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Oklahoma Book Awards
A Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors Welcome to the Ninth Annual Oklahoma Book Awards Ceremonv A Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors March 14, 1998 National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center Oklahoma City 1991 Oklahoma Book Awards Welcome ..................................................................................................... Laurie Sundborg President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Greetings .............................................................................................. Maurvene Williams Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Master of Ceremonies ......................................................................... Daniel Blanchard Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Ellison Award ......................................................................... Presented by David Clark Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Ellison Award Acceptance Remarks ............................................. Melvin Tolson Jr. Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages University of Oklahoma Design/Illustration Award ................................................. Presented by Kim Doner Illustrator, 1996 Oklahoma Book Award Recipient Non-Fiction Award .......................................................... Presented by Ann DeFrange Book Editor, The Daily Oklahoman Poetry Award .................................................................... Presented by James Tolbert Full Circle Books Children/Young Adult Award ......................................... Presented by Fran Morris "Speaking for Children" Columnist, Oklahoma Gazette Fiction Award ............................................................ Presented by Christopher Givan Professor of Creative Studies University of Central Oklahoma Lifetime Achievement Award ..................................... The Honorable Laura Boyd Oklahoma House of Representatives Announcements .......................................................................................... Glenda Carlile Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book You are invited to the after-party at Full Circle Books, 50 Penn Place, immediately following tonight's ceremony. Melvin B. Tolson Recipient of the 1998 Ralph Ellison Award Melvin Tolson was a poet, journalist, and dramatist. He was born February 6, in 1898. He attended Fisk University and earned a B.A. with honors from Lincoln University in 1923. Tolson earned an M.A. from Columbia University in 1940. He lived in Guthrie and in nearby Langston, where he served as mayor from 1952 until 1958. He was professor of creative literature and director of the Dust Bowl Theater from 1947 until 1965, and was Avalon Professor of the Humanities at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Tolson won first place in the American Negro Exposition National Poetry Contest in 1939 for "Dark Symphony" and was Poet Laureate of Liberia in 1947. He wrote a weekly column for the Washington Trihune, and a compilation of these articles was published under the column's title, Caviar and Cahhage. Other works include: Rendezvous with America, Lihretto for the Repuhlic of Liheria, and A Gallery of Harlem Portraits. Tolson died in Dallas August 29, 1966, and is buried in Guthrie. The 1998 Ralph Ellison Award will be presented posthumously to Melvin Tolson and will be accepted by his son, Melvin Tolson Jr. The Ralph Ellison Award The Ralph Ellison Award was created by the Center to posthumously honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Oklahoma's literary heritage. The award is named after the first recipient, Ralph Ellison, who was honored in 1995. In 1997, Angie Debo was recipient of the Ellison Award. 1998 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists Design/Illustration Angels in the Dust Illustrated by Roger Essley Roger Essley is an artist whose drawings are in the collections of many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. His research about Oklahoma includes an interview with a woman who lived through the Dust Bowl. Mr. Essley lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Oklahoma City: A Better Lhing, A Better Life Design Director Camille Leonard; Designer Rebecca Hockman Carlisle; Photography by Jack Hammett, Joe Ownbey, Fred Marvel, and Erick Gfeller. Local photographers have created an impressive visual portrait of the Oklahoma City area for this book produced in partnership with the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. Tulsa: A Celebration Design by Howard 1. Doak II and Signature Graphics; Photographs by Nancy Godsey and Rick Stiller. As a project for A Novel Idea book store, Doak and Signature Graphics worked together to design this book. Godsey is a teacher, an artist, and a photographer. Stiller is an award winning commercial photographer with more than twenty years of experience. Tulsa! Biography of the American City and Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art Both designed by Carol Haralson Haralson has won the Oklahoma Book Award three times: in 1991 for Cleora's Kitchens; in 1993 for Will Rogers: Courtship and Correspondence; and in 1997 for Big Bluestem: A Journey Into the Tall Grass. She lived in Tulsa for many years and now resides in Sedona, Arizona. Non-Fiction Life in the Ancient Near East by Daniel Snell Snell is professor of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Ledgers and Prices: Early Mesopotamian Merchant Accounts and coauthor of Economic Texts from Sumer, both published by Yale University Press. In this sweeping overview of life in the ancient Near East, Snell surveys the history of the region from the invention of writing five thousand years ago to Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 B.C.E. My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin Edited by John Hope Franklin and John Whittington Franklin Buck Colbert Franklin's extraordinary life is traced from his boyhood adventures on a ranch in Indian Territory to his practice of law in twentieth century Tulsa. Buck Franklin was an observant witness to the changes in politics, law, daily existence, and race relations that transformed the Southwest. John Hope Franklin, son of Buck Franklin, is chairman of the Advisory Board on the President's Initiative on Race, and has received more than one hundred honorary degrees. He was the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in 1996, and also received the President's Medal of Freedom in 1995. The son of John Hope Franklin, John Whittington Franklin, is a program officer in the Division of Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies at the Smithsonian Institution. On Native Ground: Memoirs and Impressions by Jim Barnes Barnes vividly recalls the people, events, and places that influenced his boyhood and adolescence spent in the Choctaw country of southeastern Oklahoma during the Depression and World War II. Barnes has intertwined his narrative and poems to create a sophisticated personal history and commentary. Barnes received the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry in 1993. Our Governors' Mansions by Cathy Keating with Mike Brake and Patti Rosenfeld All of the governors' mansions currently in use in the United States are featured in this lavish pictorial presentation. The Governors' Mansions project has been organized by Cathy Keating, First Lady of the State of Oklahoma, with the assistance of Mike Brake, chief writer for Governor Frank Keating, and longtime fine art enthusiast Patti Rosenfeld. The three worked in cooperation with the governors' offices in each of the states. Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America Edited by Joy Harjo and Gloria Bird Joy Harjo is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. Born in Tulsa, she graduated from high school at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, where she met Gloria Bird. In 1995, Harjo won the Oklahoma Book Award for The Woman Who Fell [rom the Sky. Gloria Bird is an enrolled member of the Spokane Tribe and lives in Washington State where she is the contributing editor of Wicazo Sa Review. This anthology includes more than eighty writers representing fifty nations, and known for their contributions to tribal communities. Some Things are not Forgotten: A Pawnee Family Remembers by Martha Royce Blaine The Blaine family was among the Pawnees forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1874-75. Blaine reveals the strengths of character and culture that enabled the family to persevere during the reservation years. Blaine is a former archivist of the Oklahoma Historical Society and lives in Oklahoma City. Theodore Roosevelt and Six Friends of the Indian by William T. Hagan Hagan is retired professor of History, University of Oklahoma. He has written numerous books about Indian subjects. He weaves a captivating story of the interactions between Theodore Roosevelt and six friends of the Indians (George Bird Grinnell, C. Hart Merriam, Herbert Welsh, Hamlin Garland, Francis E Leupp, and Charles Lummis) who used different agendas to seek the president's influence on behalf of the tribes. Tulsa! Biography of the American City by Danney Goble Written to commemorate Tulsa's centennial anniversary, this narrative is enriched with 267 historical photographs. The volume records the major events and personalities that shaped Tulsa. Goble has worked as Director of American Studies at Rogers University, Tulsa campus, since 1995. With Carl Albert, he received the Oklahoma Book Award in 1991 for Little Giant. Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art by Lydia Lloyd Wyckoff Wyckoff, curator of Native American Art and director of the Native American Outreach program at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, has studied the relationship between design and world-view for twenty years. The 484 paintings in Visions and Voices, all from the collection of the Philbrook Museum of Art, reflect many major influences on Indian art. Poetry Paris by Jim Barnes Jim Barnes is writer-in-residence, editor of the Chariton Review, and professor of comparative literature at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri. He was born in Summerfield, Oklahoma, attended LeFlore High School, and graduated from Southeastern State University in Durant. He received the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry in 1993. This is Barnes' eighth volume of poetry. Red Signature by Mary Leader Mary Leader makes her home in Norman, Oklahoma. She is currently the Creative Writing Fellow for Poetry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she also lectures in law. Leader practiced law for many years and served Oklahoma as Assistant State Attorney General, and later as referee for the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Red Signature is her first book of poems. Somebody Say Amen by Betty Shipley Betty Shipley, an Oklahoma native, is a former high school teacher, university lecturer, and poet-in-the schools. Shipley is Oklahoma's 1997-98 Poet Laureate, and poetry editor and columnist for ByLine magazine. She is also editor and book designer for Broncho Press in Edmond. ChlldrenfYoung Adult Award Aloha Summer by Bill Wallace A popular writer for young readers, Wallace has received numerous awards for his books, including the Texas Bluebonnet, the Oklahoma Sequoyah Award, the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award, and the William Allen White Award. Unlike the hero in Aloha Summer who moves from Oklahoma to Hawaii, Wallace still lives in Chickasha where he was born. Angels in the Dust by Margot Theis Raven A writer and journalist who has worked in radio, television, magazines, and newspapers, this is Raven's first book for children. This book fulfills a desire to write about the Dust Bowl through the eyes of the courageous people who survived hard times. Raven recently moved from Ohio to Concord, Maine, with her husband, four children, and two hermit crabs. Dear Dr. Sillyhear by Dian Curtis Regan Regan is the author of more than thirty books for young readers. She is also a popular speaker in Oklahoma schools, where she often tells the children about her monster cat Poco. Originally from Colorado, Regan has lived in Edmond for several years, and is moving to Venezuela soon. Hero by S.L. Rottman First-time author S.L. Rottman is an English teacher in the Deer Creek school system. A graduate of Colorado State University, she wrote Hero at the age of twenty-four. In an age when few heroes exist, Rottman writes about a confused fifteen-year-old boy who learns just what it means to be a hero. The Keeping Room by Anna Myers Myers has won the Oklahoma Book Award two times: in 1993 for Red Dirt Jessie and in 1996 for Graveyard Girl. Myers has a deep understanding of rural life that she brings to her work. Her life in Chandler, Oklahoma, as an eighth-grade teacher gives her a deep understanding of small-town life for young people. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Set in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, this novel explores both the ecology of the land and the topography of the heart. Hesse received the Newbery Award for this book. She is the author of ten books for children including The Music of Dolphins which was named a best book of 1996 by both Publishers' Weekly and School Library Journal. She lives in Vermont. Spider Spins a Story: Fourteen Legends from Native America Edited by Jill Max Jill Max is a pseudonym for the writing team of Ronia K. Davidson and Kelly Bennett. They live in Tulsa, where they have done extensive research about Native American customs and lore at the Gilcrease Museum. Spider Spins a Story explores the recurrence of the spider as a unifying thread in the literature of diverse Native American cultures. Fiction Death in Lovers' Lane by Carolyn Hart An acknowledged master of mystery and spine-tingling suspense, Hart has won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards for her popular "Death on Demand" series. This is the third in her Henrie O. Mysteries. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City. The Geometry of Love by Joan Fay Cuccio This is the first novel for Cuccio, a writer and newspaper copy editor. In sensuous and sensitive prose, Cuccio examines the nature of experience within the context of one woman's story. She is a student of Tae Kwon Do and has worked as a volunteer for a battered women's shelter. She lives with her husband and two dogs in Norman. The Mercy Seat by Rilla Askew Askew is the author of Strange Business, which received the 1993 Oklahoma Book Award. Her short fiction has been selected for Prize Stories: The O. Henry Award. She divides her time between the Sans Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma and upstate New York. Naked Justice by William Bernhardt Bernhardt has won many awards in both of his chosen professions; as an attorney and as a writer. In 1993 he was named one of the top twenty-five young lawyers in the nation. Bernhardt has been a finalist in the Oklahoma Book Award competition five times and won the award in 1995 for Perfect Justice. He and his wife, Kirsten, and their two children live in Tulsa. Ride the Lightning by Robert H. Mitchell Inspired by the 1973 riot at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Ride the Ligntning spins a web of political and legal intrigue. Mitchell is an Oklahoma City attorney specializing in trial law. He has served as Chief Legal Counsel to the Governor of Oklahoma and as chairman of the state's pardon and parole board. This is his first novel. The Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan O'Nan's award winning fiction includes the 1997 Oklahoma Book Award for The Names of the Dead. In 1996, he was named one of Cranta's Best Young American novelists. This novel, set in Edmond, was begun when O'Nan taught creative writing at the University of Central Oklahoma. He now lives in Avon, Connecticut. War Woman: A Novel of the Real People by Robert Conley Conley was a 1995 Oklahoma Book Award finalist for Long Way Home. A two-time winner of the prestigious Spur Award, Conley is one of the most respected Native American writers at work today. He is a teacher and poet, as well as a novelist. He lives in Tahlequah. Zeke and Ned by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Pulitizer Prize winning author McMurtry and writing partner Os sana collaborated on this novel set in Indian Territory, east of the Arkansas River. McMurtry is the author of twenty novels, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lives in Texas. Diana Ossana has coauthored novels, screenplays, and co-produced television mini-series with McMurtry. She lives in Arizona. Jack Bickham Recipient of the 1998 Arrell Gihson Lifetime Achievement Award Writers all across the United States proclaim their success is due in part to Jack Bickham, noted novelist, teacher, and journalist. The nationally known Norman author wrote 75 published novels and six instructional books about writing fiction. Two of his novels, The Apple Dumpling Gang and Baker's Hawk, were released as motion pictures. Two of Bickham's books have been reprinted by Reader's Digest Condensed Books and, two were selected as Detective Book selections. His 1976 novel Twister was named a book of the decade by the West Coast Review of Books, and I Still Dream About Columbus won the Florence Roberts Head Memorial Award given by the Ohio Library Association. Bickham's IS-year newspaper career included work on the Norman Transcript, Oklahoma City Times, and the Oklahoma Courier. He was assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma's H.H. Herbert School of Journalism from 1969 to 1972, associate professor from 1972 to 1979, and attained the rank of professor in 1979. He directed the annual short course on professional writing from 1973 to 1990. He held the rank of David Ross Boyd Professor, the highest honor the University bestows for teaching excellence. Bickham conducted several writing and journalism workshops across the country. His writing students have published more than 100 short stories, hundreds of articles, and at least 60 books. He was a member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. The Oklahoma Center for the Book regrets that Jack Bickham's death July 25, 1997, prevents his personally receiving the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award tonight. However, Bickham had been notified of his selection and had expressed his pleasure and anticipation of receiving the honor. Bickham's good friend, Mack Palmer, said "What I would say about Bickham with greatest admiration is that whether talking or writing, his words never failed him. I don't like the silence of his absence." The Arrell Gibson lifetime Achievement Award The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year as recognition 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. Previous Oldahoma Book Award Winners Fiction 1990, Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister 1991, Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit 1992, Robert 1. 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 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 1994,1. 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 TaJJ Grass Childrenl 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 Stone Gilbert, Stone Water Poetry 1990, William Kistler, The Elizaheth 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 Trouhle with Voices 1997, Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli's The Blazing Lights of the Sun DesignJ 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 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 Ralph Ellison Award 1995, Ralph Ellison, National Book Award winner, Oklahoma City 1997, Angie Debo, "First Lady of Oklahoma History," Marshall Oklahoma Center lor the Book Ofticers and Board of Directors Laurie Sundborg is president. She is Adult Resources Coordinator with the Tulsa CityCounty Library System. Diane Canavan is vice-president. She is a Title I Reading Specialist with the Shawnee Public Schools. Marilyn Vesely is secretary. She is retired from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and lives in Norman. Gerry Willingham is treasurer. She is retired from the Putnam City School District where she served as director of the Library Media program. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is a non-profit, 501-c-3 organization serving as an outreach program of the Library of Congress Center for the Book. Oklahoma's Center, begun in 1986, was the fourth state center formed. The mission of the Oklahoma Center for the Book is to promote the past, current, and future works of Oklahoma authors; to promote the literary heritage of the state; and to encourage reading for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is governed by a volunteer board of directors from across the state. They are listed below, except for officers named above. Hannah Atkins, Oklahoma City William Bernhardt, Tulsa Gale Bollinger, Oklahoma City Glenda Carlile, Oklahoma City David Clark, Norman Robert L. Clark Jr., Oklahoma City Liz Codding, Edmond Aarone Corwin, Midwest City Nance Diamond, Shawnee Kim Doner, Tulsa Lennie Draper, Norman Julia Fresonke, Edmond Marilyn Geiger, Norman Ann Hamilton, Edmond Julie Hovis, Edmond Ken Jackson, Tulsa Howard Meredith, Oklahoma City Teresa Miller, Tulsa Paulette Millichap, Tulsa Joyce Pipps, Shawnee Eve K. Sandstrom, Lawton Dean Sims, Tulsa RJ. Williams, Oklahoma City John Wooley, Tulsa William R. Young, Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA tCENTER FOR THE BOOK Project Highlights, 1991-98 During the past year, the Oklahoma Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries has participated in several events and has made commitments for events later this year. The Center has been involved with the National Young Readers' Day program every year since the program first began in 1989. For 1998, the Center will once again sponsor the "Kids Caught Reading" activity, giving $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are caught reading in their spare time. The Center, for the fourth year, is co-sponsoring the "Letters about Literature" competition. Nationally promoted by Weekly Reader, 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 five letters. Color Us Literate was a program conducted in 1997 by the Oklahoma County Literacy Coalition and local literacy groups. The Center assisted with an exhibit and book signing by Oklahoma authors at Oklahoma City's Crossroads Mall in June. Authors in Libraries has been a very successful program which has brought Oklahoma Book Award finalists into the public libraries for special presentations. The Center pays an honoraria to the authors, and the libraries match the funds through in-kind contributions such as refreshments, postage, invitations, and press coverage. In recent years, the Center has been able to make monetary contributions to support other literary events in the state. In 1997, funds were granted to the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers, the "I'd Sooner Read campaign," National Young Readers' Day, and the "Color Us Literate" promotion. The Center's website address is www.state.ok.usf-odlfocb The Oklahoma Center for the Book wishes to thank the judges for the 1997 competition. They were: David Biespiel Dan Blanchard Kay Boies Tom Buckley David Clark Evelyn K. Davis Bettie Estes-Rickner Karyn Lynn Gilman Christopher Givan Ann Hamilton Rosemary Hardy James Herring Kathryn Fanning Mary McAnally Bill McCloud Howard Meredith Donna Norvell B. Byron Price Jean Richardson DeWayne Smoot Leah Taylor James R. Tolbert III Mary Woodman William It Young Jennifer Younge The Center acknowledges the generous contributions of the following organizations and individuals: Best of Books, Edmond Dunlap and Codding Patent Law Firm Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Office of Public Information Oklahoma Independent Booksellers Association Steve's Books, Tulsa Very special thanks to . .. Marilyn Geiger and Kim Doner, co-chairs of the ceremony committee Proceeds from tonight's book sales will benefit the Oklahoma Center for the Book OKLAHOMA t CENTER FOR THE BOOK 200 Northeast 18th Street Oklahoma City. OK 7310;,.3298 1-800-522-8116
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Oklahoma Book
Awards
A Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors Welcome to the Ninth Annual Oklahoma Book Awards Ceremonv A Celebration of Oklahoma Books and Authors March 14, 1998 National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center Oklahoma City 1991 Oklahoma Book Awards Welcome ..................................................................................................... Laurie Sundborg President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Greetings .............................................................................................. Maurvene Williams Center for the Book in the Library of Congress Master of Ceremonies ......................................................................... Daniel Blanchard Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Ellison Award ......................................................................... Presented by David Clark Past President, Oklahoma Center for the Book Ellison Award Acceptance Remarks ............................................. Melvin Tolson Jr. Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages University of Oklahoma Design/Illustration Award ................................................. Presented by Kim Doner Illustrator, 1996 Oklahoma Book Award Recipient Non-Fiction Award .......................................................... Presented by Ann DeFrange Book Editor, The Daily Oklahoman Poetry Award .................................................................... Presented by James Tolbert Full Circle Books Children/Young Adult Award ......................................... Presented by Fran Morris "Speaking for Children" Columnist, Oklahoma Gazette Fiction Award ............................................................ Presented by Christopher Givan Professor of Creative Studies University of Central Oklahoma Lifetime Achievement Award ..................................... The Honorable Laura Boyd Oklahoma House of Representatives Announcements .......................................................................................... Glenda Carlile Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Book You are invited to the after-party at Full Circle Books, 50 Penn Place, immediately following tonight's ceremony. Melvin B. Tolson Recipient of the 1998 Ralph Ellison Award Melvin Tolson was a poet, journalist, and dramatist. He was born February 6, in 1898. He attended Fisk University and earned a B.A. with honors from Lincoln University in 1923. Tolson earned an M.A. from Columbia University in 1940. He lived in Guthrie and in nearby Langston, where he served as mayor from 1952 until 1958. He was professor of creative literature and director of the Dust Bowl Theater from 1947 until 1965, and was Avalon Professor of the Humanities at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Tolson won first place in the American Negro Exposition National Poetry Contest in 1939 for "Dark Symphony" and was Poet Laureate of Liberia in 1947. He wrote a weekly column for the Washington Trihune, and a compilation of these articles was published under the column's title, Caviar and Cahhage. Other works include: Rendezvous with America, Lihretto for the Repuhlic of Liheria, and A Gallery of Harlem Portraits. Tolson died in Dallas August 29, 1966, and is buried in Guthrie. The 1998 Ralph Ellison Award will be presented posthumously to Melvin Tolson and will be accepted by his son, Melvin Tolson Jr. The Ralph Ellison Award The Ralph Ellison Award was created by the Center to posthumously honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Oklahoma's literary heritage. The award is named after the first recipient, Ralph Ellison, who was honored in 1995. In 1997, Angie Debo was recipient of the Ellison Award. 1998 Oklahoma Book Award Finalists Design/Illustration Angels in the Dust Illustrated by Roger Essley Roger Essley is an artist whose drawings are in the collections of many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. His research about Oklahoma includes an interview with a woman who lived through the Dust Bowl. Mr. Essley lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Oklahoma City: A Better Lhing, A Better Life Design Director Camille Leonard; Designer Rebecca Hockman Carlisle; Photography by Jack Hammett, Joe Ownbey, Fred Marvel, and Erick Gfeller. Local photographers have created an impressive visual portrait of the Oklahoma City area for this book produced in partnership with the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. Tulsa: A Celebration Design by Howard 1. Doak II and Signature Graphics; Photographs by Nancy Godsey and Rick Stiller. As a project for A Novel Idea book store, Doak and Signature Graphics worked together to design this book. Godsey is a teacher, an artist, and a photographer. Stiller is an award winning commercial photographer with more than twenty years of experience. Tulsa! Biography of the American City and Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art Both designed by Carol Haralson Haralson has won the Oklahoma Book Award three times: in 1991 for Cleora's Kitchens; in 1993 for Will Rogers: Courtship and Correspondence; and in 1997 for Big Bluestem: A Journey Into the Tall Grass. She lived in Tulsa for many years and now resides in Sedona, Arizona. Non-Fiction Life in the Ancient Near East by Daniel Snell Snell is professor of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Ledgers and Prices: Early Mesopotamian Merchant Accounts and coauthor of Economic Texts from Sumer, both published by Yale University Press. In this sweeping overview of life in the ancient Near East, Snell surveys the history of the region from the invention of writing five thousand years ago to Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 B.C.E. My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin Edited by John Hope Franklin and John Whittington Franklin Buck Colbert Franklin's extraordinary life is traced from his boyhood adventures on a ranch in Indian Territory to his practice of law in twentieth century Tulsa. Buck Franklin was an observant witness to the changes in politics, law, daily existence, and race relations that transformed the Southwest. John Hope Franklin, son of Buck Franklin, is chairman of the Advisory Board on the President's Initiative on Race, and has received more than one hundred honorary degrees. He was the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in 1996, and also received the President's Medal of Freedom in 1995. The son of John Hope Franklin, John Whittington Franklin, is a program officer in the Division of Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies at the Smithsonian Institution. On Native Ground: Memoirs and Impressions by Jim Barnes Barnes vividly recalls the people, events, and places that influenced his boyhood and adolescence spent in the Choctaw country of southeastern Oklahoma during the Depression and World War II. Barnes has intertwined his narrative and poems to create a sophisticated personal history and commentary. Barnes received the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry in 1993. Our Governors' Mansions by Cathy Keating with Mike Brake and Patti Rosenfeld All of the governors' mansions currently in use in the United States are featured in this lavish pictorial presentation. The Governors' Mansions project has been organized by Cathy Keating, First Lady of the State of Oklahoma, with the assistance of Mike Brake, chief writer for Governor Frank Keating, and longtime fine art enthusiast Patti Rosenfeld. The three worked in cooperation with the governors' offices in each of the states. Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America Edited by Joy Harjo and Gloria Bird Joy Harjo is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. Born in Tulsa, she graduated from high school at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, where she met Gloria Bird. In 1995, Harjo won the Oklahoma Book Award for The Woman Who Fell [rom the Sky. Gloria Bird is an enrolled member of the Spokane Tribe and lives in Washington State where she is the contributing editor of Wicazo Sa Review. This anthology includes more than eighty writers representing fifty nations, and known for their contributions to tribal communities. Some Things are not Forgotten: A Pawnee Family Remembers by Martha Royce Blaine The Blaine family was among the Pawnees forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1874-75. Blaine reveals the strengths of character and culture that enabled the family to persevere during the reservation years. Blaine is a former archivist of the Oklahoma Historical Society and lives in Oklahoma City. Theodore Roosevelt and Six Friends of the Indian by William T. Hagan Hagan is retired professor of History, University of Oklahoma. He has written numerous books about Indian subjects. He weaves a captivating story of the interactions between Theodore Roosevelt and six friends of the Indians (George Bird Grinnell, C. Hart Merriam, Herbert Welsh, Hamlin Garland, Francis E Leupp, and Charles Lummis) who used different agendas to seek the president's influence on behalf of the tribes. Tulsa! Biography of the American City by Danney Goble Written to commemorate Tulsa's centennial anniversary, this narrative is enriched with 267 historical photographs. The volume records the major events and personalities that shaped Tulsa. Goble has worked as Director of American Studies at Rogers University, Tulsa campus, since 1995. With Carl Albert, he received the Oklahoma Book Award in 1991 for Little Giant. Visions and Voices: Native American Painting from the Philbrook Museum of Art by Lydia Lloyd Wyckoff Wyckoff, curator of Native American Art and director of the Native American Outreach program at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, has studied the relationship between design and world-view for twenty years. The 484 paintings in Visions and Voices, all from the collection of the Philbrook Museum of Art, reflect many major influences on Indian art. Poetry Paris by Jim Barnes Jim Barnes is writer-in-residence, editor of the Chariton Review, and professor of comparative literature at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri. He was born in Summerfield, Oklahoma, attended LeFlore High School, and graduated from Southeastern State University in Durant. He received the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry in 1993. This is Barnes' eighth volume of poetry. Red Signature by Mary Leader Mary Leader makes her home in Norman, Oklahoma. She is currently the Creative Writing Fellow for Poetry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she also lectures in law. Leader practiced law for many years and served Oklahoma as Assistant State Attorney General, and later as referee for the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Red Signature is her first book of poems. Somebody Say Amen by Betty Shipley Betty Shipley, an Oklahoma native, is a former high school teacher, university lecturer, and poet-in-the schools. Shipley is Oklahoma's 1997-98 Poet Laureate, and poetry editor and columnist for ByLine magazine. She is also editor and book designer for Broncho Press in Edmond. ChlldrenfYoung Adult Award Aloha Summer by Bill Wallace A popular writer for young readers, Wallace has received numerous awards for his books, including the Texas Bluebonnet, the Oklahoma Sequoyah Award, the Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award, and the William Allen White Award. Unlike the hero in Aloha Summer who moves from Oklahoma to Hawaii, Wallace still lives in Chickasha where he was born. Angels in the Dust by Margot Theis Raven A writer and journalist who has worked in radio, television, magazines, and newspapers, this is Raven's first book for children. This book fulfills a desire to write about the Dust Bowl through the eyes of the courageous people who survived hard times. Raven recently moved from Ohio to Concord, Maine, with her husband, four children, and two hermit crabs. Dear Dr. Sillyhear by Dian Curtis Regan Regan is the author of more than thirty books for young readers. She is also a popular speaker in Oklahoma schools, where she often tells the children about her monster cat Poco. Originally from Colorado, Regan has lived in Edmond for several years, and is moving to Venezuela soon. Hero by S.L. Rottman First-time author S.L. Rottman is an English teacher in the Deer Creek school system. A graduate of Colorado State University, she wrote Hero at the age of twenty-four. In an age when few heroes exist, Rottman writes about a confused fifteen-year-old boy who learns just what it means to be a hero. The Keeping Room by Anna Myers Myers has won the Oklahoma Book Award two times: in 1993 for Red Dirt Jessie and in 1996 for Graveyard Girl. Myers has a deep understanding of rural life that she brings to her work. Her life in Chandler, Oklahoma, as an eighth-grade teacher gives her a deep understanding of small-town life for young people. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Set in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, this novel explores both the ecology of the land and the topography of the heart. Hesse received the Newbery Award for this book. She is the author of ten books for children including The Music of Dolphins which was named a best book of 1996 by both Publishers' Weekly and School Library Journal. She lives in Vermont. Spider Spins a Story: Fourteen Legends from Native America Edited by Jill Max Jill Max is a pseudonym for the writing team of Ronia K. Davidson and Kelly Bennett. They live in Tulsa, where they have done extensive research about Native American customs and lore at the Gilcrease Museum. Spider Spins a Story explores the recurrence of the spider as a unifying thread in the literature of diverse Native American cultures. Fiction Death in Lovers' Lane by Carolyn Hart An acknowledged master of mystery and spine-tingling suspense, Hart has won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards for her popular "Death on Demand" series. This is the third in her Henrie O. Mysteries. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City. The Geometry of Love by Joan Fay Cuccio This is the first novel for Cuccio, a writer and newspaper copy editor. In sensuous and sensitive prose, Cuccio examines the nature of experience within the context of one woman's story. She is a student of Tae Kwon Do and has worked as a volunteer for a battered women's shelter. She lives with her husband and two dogs in Norman. The Mercy Seat by Rilla Askew Askew is the author of Strange Business, which received the 1993 Oklahoma Book Award. Her short fiction has been selected for Prize Stories: The O. Henry Award. She divides her time between the Sans Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma and upstate New York. Naked Justice by William Bernhardt Bernhardt has won many awards in both of his chosen professions; as an attorney and as a writer. In 1993 he was named one of the top twenty-five young lawyers in the nation. Bernhardt has been a finalist in the Oklahoma Book Award competition five times and won the award in 1995 for Perfect Justice. He and his wife, Kirsten, and their two children live in Tulsa. Ride the Lightning by Robert H. Mitchell Inspired by the 1973 riot at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Ride the Ligntning spins a web of political and legal intrigue. Mitchell is an Oklahoma City attorney specializing in trial law. He has served as Chief Legal Counsel to the Governor of Oklahoma and as chairman of the state's pardon and parole board. This is his first novel. The Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan O'Nan's award winning fiction includes the 1997 Oklahoma Book Award for The Names of the Dead. In 1996, he was named one of Cranta's Best Young American novelists. This novel, set in Edmond, was begun when O'Nan taught creative writing at the University of Central Oklahoma. He now lives in Avon, Connecticut. War Woman: A Novel of the Real People by Robert Conley Conley was a 1995 Oklahoma Book Award finalist for Long Way Home. A two-time winner of the prestigious Spur Award, Conley is one of the most respected Native American writers at work today. He is a teacher and poet, as well as a novelist. He lives in Tahlequah. Zeke and Ned by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Pulitizer Prize winning author McMurtry and writing partner Os sana collaborated on this novel set in Indian Territory, east of the Arkansas River. McMurtry is the author of twenty novels, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lives in Texas. Diana Ossana has coauthored novels, screenplays, and co-produced television mini-series with McMurtry. She lives in Arizona. Jack Bickham Recipient of the 1998 Arrell Gihson Lifetime Achievement Award Writers all across the United States proclaim their success is due in part to Jack Bickham, noted novelist, teacher, and journalist. The nationally known Norman author wrote 75 published novels and six instructional books about writing fiction. Two of his novels, The Apple Dumpling Gang and Baker's Hawk, were released as motion pictures. Two of Bickham's books have been reprinted by Reader's Digest Condensed Books and, two were selected as Detective Book selections. His 1976 novel Twister was named a book of the decade by the West Coast Review of Books, and I Still Dream About Columbus won the Florence Roberts Head Memorial Award given by the Ohio Library Association. Bickham's IS-year newspaper career included work on the Norman Transcript, Oklahoma City Times, and the Oklahoma Courier. He was assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma's H.H. Herbert School of Journalism from 1969 to 1972, associate professor from 1972 to 1979, and attained the rank of professor in 1979. He directed the annual short course on professional writing from 1973 to 1990. He held the rank of David Ross Boyd Professor, the highest honor the University bestows for teaching excellence. Bickham conducted several writing and journalism workshops across the country. His writing students have published more than 100 short stories, hundreds of articles, and at least 60 books. He was a member of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. The Oklahoma Center for the Book regrets that Jack Bickham's death July 25, 1997, prevents his personally receiving the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award tonight. However, Bickham had been notified of his selection and had expressed his pleasure and anticipation of receiving the honor. Bickham's good friend, Mack Palmer, said "What I would say about Bickham with greatest admiration is that whether talking or writing, his words never failed him. I don't like the silence of his absence." The Arrell Gibson lifetime Achievement Award The Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year as recognition 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. Previous Oldahoma Book Award Winners Fiction 1990, Robert Love Taylor, The Lost Sister 1991, Linda Hogan, Mean Spirit 1992, Robert 1. 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 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 1994,1. 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 TaJJ Grass Childrenl 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 Stone Gilbert, Stone Water Poetry 1990, William Kistler, The Elizaheth 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 Trouhle with Voices 1997, Renata Treitel, translation of Rosita Copioli's The Blazing Lights of the Sun DesignJ 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 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 Ralph Ellison Award 1995, Ralph Ellison, National Book Award winner, Oklahoma City 1997, Angie Debo, "First Lady of Oklahoma History," Marshall Oklahoma Center lor the Book Ofticers and Board of Directors Laurie Sundborg is president. She is Adult Resources Coordinator with the Tulsa CityCounty Library System. Diane Canavan is vice-president. She is a Title I Reading Specialist with the Shawnee Public Schools. Marilyn Vesely is secretary. She is retired from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and lives in Norman. Gerry Willingham is treasurer. She is retired from the Putnam City School District where she served as director of the Library Media program. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is a non-profit, 501-c-3 organization serving as an outreach program of the Library of Congress Center for the Book. Oklahoma's Center, begun in 1986, was the fourth state center formed. The mission of the Oklahoma Center for the Book is to promote the past, current, and future works of Oklahoma authors; to promote the literary heritage of the state; and to encourage reading for pleasure by Oklahomans of all ages. The Oklahoma Center for the Book is governed by a volunteer board of directors from across the state. They are listed below, except for officers named above. Hannah Atkins, Oklahoma City William Bernhardt, Tulsa Gale Bollinger, Oklahoma City Glenda Carlile, Oklahoma City David Clark, Norman Robert L. Clark Jr., Oklahoma City Liz Codding, Edmond Aarone Corwin, Midwest City Nance Diamond, Shawnee Kim Doner, Tulsa Lennie Draper, Norman Julia Fresonke, Edmond Marilyn Geiger, Norman Ann Hamilton, Edmond Julie Hovis, Edmond Ken Jackson, Tulsa Howard Meredith, Oklahoma City Teresa Miller, Tulsa Paulette Millichap, Tulsa Joyce Pipps, Shawnee Eve K. Sandstrom, Lawton Dean Sims, Tulsa RJ. Williams, Oklahoma City John Wooley, Tulsa William R. Young, Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA tCENTER FOR THE BOOK Project Highlights, 1991-98 During the past year, the Oklahoma Center for the Book in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries has participated in several events and has made commitments for events later this year. The Center has been involved with the National Young Readers' Day program every year since the program first began in 1989. For 1998, the Center will once again sponsor the "Kids Caught Reading" activity, giving $25 prizes to ten students from across the state who are caught reading in their spare time. The Center, for the fourth year, is co-sponsoring the "Letters about Literature" competition. Nationally promoted by Weekly Reader, 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 five letters. Color Us Literate was a program conducted in 1997 by the Oklahoma County Literacy Coalition and local literacy groups. The Center assisted with an exhibit and book signing by Oklahoma authors at Oklahoma City's Crossroads Mall in June. Authors in Libraries has been a very successful program which has brought Oklahoma Book Award finalists into the public libraries for special presentations. The Center pays an honoraria to the authors, and the libraries match the funds through in-kind contributions such as refreshments, postage, invitations, and press coverage. In recent years, the Center has been able to make monetary contributions to support other literary events in the state. In 1997, funds were granted to the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers, the "I'd Sooner Read campaign," National Young Readers' Day, and the "Color Us Literate" promotion. The Center's website address is www.state.ok.usf-odlfocb The Oklahoma Center for the Book wishes to thank the judges for the 1997 competition. They were: David Biespiel Dan Blanchard Kay Boies Tom Buckley David Clark Evelyn K. Davis Bettie Estes-Rickner Karyn Lynn Gilman Christopher Givan Ann Hamilton Rosemary Hardy James Herring Kathryn Fanning Mary McAnally Bill McCloud Howard Meredith Donna Norvell B. Byron Price Jean Richardson DeWayne Smoot Leah Taylor James R. Tolbert III Mary Woodman William It Young Jennifer Younge The Center acknowledges the generous contributions of the following organizations and individuals: Best of Books, Edmond Dunlap and Codding Patent Law Firm Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Office of Public Information Oklahoma Independent Booksellers Association Steve's Books, Tulsa Very special thanks to . .. Marilyn Geiger and Kim Doner, co-chairs of the ceremony committee Proceeds from tonight's book sales will benefit the Oklahoma Center for the Book OKLAHOMA t CENTER FOR THE BOOK 200 Northeast 18th Street Oklahoma City. OK 7310;,.3298 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, Oklahoma |
Publisher | Oklahoma Center for the Book |
Publication Date | 1998 |
Source | Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma Collection, Vertical File |
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