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The Before Columbus Foundation announces
Winners of the Twenty-Eighth Annual
AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS
Sunday, December 28, 4:00 - 6:30 P.M.
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Anna's Jazz Island
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
(near Berkeley Bart Station)
For more information, call (510) 681-5652.
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Host
Al Young
California Poet
Laureate
May 15, 2005 - October 9, 2008
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The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America's diverse literary community. The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence without limitations or restrictions. There are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. The award winners range from well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors and first works. There are no quotas for diversity, the winners list simply reflects it as a natural process. The Before Columbus Foundation views American culture as inclusive and has always considered the term "multicultural" to be not a description of various categories, groups, or "special interests," but rather as the definition of all of American literature. The Awards are not bestowed by an industry organization, but rather are a writers' award given by other writers.
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2008 American Book Award Winners:
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Authors attending will read selections from their works and sign copies of their award-winning books.
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A reception and book signing following the ceremony.
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Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America (The Penguin Press)
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Douglas A. Blackmon, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II (Doubleday)
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Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Richard Dauenhauer, and Lydia T. Black, and Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká/Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804 (University of Washington Press)
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Maria Mazziotti Gillan, All That Lies Between Us (Guernica Editions Inc.)
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Nikki Giovanni, The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 (HarperCollins)
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C.S. Giscombe, Prairie Style (Dalkey Archive Press)
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Angela Jackson, Where I Must Go: A Novel (TriQuarterly)
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L. Luis Lopez, Each Month I Sing (Farolito Press)
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Tom Lutz, Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
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Fae Myenne Ng, Steer Toward Rock (Hyperion)
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Yuko Taniguchi, The Ocean in the Closet (Coffee House Press)
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Lorenzo Thomas, Aldon Lynn Nielsen, editor, Don't Deny My Name: Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition (University of Michigan Press)
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Frank B. Wilderson III, Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid (South End Press)
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Jonathan Curiel, Al' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots (The New Press)
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Lifetime Achievement Award:
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J.J. Phillips, Author of Mojo Hand: An Orphic Tale
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Getting There: Directions & Public Transit Information
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By Car:
From I-80 East: Exit onto University Ave (2.2 mi), turn right at Shattuck Ave/Shattuck
Square, continue to follow Shattuck Ave (0.2 mi), turn left at Allston Way (Anna's Jazz Island will be on the right - 295 ft).
From I-580 East: Take exit 11 to merge onto University Ave (2.4 mi), turn right at
Shattuck Ave/Shattuck Square, continue to follow Shattuck Ave (0.2 mi), turn left at Allston Way (Anna's Jazz Island will be on the right
- 295 ft).
Parking is available at the Allston Way Parking Facility 2061 Allston Way (just West of Shattuck avenue) from
5pm-midnight, weeknights from 5pm-2am, Fri and Saturday nights $3 with validation from Anna's Jazz Island.
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By BART:
Downtown Berkeley BART Station. Walk about two minutes to Anna's Jazz Island.
Directions to Anna's Jazz Island:
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