Troy Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 BEFORE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION The Raymond House • 655 -13th Street • Suite 302 • Oakland, California 94612 August 18, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Justin Desmangles, 916-425-7916 The Before Columbus Foundation announces the Winners of the Thirty-Fifth Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS Ceremonies, October 26, 2014, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Oakland, CA—The Before Columbus Foundation announces the Winners of the Thirty-Fifth Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS. The 2014 American Book Award winners will be formally recognized on Sunday, October 26th from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the SF Jazz Center, Joe Henderson Lab, 201 Franklin Street (at Fell), San Francisco, CA. This event is open to the public. 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. The 2014 American Book Award Winners are: Andrew Bacevich Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country, Metropolitan Books Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Black Against Empire; The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, University of California Press Juan Delgado (poetry) and Thomas McGovern (photography) Vital Signs, Heyday Books Alex Espinoza The Five Acts of Diego León, Random House Jonathan Scott Holloway Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America Since 1940, University of North Carolina Press Joan Naviyuk Kane Hyperboreal, University of Pittsburgh Press Jamaica Kincaid See Now Then, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Tanya Olson Boyishly, YesYes Books Sterling D. Plumpp Home/Bass, Third World Press Emily Raboteau Searching For Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora, Atlantic Monthly Press Jerome Rothenberg with Heriberto Yepez Eye of Witness: A Jerome Rothenberg Reader, Commonwealth Books Nick Turse Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam, Metropolitan Books Margaret Wrinkle Wash, Atlantic Monthly Press Koon Woon Water Chasing Water, Kaya Press Armond White Anti-Censorship Award: Michael Parenti Lifetime Achievement: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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