The Nebraska Center for the Book is pleased to announce the five finalists for the
One Book One Nebraska 2011 selection. Nominations were solicited from the public during the summer. The winning nomination will be announced at the
Celebration of Nebraska Books, to be held at the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Nebraska History Museum, 131 Centennial Mall North, in Lincoln, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. on November 6, 2010. The
2011 One Book One Nebraska finalists are:
“I Am a Man”: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice, by Joe Starita — Chronicles what happened when Standing Bear set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to return the body of his only son to their traditional burial ground.
Local Wonders by Ted Kooser — When casting his eye on social progress, Kooser reminds us that the closing of local schools, thoughtless county weed control, and irresponsible housing development destroy more than just the view.
Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry, Greg Kosmicki and Mary K. Stillwell, editors — Poems by more than 80 contemporary Nebraska poets, including Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States Ted Kooser and Nebraska State Poet William Kloefkorn.
Plainsong, by Kent Haruf — A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.
A Sandhills Ballad, by Ladette Randolph — Twenty-one-year-old Mary Rasmussen discovers that her life has unraveled when she wakes after being in a coma for six weeks.
Which of these selections have you read? Which do you plan to read?
Since Plainsong was a One Book One Lincoln choice back in 2002 I have read that http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/depts/bookguide/obol/front.htm.
And “I Am a Man”: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice is the One Book One Lincoln choice for 2010.
I have read Local Wonders with the Book Club here at the Nebraska Library Commission, and I loved it, so much of towns I know and grew up with. Even my cousins that live in the heart of that area read the book, and loved it.
Since I’m commenting I would have to say that poetry is NOT my thing, but many staff here at NLC say I’m missing the boat, that’s OK I can swim 🙂
That leaves A Sandhills Ballad this one I may read it sounds interesting.