recipient David Dary’s 1998 book on frontier journalism. 2009 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists Children/Young Adult Chosen—P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast—St Martin’s Press, New York, NY Bloodlust and dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledging vampyre Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. In the third installment in their House of Night Series, mother and daughter team, P.C. and Kristin Cast, continue to explore a world where mankind and vampyres must live and work together. The first book in the series, Marked, won the 2009 Oklahoma Book Award. Both authors live in the Tulsa metropolitan area. On a Road in Africa—Kim Doner—Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA Author, illustrator, and animal rehabilitator Kim Doner opens up the world of Chryssee Perry Martin (Mama O) and her work at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage. As a child, Doner aspired to be a ballerina/veterinarian/artist. These dreams inspired her current adventures–writing and illustrating children’s books, sharing her love of the arts through speaking and teaching, and rehabilitating wildlife. The Tulsa resident has written nine children’s books. She received the Oklahoma Book Award for illustration in 1996 for Green Snake Ceremony. It Wasn’t Much: True Tales of Ten Oklahoma Heroes—Jana Hausburg—Forty-Sixth Star Press, Oklahoma City, OK Hausburg’s first book is a collection of short biographies that highlight the incredible, real-life adventures of ten heroic Oklahomans. The heroes in this book were ordinary Oklahomans who did extraordinary things. Each chapter has website addresses, suggestions for further reading, and information on how to visit the historic places mentioned in the book. Hausburg is a cataloger for the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City. The Trial of Standing Bear—Frank Keating—Oklahoma Heritage Association, Okla. City, OK Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating tells of the anguish and resolve of Ponca Chief Standing Bear and his people as they are forced from their homeland, and their subsequent fight to be treated like human beings. Governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003, Keating is the author of Will Rogers: An American Legend and Theodore, which received the 2007 International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award. He and his wife, Cathy, live in McLean, Virginia. Spy—Anna Myers—Walker & Company, New York, NY As a country fights for its freedom, Jonah Hawkins must make a choice as to where his loyalties lie. His promise to his dying father that he would remain loyal to the king isn’t easy to keep after he meets his new teacher Master Nathan Hale, especially after he hears Hale utter the famous words, “I only regret I have but one life to lose for my country.” Myers has written over a dozen books and received three Oklahoma Book Award medals. She lives in Chandler and is president of the Oklahoma Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. The Spectacular Now—Tim Tharp—Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY Sutter Keely is known as the master of the party until he wakes up in the front lawn of Aimee, the new girl in town and a social disaster. For the first time in his life, Sutter has the power to make a difference in someone’s life or ruin it forever. The Spectacular Now was a finalist in the 2008 National Book Awards. Tharp teaches in the humanities department at Rose State College and was the recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award in 2008 for Knights of the Hill Country, his first young adult novel. Non-Fiction Oklahoma: A History—W. David Baird and Danney Goble—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK Baird and the late Danney Goble provide a centuries-spanning account regarding Oklahoma’s history, including the varied landscape and its influences, indigenous peoples, and European encounters and settlement. The authors explore the individuals and events in history that helped shape our great state: Sequoyah, Alfalfa Bill Murray, Bertha Teague, Indian removal, land runs, statehood, political elections, the Great Depression, and civil rights. Goble received the Center’s posthumous Ralph Ellison Award last year. A Letter to America—David Boren—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK Boren explores America’s place in a post 9/11 world. He contends that America is at a crossroads in her history, as destructive partisan political bickering is threatening the very fabric of the nation. He asserts the American people are growing cynical of our political system and are losing faith in the country. He argues major bipartisan reforms must be implemented to restore America’s position in the world. These reforms must take place in campaign finance, education, and foreign policy. Only in Oklahoma: Collected Columns Originally Published in the Tulsa World during Oklahoma’s Centennial Year—Gene Curtis—World Publishing Co., Tulsa, OK Newspaper reporter and editor Gene Curtis has compiled a variety of columns covering the state’s history for this centennial project sponsored by the Tulsa World. Curtis covers both individuals and events in Oklahoma’s history including the Dust Bowl, Oklahoma City bombing, Tulsa’s Memorial Day flood, and Alfalfa Bill Murray’s Red River standoff. He also includes stories regarding the state’s Native American population, logging towns, tornadoes, law enforcement, and World War II heroes. The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson—Kevin J. Hayes—Oxford University Press, New York, NY Hayes provides a literary profile of one of America’s most well read presidents. He examines Jefferson’s intellectual and spiritual growth by focusing on the books and writings that greatly influenced him. Hayes gives examples of the writers and literary works from classical antiquity to the popular literature of the day that Jefferson loved and held in his massive collection. He gives insight into the other areas of Jefferson’s interest outside politics including education, history, law, and science. Jefferson’s passion for learning and the written word led to the creation of the “academic village,” later known as the University of Virginia. Hayes is a professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade—Stan Hoig—University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM Hoig traces the Chouteau family for four generations and describes their relationship to the development of the American West. The Chouteaus, a French Creole family, led the fur trade along the Mississippi River, founded the city of Saint Louis, and helped create a global fur market. Moreover, they assisted Lewis and Clarke during their westward exploration, and helped the federal government develop treaties among the Indian tribes. Hoig received the Oklahoma Book Award in 1991 in the children/young adult category for A Capitol for the Nation. He is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma. Grappling with Demon Rum: The Cultural Struggle over Liquor in Early Oklahoma—James E. Klein—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK Klein examines both the cultural and social conflict that led Oklahoma to become a dry state, prior to the national prohibition law in 1919. He investigates the role of the Oklahoma Anti- Saloon League, middle-class citizenry, Catholic and Protestant groups, rural and urban forces, and the working class that engaged in the debate regarding liquor. He also describes the role of law enforcement in attempting to enforce prohibition legislation. Klein is an assistant professor of history in Texas. In Reckless Hands: Skinner V. Oklahoma and the Near Triumph of American Eugenics—Victoria F. Nourse—W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY Eugenics is often synonymous with Nazi, Germany, but during the early part of the twentieth century America witnessed the popularity of eugenics as many state legislatures passed sterilization laws. Nourse examines the eugenics movement in the United States, and how legislation attempted to create a better society by sterilizing the mentally ill and habitual criminals. She explores the movement in Oklahoma as the threat of sterilization led many Congratulations to Gene Curtis and his book Only in Oklahoma for being a finalist in the 2009 Oklahoma Book Award competition. inmates in McAlester prison to riot in 1936. She provides detailed information regarding Jack Skinner and his legal case against the state that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Nourse is a law professor at the University of Wisconsin and Emory University. The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival—J. Diane Pearson— University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK Utilizing new sources and oral histories, Pearson provides new insight into the plight of the Nimiipuu and the Nez Perces’ struggle with the federal government, during their forced removal from Montana to Fort Leavenworth, the Quapaw Reservation, and the Ponca Agency. The author describes a story of survival and determination as the Nimiipuu advocated for their aboriginal and civil rights and to be relocated back to their homeland. While imprisoned, these people learned how to deal with the federal authorities, which ultimately led to their 1885 release. Pearson teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. Full-Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions of the World—Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK In this account of Montana’s Fort Shaw Indian School girls’ basketball teams, Peavy and Smith provide a detailed account of how ten young women, representing seven Indian nations, became world champions while bringing attention to this new American sport. The authors use the story of the girls’ basketball team as a springboard to talk about tribes and tribal histories, while exploring both the positive and negative aspects of Indian boarding schools. Peavy is a former instructor of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. Hunting the American West: The Pursuit of Big Game for Life, Profit, and Sport, 1800–1900—Richard C. Rattenbury—Boone and Crockett, Missoula, MT Rattenbury’s research into big game hunting in the American West during the eighteenth century is drawn from original written documents from those individuals engaged in hunting as well as spectators. The author provides an easy-to-read narrative account regarding the history of big game hunting including the species, subsistence, and commerce, as well as a variety of hunting methods and weaponry utilized by hunters. Rattenbury is curator of history at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Design/Illustration Juxtapositions: Brunel Faris and the Visual Arts in Oklahoma City—Design by Carl Brune—Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, OK Three-time Oklahoma Book Award medalist Carl Brune brings his talent and design sense to as-sist authors Christiane Faris and Margaret Flansburg as they relate the life and impact of Brunel Faris, whose forty year career as an artist, teacher and administrator were uniquely entwined with the growth and development of Oklahoma City’s visual arts community. A native of Enid, Brune lives in Tulsa. On a Road in Africa—Illustrations by Kim Doner—Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA Doner’s work represents the epitome of children’s book illustration, where the art works seam-lessly with the written word. Here, the two elements tell the story of the author/illustrator’s very personal journey to Africa. Doner is a six-time Oklahoma Book Award finalist in this category. The Tulsa artist received the Oklahoma Book Award in 1996 for Green Snake Ceremony. Tonight, she is also a finalist in the children/young adult category for On a Road in Africa. Charles Faudree Interiors—Photography by Jennifer Jordan, Design by Debra McQuiston—Gibbs Smith, Layton, UT McQuiston employs a clear, clean design in this oversize volume to provide the perfect canvas for Jordan’s crisp photography of Faudree’s Country French Interiors. Faudree is one of Oklahoma’s (and America’s) top interior designers. He lives in Tulsa. This is the third book exploring his sig-nature Country French style with co-author M.J. Van Deventer. They Know Who They Are—Illustrations by Mike Larsen—Chickasaw Press, Ada, OK Larsen’s paintings of living Chickasaw elders go beyond simple portraiture, conveying an inti-macy and understanding of the subjects. An award-winning Chickasaw artist, Larsen is especially known for paintings and sculptures of dancing figures. He is best known to many Oklahomans for his Flight of Spirit mural at the State Capitol, a work that honors the state’s five famous Indian ballerinas. In 2006, Oklahoma Today magazine named Larsen Oklahoman of the Year. They Know Who They Are is a joint effort with his wife, writer Martha Larsen. How We Lived: A Pictorial History of the Places Oklahomans Have Called Home— Design by Holley Mangham—Oklahoma Housing Finance Authority, Oklahoma City, OK This book is a celebration of the places Oklahomans have called home, from tee pees to sod houses to the modern brick suburban abode. Beyond architecture, many photos feature the people who also made it feel like home, providing additional insight into the way we used to live. Mangham presents the photos in chronological order to emphasize the changing styles of housing, but the people in the photos tell us how much we remain the same. What Dogs Want for Christmas—Illustrations by Kandy Radzinski—Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI Here it is—Radzinski’s canine response to last year’s Oklahoma Book Award winner, What Cats Want for Christmas. These puppies ask Santa for everything from “mittens made of Persian kittens” to a “loving home with someone to hold me and call me their own.” The unique character of the different dogs shine through thanks to the artist’s craftsmanship. The three-time book award winner lives in Tulsa with her husband Mark and son Ian. Placing Memory: A Photographic Exploration of Japanese Internment— Photography by Todd Stewart, Design by Eric H. Anderson and Karen Hayes- Thumann—University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK The quality and starkness of Stewart’s photographs of former Japanese Internment campsites as they appear today, are juxtaposed with warm World War II era photos of the camps filled with activity. The contrast is striking—where there was life (and internment), now there is abandon-ment (and freedom). Anderson and Hayes-Thumann’s design is spare, uncluttered and intimate. Photographer Stewart and graphic designers Anderson and Hayes-Thumann are all on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma’s School of Art and Art History. The Trial of Standing Bear—Illustrations by Mike Wimmer—Oklahoma Heritage Association, Oklahoma City, OK Mike Wimmer’s paintings are so detailed and precise, they make Frank Keating’s history of this famous trial truly come alive for the young reader. Wimmer is a seven-time finalist in this category. He received the Oklahoma Book Award in 1995 for All the Places to Love. He illustrated Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth, named an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book, and Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh, recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for nonfiction. He lives in Norman with his family. Poetry Lessons from an Oklahoma Girlhood—Dorothy Alexander—Village Books Press, Cheyenne, OK “Childhood was a journey I didn’t recognize until it was over,” Alexander writes in her introduction to this collaborative work. Now in her seventies, she discovered “an urgency to tell the story of that journey, to write down my version of how I got to this point.” Eighteen Oklahoma women artists contribute visual art in response to each poem. As the artwork came in, Alexander says “it became apparent that my personal memories spoke to the universal experience of those who lived their childhood in this place we call Oklahoma.” Alexander is co-owner of Village Books Press. This is her fourth book of poetry. Two Tables Over—Nathan Brown—Village Books Press, Cheyenne, OK Brown describes himself as “a poet, musician, photographer or problem … depending on who’s talking.” He’s also a traveler, a teacher, and that shrewd observer two tables over at a local Norman coffee house. His revelations about what he sees transform both the poet and his readers. This is his third time as a finalist in the poetry category. His books Suffer the Little Voices and Not Exactly Job also received the honor. Congratulations on your nomination! On a Road in Africa by Kim Doner $15.95 • Hardcover Available now where books are sold. Tricycle Press www.tricyclepress.com • www.crownpublishing.com “Kim Doner has exquisitely opened [a] fascinating world to you in her book.” —Jack Hanna, TV’s wildlife expert and Director Emeritus, Columbus Zoo. “In rhyming, chiming, sing-song words, this upbeat picture book introduces a day in the life of animal conservationist Chrysee Martin, who runs the Nairobi Animal Orphanage.” —Booklist 2009 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, NCSS-CBC 99 99 VILLAGE BOOKS PRESS Cheyenne, Oklahoma Publishing Oklahoma Writers Since 2002 CONGRATULATES All 2009 Finalists! Antidotes & Home Remedies—Jim Chastain—Village Books Press, Cheyenne, OK Chastain’s poetry incorporates dark humor, keen observations, and moments of grace and joy. The first half of the book finds him wrestling with his ongoing struggle with terminal cancer, while the second “home remedies” half is filled with meditations that have arisen through his journaling. The Norman writer has penned two other books: I Survived Cancer but Never Won the Tour de France and Like Some First Human Being. Chastain also blogs about his journey on NewsOK.com. Shots On—Carol Hamilton—Finishing Line Press—Georgetown, KY What do you see when you look at a photograph? If you’re Carol Hamilton, you see poetry. Inspired by early women photographers, the award-winning Midwest City writer pays homage to these pioneers of the lens and their photographic art. As a result, Main Street Rag Press editor M. Scott Douglass says Hamilton has given us “a collection of poems worthy of framing.” This former elementary school teacher and college professor was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma 1995–1997. She received the Oklahoma Book Award in poetry in 1992 for Once the Dust. Rounding the Human Corners—Linda Hogan—Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN The intimate connections between all living things and the layers that both protect and disguise our affinities is the theme of Hogan’s first book of poetry since 1993’s The Book of Medicines. A Chickasaw poet, novelist, playwright, teacher and activist, Hogan has won many awards and has spent most of her life in Oklahoma and Colorado. Her novel Mean Spirit received the 1991 Oklahoma Book Award in fiction. She is also a finalist in the fiction category tonight. Fiction People of the Whale—Linda Hogan—W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY Thomas Witka, a Vietnam veteran, is torn between his war experience and his Native American community. His tribe is in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival. Hogan is known for taking on the most difficult contemporary Native issues. She was inducted into the Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame in 2007. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award for her novel Mean Spirit. She lives in Tishomingo. Made in the U.S.A.—Billie Letts—Grand Central Publishing, New York, NY Lett’s first novel, Where the Heart Is, won the Oklahoma Book Award, sold more than three million copies, was an Oprah Book choice, and became a major motion picture. Her second novel, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, received the Oklahoma Book Award and was named the first Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma selection. Her third novel, Shoot the Moon was both a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller. In this fourth novel, Lutie McFee and her younger brother Fate are left on their own when their aunt dies in the local WalMart. Rather than becoming wards of the court, the two motherless children hightail it across the country in their aunt’s old Pontiac, facing a cruel, unfair, and frightening world. Trudy’s Promise—Marcia Preston—Mira Books, Don Mills, ON, Canada Trudy Hulst’s husband is killed attempting an escape past the newly constructed Berlin Wall. Branded the wife of a defector and facing a life in prison, she has no choice but to escape to the West, leaving behind her young son and his maternal grandmother. This historical thriller traces Trudy’s desperate attempts to regain her son, including a journey to America. Preston is a five-time finalist in this category. She received the Oklahoma Book Award in 2004 for Song of the Bones. To Honor the Dead—Joseph W. Shaw—University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM A finalist for the New Mexico Book Award, this book traces the old Tyree homestead in western Oklahoma from the earliest beginnings of the white man’s relentless march across the Great Plains through the shameful Indian tribal relocations and bloody military campaigns of the late 1800s. Now after nearly a century, a more recent tragedy is coming to light. Shaw was born and raised in western Oklahoma. He currently lives in Albuquerque with Gina, his wife and business partner for forty-three years. The Black Hand—Will Thomas—A Touchstone Book published by Simon and Schuster The Barker and Llewelyn novels, set in Victorian England, have become one of the best historical-mystery series. In this, fifth of the series, sleuths Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn are called to investigate an Italian assassin’s body floating in a barrel in London’s East end. Soon, corpses begin to appear all over London, each accompanied by a Mafia Black Hand note. The Tulsa author won the 2005 Oklahoma Book Award for Some Danger Involved. All of his Barker/Llewelyn mysteries have been honored as Book Award finalists. Thomas lives in Tulsa with his family. Sweeping up Glass—Carolyn D. Wall—Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, AZ 1938 is the coldest winter ever recorded in Aurora, Kentucky, but poverty has the greatest grip. On a strip of icy mountain, Olivia Harker raises her grandson, runs a declining grocery store, and tolerates her crazy mother. When Olivia sets out to discover who is killing the wolves on her land, she discovers something much more sinister than a simple poaching scheme. This debut novel has received glowing reviews, and Wall’s writing is being compared to that of Harper Lee and Flannery O’Conner. Wall lives in Oklahoma City, has completed her second novel, and is working on the third. Poisoned Pen Press has sold out of the book, but a new edition by Random House will be available in the fall. robert J. Conley Recipient of the 2009 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award One of Oklahoma’s most prolific authors, Conley was born in Cushing in 1940. His first novel, Back to Malachi, was published in 1986. Since that time he has had more than seventy books published, both fiction and non-fiction. His poems and short stories have been published in numerous peri-odicals and anthologies over the years, including some in Germany, France, Belgium, New Zealand and Yugoslavia. His poems have been published in English, Cherokee, and Macedonian. Conley is known for his accurate depiction of the old West, focusing on the history, tradition, and folklore of the Cherokee people. A member of the Western Writers of America, he has won Spur Awards for two of his novels, Nickajack and The Dark Island, and for his short story “Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography.” The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers named him Wordcrafter of the Year in 1997. That same year, he was also inducted into the Oklahoma Profes-sional Writers Hall of Fame. Also in 2007, his book Cherokee Medicine Man was part of the annual literary six-pack for the Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma statewide centennial literary celebration. He is an enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Con-ley has been assistant programs manager for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, director of Indian Studies at Bacone College, associate professor of English at Morningside College, coordinator of Indian Culture at Eastern Montana College, and instructor of English at Southwest Missouri State University and at Northern Illinois University. He is the new Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University. The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to recognize a body of work. This award is named for the Norman, Oklahoma, historian who served as the first president of the Oklahoma Center for the Book. 20Years 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 2001 • David LaVere, Contrary Neighbors: Southern Plains and Removed Indians in Indian Territory 2002 • Lydia L. Wyckoff, Editor; Woven Worlds: Basketry from the Clark Field Collection 2003 • Michael A. Mares, A Desert Calling: Life in a Forbidding Landscape 2004 • Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity 2005 • Ed Cray, Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie 2006 • Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time 2007 • Charles Robert Goins and Danney Goble, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, Fourth Edition 2008 • Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr 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 2001 • Carolyn Hart, Sugarplum Dead 2002 • Douglas Kelley, The Captain’s Wife 2003 • Diane Glancy, The Mask Maker: A Novel 2004 • M.K. Preston, Song of the Bones 2005 • Will Thomas, Some Danger Involved 2006 • David Kent, The Black Jack Conspiracy 2007 • Sheldon Russell, Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush 2008 • Rilla Askew, Harpsong Children/Young Adult 1990 • Helen Roney Sattler, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin 1991 • Stan Hoig, A Capital for the Nation 1992 • Jess and Bonnie Speer, Hillback to Boggy 1993 • Anna Myers, Red Dirt Jessie winners 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 2001 • Joyce Carol Thomas, Hush Songs 2002 • Molly Levite Griffis, The Rachel Resistance 2003 • Darleen Bailey Beard, The Babbs Switch Story 2004 • Children—Una Belle Townsend, Grady’s in the Silo Young Adult—Sharon Darrow, The Painters of Lexieville 2005 • Children—Joyce Carol Thomas, The Gospel Cinderella Young Adult—Molly Levite Griffis, Simon Says 2006 • Anna Myers, Assassin 2007 • Children—Tim Tingle, Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom Young Adult—Tim Tharp, Knights of the Hill Country 2008 • Children—Devin Scillian, Pappy’s Handkerchief Young Adult—P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, Marked: A House of Night Novel Design/Illustration 1990 • David E. Hunt, The Lithographs of Charles Banks Wilson 1991 • Carol Haralson, Cleora's Kitchens 1992 • Joe Williams, Woolaroc 1993 • Design—Carol Haralson, Will Rogers: Courtship and Correspondence Illustration—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 2001 • Lane Smith, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip 2002 • Carl Brune, Woven Worlds: Basketry from the Clark Field Collection 2003 • Murv Jacob, The Great Ball Game of the Birds and Animals 2004 • Design—Scott Horton and Jim Argo, Family Album: A Centennial Pictorial of the Oklahoma Publishing Company Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, S is for Sooner 2005 • Carol Haralson, A History of the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion 2006 • Design—Carol Haralson, Home: Native People in the Southwest Illustration—Jon Goodell, Mother, Mother, I Want Another 2007 • Design—Carl Brune, OKC: Second Time Around Illustration—Jeanne Rorex Bridges, Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom 6" 7" Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 6100 North May Avenue, Oklahoma City (405) 843-9300 Theperfect gift forevery occasion. The perfect cardmakes the perfect gift forMoms, Dads, and Grads. A Barnes&Noble Gift Card lets themfind what they want—books,music, DVDs, andmore—at the world’s largest bookseller, including treats fromthe Café. Redeemable in stores and online • No expiration dates or hidden fees 2008 • Design—Carl Brune, Photography—Scott Raffe, Oklahoma: A Portrait of America Illustration—Kandy Radzinski, What Cats Want for Christmas 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 Ringold, 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 2001 • Carolyne Wright, Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire 2002 • Ivy Dempsey, The Scent of Water: New and Selected Poems 2003 • Joy Harjo, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 2004 • Laura Apol, Crossing the Ladder of Sun 2005 • Francine Ringold, Still Dancing 2006 • Leanne Howe, Evidence of Red 2007 • Carl Sennhenn, Travels Through Enchanted Woods 2008 • Sandra Soli, What Trees Know Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award 1990 • Daniel Boorstin—Librarian of Congress Emeritus—native of Tulsa 1991 • Tony Hillerman—award winning 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—author of young adult novels—Tulsa 1998 • Jack Bickham—novelist, teacher and journalist—Norman 1999 • Michael Wallis—historian and biographer—Tulsa 2000 • Bill Wallace—writer of novels for young people—Chickasha 2001 • Joyce Carol Thomas—children and adult fiction author, and playwright—native of Ponca City 2002 • World Literature Today—The University of Oklahoma, Norman 2003 • Joy Harjo—poet and member of the Muscogee Nation—native of Tulsa 2004 • Carolyn Hart—award winning mystery writer—Oklahoma City 2005 • C.J. Cherryh—Hugo Award winning author— Oklahoma City 2006 • Bob Burke—Oklahoma historian— Oklahoma City 2007 • Clifton Taulbert—award-winning author—Tulsa 2008 • David Dary—award-winning author— Norman 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 2002 • John Berryman—poet, biographer, and editor—McAlester Read About It Congratulates the Center for the Book on its 20 th Annual Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors. Read About It airs on Cox Cable. Please check your local listings. 2004 • Lynn Riggs—playwright and screenwriter—Claremore 2005 • Woody Guthrie—author, illustrator, and songwriter—Okemah 2006 • John Joseph Mathews—Osage novelist and historian—Pawhuska 2007 • Muriel Wright—acclaimed Oklahoma historian—Oklahoma City 2008 • Danney Glenn Goble—acclaimed Oklahoma historian—Tulsa Past Presidents Arrell Gibson was the first president of the Okla-homa Center for the Book. The Center’s lifetime achievement award is named for Dr. Gibson, a historian. Dan Blanchard, Oklahoma City—1988–1990 Judy Moody, Tulsa—1990–1992 David Clark, Norman—1992–1993 Glenda Carlile, Oklahoma City—1994–1995 Laurie Sundborg, Tulsa—1996-1997 Liz Codding, Oklahoma City—1998–2000 B.J. Williams, Oklahoma City—2001–2004 M.J. VanDeventer, Okla. City—2005–2007 Directors Awards Presented by the Awards Committee for works of special merit 2004 • Doris Eaton Travis, The Days We Danced: The Story of My Theatrical Family 2005 • B. Byron Price, Fine Art of the West Deborah Duvall and Murv Jacob, The Series of Grandmother Stories 2006 • Patricia Loughlin, Hidden Treasurers of the American West Past Executive Directors Jan Blakely—1986–1988 Aarone Corwin—1988–1990 Ann Hamilton—1991–1996 Awards for Distinguished Service 1999 • Daniel Boorstin— Librarian of Congress Emeritus John Y. Cole—Director, Center of the Book in the Library of Congress since 1977 Robert L. Clark—Director, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, 1976–2000 Lee Brawner—Director of the Metropolitan Library System, 1972–1999 2000 • Ken Jackson—Tulsa World editor and columnist—Oklahoma Center for the Book Board Member, 1988–2000 2001 • Julie Hovis and Kathy Kinasewitz— owners of Best of Books, booksellers for the Oklahoma Book Awards 2002 • Dan Blanchard—a founding member of the Oklahoma Center for the Book and Master of Ceremonies for the book award ceremony for eleven years 2005 • Fran Ringold—Oklahoma poet laureate and the founder and editor for over forty years of the international literary journal Nimrod 2006 • Oklahoma Today— for fifty years of publication 2007 • Bill Young—Public Information Manager, Oklahoma Department of Libraries 2008 • Bob Burke—author, and supporter of the Oklahoma Center for the Book B.J. Williams—producer and host of “Read About It,” and Past President of the Oklahoma Center for the Book Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency congratulates Holley Mangham 2009 Oklahoma Book Award Design & Illustration Finalist 2612 South Harvard, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 • 918–743–3544 The Oklahoma Center for the Book wishes to thank the judges for the 2009 competition Keith Allen Mary Ann Blochowiak Adrienne Butler Mark Cotner Brian Dahlvang Julie Dill Bettie Estes-Rickner Kathryn Fanning Dee Fisher Danney Gordon Gerald Hibbs Michael Hull Carol Davis Koss Patricia Loughlin Sharon Martin Louisa McCune-Elmore Raymond D. Munkres Kitty Pittman Richard Rouillard Sandy Shropshire Kristin Sorocco William R. Struby Leah Taylor Al Turner Revere Young The Center acknowledges the generous contributions of the following organizations and individuals Barnes and Noble Best of Books, Edmond Bill and Irene’s Flowers Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Chickasaw Regional Library System Rodger Harris, Research Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society Fred Marvel, Photographer Oklahoma Department of Libraries Oklahoma Heritage Association University of Oklahoma Press Special thanks to Ceremony Committee—B.J. Williams (chair), Gini Campbell, Karen Klinka, and Kitty Pittman Public Information Office, Oklahoma Department of Libraries— Glenda Carlile, Connie Armstrong, Michael O’Hasson, Bill Petrie, Bill Struby, and Bill Young 3004 NW 23 Street (405) 943–3353 Oklahoma City, OK 73107 Bill & Irene’s Flowers Proudly serving the Oklahoma City metro area since 1935. Project Highlights The Oklahoma Center for the Book (OCB) in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and its Friends support group have participated in several events in the last year. Other exciting events are an-ticipated in the coming months. Oklahoma Author Database—At long last, Oklahoma author information is being collected in a database and is available for use by libraries, schools and individuals. Log on to www.crossroads. odl.state.ok.us, and click “collections” and “authors” to see this work-in-progress. Letters About Literature is a contest co-sponsored with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Target Corporation. Students write a letter to an author, living or dead, telling how a book has influenced his or her life. Kids Caught Reading is an annual event that the Center has been pleased to participate in for several years. Friends of the Center will again give $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are “caught reading” in their spare time. For the last six years the Center has participated in the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Executive Director Glenda Carlile and Board member Connie Armstrong were fortunate to attend the festival last fall, promoting our state and its authors. The Friends of the Center for the Book provided funds to sponsor a speaker at the 2008 Oklahoma Library Association annual conference, and plan to participate again in 2009. This year, the Friends are a sponsor of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Oklahoma Library Association’s Sequoyah Children’s Book Award. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is pleased to participate in the Red Dirt Book Festival in Shawnee, November 5–7, 2009. Information is available for membership to the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book— please call 405–522–3575. The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book thank Bob Burke for making this evening possible. We appreciate your many years of support for the Book Award program and other Oklahoma Center for the Book projects. Bob, you’re the best! Connie Armstrong—Norman Bettye Black—Langston Bob Burke—Oklahoma City Glenda Carlile—Oklahoma City Linda Edmondson—Oklahoma City Louix Escobar-Matute—Tulsa Jennifer Greenstreet—Ada Julia Harmon—Shawnee Rodger Harris—Oklahoma City Gerald Hibbs—Edmond Julie Hovis—Edmond Karen Klinka—Edmond Susan McVey—Oklahoma City Raymond Munkres—Midwest City Karen Neurohr—Stillwater Kitty Pittman—Oklahoma City Julie Porter—Oklahoma City Judy Randle—Tulsa Richard Rouillard—Oklahoma City Sandra Soli—Oklahoma City Kristin Sorocco—Oklahoma City Sue Stees—Tulsa Laurie Sundborg—Tulsa M.J. Van Deventer—Oklahoma City B.J. Williams—Oklahoma City William R. Young—Oklahoma City Friends of the Center The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book is a non-profit, 501–c-3 organization. The Friends is a cultural and educational corporation to advance and promote the role of the book and reading in Oklahoma. The Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book supports and further enhances the programs and projects of the Oklahoma Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. A volunteer board of directors from across the state governs the Friends. President—Lynn McIntosh—Ardmore Vice-President—Kirk Bjornsgaard—Norman Secretary—Wayne Hanway—McAlester Treasurer—Gini Moore Campbell—Oklahoma City 200 NE 18 Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105–3298 www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb 405–522–3575 |
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Literary prizes--Oklahoma Oklahoma Book Awards |
Description | Program of the Oklahoma Book Awards. |
Physical Description | 32 p.; 22 cm. |
Place of Publication | Oklahoma City, OK |
Publisher | Oklahoma Center for the Book |
Publication Date | 2009 |
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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