State and Regional Awards

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  1. Book ImageRamblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie

    Ed Cray, Studs Terkel

    The groundbreaking biography, available for the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth in July 2012.More

  2. Book ImageCharlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History

    Yunte Huang

    Shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Book: “An ingenious and absorbing book. . . . It will permanently change the way we tell this troubled yet gripping story.”—Jonathan SpenceMore

  3. Book ImageThe Great Perhaps: A Novel

    Joe Meno

    “This ambitious, adventurous writer . . . recalls Anton Chekhov with his amused appreciation of human foibles.”—Wendy Smith, Chicago TribuneMore

  4. Book ImageBehind My Eyes: Poems

    Li-Young Lee

    “Lee’s lyrics have a tidal sweep as he moves between the universe within and the world without.” —Booklist, starred reviewMore

  5. Book ImageRequiem, Mass.: A Novel

    John Dufresne

    “Dufresne’s incandescent novel makes it clear that just living to tell a tale can be enough.” —PeopleMore

  6. Book ImageGumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table

    Sara Roahen

    “Makes you want to spend a week—immediately—in New Orleans.” —Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Wall Street JournalMore

  7. Book ImageLittle Things in a Big Country: An Artist and Her Dog on the Rocky Mountain Front

    Hannah Hinchman

    Winner of the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Award: A unique alchemy of art and natural history—a four-color hand-lettered and illustrated tale of a year's rambles in the northern Rockies.More

  8. Book ImageThe Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America

    David Baron

    "Reads like a crime novel . . . each chapter ends on a cliff-hanging note."—Seattle TimesMore

  9. Book ImageEarly Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest: Poems

    B. H. Fairchild

    Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.More

  10. Book ImageNow the Green Blade Rises: Poems

    Elizabeth Spires

    "Spires is a jewel of a poet, never self-conscious or self-indulgent."—Los Angeles TimesMore

  11. Book ImageHow We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2002

    Joy Harjo

    Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement.More

  12. Book ImageBodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality

    Thomas Lynch

    Masterful essays that illuminate not only how we die but also how we live.More