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Sherman Alexie Wins Pen/Faulkner Award

Washington State author Sherman Alexie's novel War Dances, has been selected as the winner of the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. 

war_dances.gifOne of the foremost prizes for literary fiction in the nation, The PEN/Faulkner Award honors the best published works of fiction by American writers in a calendar year. Three judges, writers themselves, select five books from among the more than 300 works submitted, making this the largest peer-juried award in the country.

Also nominated for the award:

Barbara Kingsolver: The Lacuna

Lorraine M. Lopez: Homicide Survivors Picnic and Other Stories

Lorrie More: A Gate at the Stairs

                            Colson Whitehead: Sag Harbor

 

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

By Rebecca Skloot
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Rebecca Skloot has written a fascinating & well researched book about the famous (or, now, infamous) HeLa cell line that researchers have used for over 50 years without any acknowledgement or payment to the original donor( who had no knowledge of the cell usage) or her family.  This is an exciting read--difficult to put down!        Reviewed by Sue Domis
 
Character Word of the Month

Character Word of the Month for July: Kindness

Kindness is the quality of being warmhearted and considerate. It is pleasantness, tenderness and concern for others.

 
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Character Word of the Month for July: Kindness

Kindness is the quality of being warmhearted and considerate. It is pleasantness, tenderness and concern for others.