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Remembering Louise Glück

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Louise Glück, the Jewish American poet who wrote deeply personal poems focusing on themes such as religion and nature, died at the age of 80 on Friday, October 13, 2023. Throughout her decades long career she was awarded practically every honor available, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1993), U.S. Poet Laureate (2003-2004), and the National Book Award (2014). Notably, Louise Glück was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first American poet to earn this honor since T.S. Eliot in 1948.

Here are the works by Louise Glück available in the Talking Book Program collection:

POETRY COLLECTIONS:

TRIUMPH OF ACHILLES (BR 06473)

WILD IRIS (DB 37600)     

MEADOWLANDS (DB 43058) 

FAITHFUL AND VIRTUOUS NIGHT (DB 101237, BR 23465)

POEMS 1962-2012 (DB 79850)

WINTER RECIPES FROM THE COLLECTIVE (DB 106655)

ESSAY COLLECTION:

AMERICAN ORIGINALITY: ESSAYS ON POETRY (DB 101223, BR 23461)         

You can read news articles remembering Louise Glück, including:

The New York Times

The New Yorker

The Guardian

The New York Book Review

You can also listen to a Bookriot podcast that honors Louise Glück by remembering her 2020 Nobel Prize.

Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2022

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Since 1996, the Women’s Prize for Fiction honors books written in English by women. Six books were named as short list titles on April 27, and the winner was announced June 15. We’ve placed it first, but included the rest of the books that were selected as finalists because they are all truly wonderful reads.

For more information: https://womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/features/features/news/announcing-the-womens-prize-2022-longlist

Here are the finalists for 2022 that are in the TBP collection.

BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS by Ruth Ozeki (DB 105146)
BULD YOUR HOUSE AROUND MY BODY: A NOVEL by Violet Kupersmith (DB 104783)
GREAT CIRCLE by Maggie Shipstead (DB 103266, LB 13435)
FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV by Dawnie Walton (DB 102932)
ISLAND OF MISSING TREES by Elif Shafak (DB 106690)
PAPER PALACE by Miranda Cowley Heller (DB 104340)
SENTENCE: A NOVEL by Louise Erdrich (DB 105798)

African American Women Authors from Texas

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Since February is Black History Month and Women’s History Month is right around the corner in March, we decided to highlight five award winning African American women authors from Texas. Whether you enjoy historical nonfiction, romance, or mysteries, these women writers have something for you.

Reshonda Tate Billingsley

Reshonda Tate Billingsley is the national bestselling author of more than 50 books. She writes both adult and teen fiction, as well as nonfiction, and is she is known for her Christian Fiction series SAY AMEN and GOOD GIRLZ. She currently lives in Houston.

More information can be found at www.reshondatatebillingsley.com

Anita R. Bunkley

Anita Bunkley was voted one of the 50 favorite African American authors of the twentieth century by the on-line African American Literature Book Club. Currently a resident of Houston, she writes across several genres with romance, historical fiction, and mysteries she’s written in our collection.

More Information can be found at: https://www.anitabunkley.com/page/page/1042006.htm

Annette Gordon-Reed

Born in Livingston, Texas, Annette Gordon-Reed, is currently a history professor at Harvard University and was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction for her work about Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with Sally Hemmings.

More information can be found at: https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10329/Gordon-Reed

Attica Lock

Houston native, Attica Locke, is an award-winning author of the suspenseful Highway 59 series featuring Black Texas Ranger Darren Mathews as well as the Jay Porter Series, a legal thriller.  

More information to be found on her website, www.atticalocke.com

Angela Shelf Medearis

Known as “The Kitchen Diva,” Angela Shelf Medearis is a chef and successful children’s book author. After she realized that there were very few cookbooks that illustrated the contributions of African American culture and cuisine she decided to write her own.

More information can be found at: https://www.kitchendiva.org/about-us