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<div style="text-align: left;">I just received the National Book Foundation's September eNewsletter.  Below is an article of particular interest to Oregon librarians, readers, and writers.  If you would like to read the full newsletter, please go to:

<a href="http://tiny.cc/gdn20" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/gdn20</a> <br>

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Enjoy!<br>

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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>, 503-378-2528</div>

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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><b>2011 National Book Award Finalists to be Announced on Oregon Public Radio</b></b></span></p>

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<font size="3">The twenty Finalists for the 62<sup>nd</sup> National Book Awards will be announced on Oregon Public Broadcasting's morning radio program,

<i>Think Out Loud,</i> in front of a live audience at the new Literary Arts Center in Portland, Oregon from 9:06 to 9:59 a.m. PST on Wednesday, October 12. The announcement will also be streamed live on Oregon Public Broadcasting's website,

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<font size="3">Past NBA Winners, Finalists, and Judges will announce this year's Finalists by category:</font><br>

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<li><font size="3"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp_3z2SBmIkTyDrPmelsl330Wr6vbzZOP_grPRGxsT3BoDpZDxYg4sZh3ON4c_jydzYRim8KzBz0hi7HR3QlqDlp2QWGt_FjqyjP_0esRnWv8OWtiV1_ixLwoT4LCXjAQLjOC2YGSPfqGKIQWJhLTWFh" shape="rect" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Virginia

 Euwer Wolff</a><span>, National Book Award Winner in 2001, will announce the Young People's Literature Finalists.</span></font></li></ul>

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<li style="font-size: 8pt;"><font size="3"><span><b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp8N7Tih3yDbInN5OOQIGAZm7ZiN06zjVjqMeHSZaqOG7r3m1tsIAtOtWn7w7oaDpomXLJq5VsAbx4emDdWCsR6sSoZvq3gHHwj0LoXGZUzKWQrR6JkPtivVDxb-sdN6wF_69S08U_aq0WHWo4XMmbIU" shape="rect" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vern

 Rutsala</a></b></span><span>, National Book Award Finalist in 2005, will announce the Poetry Finalists.</span></font></li></ul>

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<li style="font-size: 8pt;"><font size="3"><span><b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp9rNMH0Fr5nT7bUpC69u0MVBmAWoMflj4BF41Egz9vicUrDdyf0FHslv9VWobcj7DzF2d1uqyCDQZ69L5fXUsERfvvzxVfHTBMsrOvFbq28G9HeZOOaH4kn3jZx_zeOJiWuNTELS8rXDc8fQ6VwJ1uF" shape="rect" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sallie

 Tisdale</a></b></span><span>, National Book Award Judge in 2010, will announce the Nonfiction Finalists.

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<li style="font-size: 8pt;"><font size="3"><span><b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp8_5id7NKnuXmVzpxHA5BDIQ3Svl9KRkgVpZjsY08yIxfbhdTu6Js9H6S8nX1CECB2K33K8RLihqxmMQVtNi-aldKi4rOKxWvvib3kjJ-AsuymmaHLoWKYE0WndO9I7PZtv0zHo50KaqlLBbDOeLpSDGIUUt-nBsgY=" shape="rect" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Charles

 Johnson</a></b></span><span>, National Book Award Winner in 1990 and Judge in 1999 and 2009, will announce the Fiction Finalists.</span></font></li></ul>

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<font size="3"><span><i>Think Out Loud</i></span><span> host David Miller will interview each of the</span><span></span><span> four guests, as well as Nation</span><span>al Book

</span><span>Foundation Executive Director Harold Augenbraum, about their own National Book Award experiences.</span></font></p>

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<font size="3"><span style="line-height: 115%;">For more information about the 2011 National Book Award

</span></font><span style="line-height: 115%;"><font size="3">Finalists Announcement, visit

</font><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=mexrb7cab&et=1107597476017&s=6980&e=001ghMWzlqOkp82eg5ojfxfnWCMrxcBy8v6y1IYigNE65T7Ew5lQNhb4eG2H63bD1fKMyHCSrAJHpB3qEuvfF2iFQ_e3UjDSqw4UuxR77EZfAE3wrQt0O4f_g==" shape="rect" style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(51, 153, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.nationalbook.org</a>.</span></p>

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