[readers-advisory] Legacy Award Winners for 2004
Alan Nichter
NichterA at hillsboroughcounty.org
Tue Jan 11 17:17:23 EST 2005
Legacy Award Winners for 2004
The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation was established in September 1990 by novelist Marita Golden. Our mission is to develop, nurture and sustain the world community of writers of African descent. Our programs and services preserve the legacy and ensure the future of Black writing. The Foundation is named for two geniuses of American and world literature. The Foundation presents monetary awards for writers of African descent-the Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award* and the Hurston/Wright Award*-and a multi-genre summer writers' workshop for Black writers, Hurston/Wright Writers' Week*.
Debut Fiction:
Winner: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
Finalist: A Place Between Stations by Stephanie Allen
Finalist: Knee-Deep in Wonder by April Reynolds
Nominee: The Daughter by Asha Bandele
Nominee: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer
Nominee: Getting Mother's Body by Susan-Lori Parks
Fiction:
Winner: Hunting in Harlem by Mat Johnson
Finalist: The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
Finalist: A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips
Nominee: The Hottentot Venus by Barbara-Chase Riboud
Nominee: The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
Nominee: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Nonfiction:
Winner: In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. by Wil Haygood 792.7028/Davis
Finalist: Mandela Mobutu and Me: A Newswoman's African Journey by Lynne Duke 968.065/Duke
Finalist: Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity
Nominee: Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Valerie Boyd 813.52/Hurston
Nominee: Always Wear Joy by Susan Fales-Hill 974.71/Fales/Hill
Nominee: Somebody's Someone by Regina Louise 362.73/Louise
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Purple Hibiscus
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
A promising new voice from Nigeria delivers an exquisite and powerful first novel about a 15-year-old Nigerian woman who is awakening at a time when both her country and family are on the cusp of change.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill/Pub Date: 10/2003/ISBN: 1565123875
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 23.95
Purple Hibiscus (Anchor Books)
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Publisher: Anchor Books/Pub Date: 09/2004/ISBN: 1400076943
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 13.00
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A Place Between Stations: Stories
Allen, Stephanie
Publisher: University of Missouri Press/Pub Date: 02/2003/ISBN: 0826214444
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 19.95
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Knee-Deep in Wonder
Reynolds, April
When asked about her family, Helene Strickland, daughter of Lafayette County, Arkansas, and lately of the Northeast, has only memories riddled with half-truths. Rich with legend, poetry, and historic events, this mesmerizing narrative captures the complex humanity of black Southern life.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books/Pub Date: 09/2003/ISBN: 0805073469
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 23.00
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Knee-Deep in Wonder
Reynolds, April
"Who're your people, girl?" In August, 1976, Helene Strickland returns home to Lafayette County, Arkansas, determined to learn the answer, but her probing only uncovers greater mysteries. April Reynolds's mesmerizing narrative seamlessly weaves flashbacks and voices to produce an epic account of one family crippled by the deepest wounds of the black South, introducing a bold and distinct talent.
Publisher: Picador USA/Pub Date: 08/2004/ISBN: 0312423616
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 14.00
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Daughter
Bandele, Asha
The gifted and charismatic author of the acclaimed memoir "The Prisoner's Wife" delivers a bold and heartrending first novel that explores the silence of black women and illuminates the fragile complexity of the mother-daughter bond.
Publisher: Scribner Book Company/Pub Date: 10/2003/ISBN: 0743211847
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 23.00
Daughter
Bandele, Asha
In a stirring first novel, the gifted and lyrical author of the acclaimed memoir "The Prisoner's Wife" "gives us another penetrating look at the endurance of love under harsh circumstances" ("Essence").
Publisher: Scribner Book Company/Pub Date: 01/2005/ISBN: 0743417984
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 13.00
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (Riverhead Trade Pbk)
Packer, ZZ
Already an award-winning writer, Packer now shares her long awaited debut collection of stories which has been greeted with acclaim.
Publisher: Riverhead Books/Pub Date: 02/2004/ISBN: 1573223786
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 14.00
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Getting Mother's Body
Parks, Suzan-Lori
>From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama comes an enormously accomplished and original debut novel about a down-on-their-luck black family in 1960s Texas in search of the storied jewels buried with one of their relatives.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks/Pub Date: 04/2004/ISBN: 081296800X
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 12.95
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Hunting in Harlem
Johnson, Mat
Johnson has created vividly memorable characters and a story that stands out as one of the most controversial and explosive in years. As sure to ignite debate as it is to entertain, "Hunting in Harlem" is an old-fashioned page-turner with a fresh and brave voice.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC/Pub Date: 05/2003/ISBN: 1582342725
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 23.95
Hunting in Harlem
Johnson, Mat
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC/Pub Date: 06/2004/ISBN: 1582344086
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 13.95
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The Polished Hoe
Clarke, Austin
Set in the postcolonial West Indies in the thirties and forties, "The Polished Hoe" unravels over the course of 24 hours, but spans the lifetime of one woman and the collective experience of a society characterized by slavery.
Publisher: Amistad Press/Pub Date: 06/2003/ISBN: 0060555653
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 24.95
The Polished Hoe (Amistad Paperback)
Clarke, Austin
When Mary-Mathilda, one of the most respected women of the island of Bimshire (also known as Barbados) calls the police to confess to a crime, the result is a shattering all-night vigil that brings together elements of the island's African past and the tragic legacy of colonialism in one epic sweep. Set in the West Indies in the period following World War II, "The Polished Hoe -- an "Essence bestseller and a "Washington Post Book World Most Worthy Book of 2003 -- unravels over the course of twenty-four hours but spans the collective experience of a society characterized by slavery.
Publisher: Amistad Press/Pub Date: 06/2004/ISBN: 0060557621
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 13.95
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A Distant Shore
Phillips, Caryl
>From the acclaimed author of "The Nature of Blood" and "The Atlantic Sound" comes a masterful new novel set in contemporary England about an African man and an English woman whose hidden lives are revealed in their fragile, fateful connection.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Pub Date: 10/2003/ISBN: 1400041090
Binding: Hardcover
US SRP: 23.95/BISAC Categories: Fiction | Literary
A Distant Shore
Phillips, Caryl
Publisher: Vintage Books USA/Pub Date: 03/2005/ISBN: 1400034507
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 13.00
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Hottentot Venus
Chase-Riboud, Barbara
>From the bestselling author of "Sally Hemings" comes an extraordinary novel based on the true story of Sarah Baartman, an African bushwoman exhibited as a "scientific curiosity" in the capitals of nineteenth-century Europe.
Publisher: Doubleday Books/Pub Date: 11/2003/ISBN: 0385508565
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 24.00
Hottentot Venus
Chase-Riboud, Barbara
It is Paris, 1815. An extraordinarily shaped South African girl known as the Hottentot Venus, dressed only in feathers and beads, swings from a crystal chandelier in the duchess of Berry's ballroom. Below her, the audience shouts insults and pornographic obscenities. Among these spectators is Napoleon's physician and the most famous naturalist in Europe, the Baron George Cuvier, whose encounter with her will inspire a theory of race that will change European science forever. Evoking the grand tradition of such "monster" tales as "Frankenstein" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Barbara Chase Riboud, prize-winning author of the classic Sally Hemings," again gives voice to an "invisible" of history. In this powerful saga, Sarah Baartman, for more than 200 years known only as the mysterious lady in the glass cage, comes vividly and unforgettably to life.
Publisher: Anchor Books/Pub Date: 11/2004/ISBN: 1400032083
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 13.00
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The Salt Roads
Hopkinson, Nalo
The Salt Roads was published in Warner hardcover (0-446-53302-5) in 11/03 and received rave reviews. Nalo Hopkinson made her debut with Brown Girl in the Ring (1998), winning the Aspect First Novel Contest and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. The author's previous book, Skin Folk (Aspect, 2001), won the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection, was named Recommended Fiction for 2002 by Black Issues Book Review, and was named a New York Times Best book of the Year. Hopkinson's Midnight Robber (Aspect, 2000), a New York Times Recommended Book of Summer 2000, received an Honorable Mention for the Casa de las Americas Prize. It was a finalist for the Nubula Award for Best Novel, the Hugo Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award.
Publisher: Warner Books/Pub Date: 11/2004/ISBN: 0446677132
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 14.95
The Salt Roads
Hopkinson, Nalo
"Whirling with witchcraft and sensuality, this latest novel by Hopkinson ("Skin Folk; Midnight Robber") is a globe-spanning, time-traveling spiritual odyssey."--"Publishers Weekly."
Publisher: Warner Books/Pub Date: 11/2003/ISBN: 0446533025
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 22.95
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The Known World
Jones, Edward P
Henry Townsend, a black bootmaker and former slave in antebellum Virginia, becomes a proprietor of his own plantation--as well as his own slaves. This modern masterpiece explores what happens when he dies and "the known world" unravels.
Publisher: Amistad Press/Pub Date: 09/2003/ISBN: 0060557540
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 24.95
The Known World
Jones, Edward P
In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, this two-time National Book Award finalist tells the story of a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia.
Publisher: Amistad Press/Pub Date: 06/2004/ISBN: 0060557559
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 13.95
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In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.
Haygood, Wil
In this superb work of biography, Haygood brings Sammy Davis, Jr., to life against the backdrop of 20th-century race relations. Trapped between the worlds of blacks and whites, Davis forged an uncharted path as a consummate entertainer. 40 photos.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Pub Date: 10/2003/ISBN: 037540354X
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 26.95
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Mandela, Mobutu, and Me: A Newswoman's African Journey
Duke, Lynne
In this stunning memoir, a correspondent for "The Washington Post" takes readers on a riveting journey through Africa during the pivotal years of the late 1990s and illuminates a continent where hope and humanity thrive amid unimaginable depredation and brutal horrors.
Publisher: Doubleday Books/Pub Date: 01/2003/ISBN: 0385503989
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 24.00
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Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity
Johnson, E Patrick
Publisher: Duke University Press/Pub Date: 10/2003/ISBN: 0822331918
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 22.95
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Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Boyd, Valerie (Author); Clinton, Catherine (Author)
With the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, and World War II as the historical backdrops, this riveting biography not only positions Hurston's work in her time, but offers implications for our own. "Wrapped in Rainbows" is a compelling profile of one of the most intrepid and inspiring writers of the 20th century.
Publisher: Scribner Book Company/Pub Date: 01/2003/ISBN: 0684842300
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 30.00
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Boyd, Valerie
Publisher: Scribner Book Company/Pub Date: 02/2004/ISBN: 0743253299
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 16.00
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Always Wear Joy: My Mother Bold and Beautiful
Fales-Hill, Susan
Growing up with a black, Auntie-Mame-like mother and a WASP shipping-captain father, Fales-Hill faced many challenges as a television writer in Hollywood. Dazzling in their public life and emotionally vulnerable in their private lives, the characters in this family memoir make joy a lifestyle. 8-page photo insert.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers/Pub Date: 05/2003/ISBN: 0060523565
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 24.95/BISAC Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Always Wear Joy: My Mother Bold and Beautiful
Fales-Hill, Susan
>From an inside peek at the inner workings of Hollywood to the backstage drama of Broadway, from a poignant look at the black upper class to an honest look at the WASP elite, this elegantly wrought memoir of an extraordinary family has something for everyone.
Publisher: Amistad Press/Pub Date: 05/2004/ISBN: 0060566728
Binding: Paperback/US SRP: 13.95
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Somebody's Someone
Louise, Regina
This poignant memoir of one abandoned child's wrenching search for someone to love--and to be loved by--gives compassionate voice to the plight of abused and unwanted children everywhere and offers a scalding look at the life of a child that no one wanted.
Publisher: Warner Books/Pub Date: 06/2003/ISBN: 0446529109
Binding: Hardcover/US SRP: 23.95
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