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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=357390516-19112009><FONT color=#0000ff>I
just received the following newsletter reporting the National Book Award winners
which were announced last night. Enjoy!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=center>Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</DIV>
<DIV align=center>* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book
Coordinator *</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</DIV>
<DIV align=center><A
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</A>,
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color=#333333 size=2><STRONG>November 18,
2009</STRONG></FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Your 2009 </FONT><FONT
color=#333333 size=1 face=verdana,helvetica,sans-serif><FONT
size=3 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>National Book Award
Winners were announced live tonight during a black-tie
ceremony and dinner at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City.
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<TD><FONT size=2><A href="#articles_1"><STRONG><FONT
color=#000000 face=verdana,helvetica,sans-serif><FONT
color=#333333 face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Young
People's Literature</FONT></FONT></STRONG>
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<TD><FONT size=2><A href="#articles_2"><FONT
color=#333333
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><STRONG>Poetry</STRONG></FONT>
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color=#333333
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><STRONG>Nonfiction</STRONG></FONT>
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<TD><FONT size=2><A href="#articles_4"><FONT
color=#333333
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><STRONG>Fiction</STRONG></FONT>
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<TD><FONT size=2><A href="#articles_8"><STRONG><FONT
color=#333333
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Distinguished
Contribution to American Letters</FONT></STRONG><FONT
color=#000000 face=verdana,helvetica,sans-serif><STRONG>
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<TD><FONT size=2><A href="#articles_7"><FONT
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><FONT
color=#333333><STRONG>The Literarian Award
</STRONG></FONT><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000
face=verdana,helvetica,sans-serif><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT size=2><A href="#articles_5"><FONT
color=#333333><STRONG><FONT
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The Best of the National
Book Awards
Fiction</FONT></STRONG></FONT><BR></FONT></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Young People's
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face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><A
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target=_blank><FONT color=#008000>Phillip
Hoose</FONT></A><EM><BR>Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward
Justice</EM></FONT><FONT size=3
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif> <BR>(Farrar, Straus and
Giroux)</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT size=3><A name=articles_2></A><FONT
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face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><STRONG>Poetry</STRONG></FONT>
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face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><A
href="http://nationalbook.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=J_pwHABzAAIAAAAxAANeAA"
target=_blank><FONT color=#008000>Keith
Waldrop</FONT></A><BR><EM>Transcendental Studies: A
Trilogy </EM><BR>(University of California Press)</FONT>
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target=_blank><FONT color=#008000>T. J.
Stiles</FONT></A><BR><EM>The First Tycoon: The Epic Life
of Cornelius Vanderbilt</EM><BR>(Alfred A.
Knopf)</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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target=_blank><FONT color=#008000>Colum
McCann</FONT></A> <BR><EM>Let the Great World
Spin</EM><BR>(Random
Hohttp://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_f_mccann.htmluse)
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target=_blank><FONT color=#008000><FONT
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Gore
Vidal</FONT></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=#333333><STRONG>The Literarian Award
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face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>The Best of the National
Book Awards
Fiction</FONT></STRONG></FONT><BR></FONT></TD></TR>
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target=_blank><FONT color=#008000><EM>The Complete
Stories</EM></FONT></A><BR></FONT><FONT size=3
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>By Flannery
O'Connor</FONT><FONT size=3
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><BR><FONT color=#333333
size=2>(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)</FONT></FONT><A
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face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>For more information,
including the list of Finalists, visit </FONT><FONT
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color=#008000>www.nationalbook.org</FONT></STRONG></FONT></A></FONT><FONT
color=#333333 size=2
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#333333 size=2
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>Video, audio and pictures from
the 2009 National Book Awards Week events will be featured on
the Foundation's website over the coming
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