Dear Friends,
It is very difficult for me to tell you how happy I am to be considered as a finalist for this year's Ohioana Book Award, in the category of poetry (there are 5 categories) for my book "The parting present/Lo que se irá" (Dos Madres Press). According to the website:
"This year’s stellar list includes a Pulitzer Prize winner, three finalists for the National Book Award, a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist, and winners of the Coretta Scott King Book Award, the Caldecott Medal, Newbery Honors, and the Kirkus Prize. Four finalists have had their works adapted for film and television. Eight authors are previous Ohioana Book Award winners and two are past recipients of Ohioana’s Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant for emerging writers".
As an immigrant and a bilingual author, I am very surprised, honored, and humbled by this inclusion. This is already an award for me.
I can only say thank you, thank you, Ohioana Library Association.
You can read the full article here
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