This Week in the Mercury
Monday, September 8, 2008
Books Literary Arts Announces Oregon Book Award Finalists
Posted by Alison Hallett on Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:37 AM
KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
Judge: A.M. HomesK.B. Dixon of Portland, The Sum of His Syndromes (Inkwater Press)
Molly Gloss of Portland, The Hearts of Horses (Houghton Mifflin)
Ehud Havazelet of Corvallis, Bearing the Body (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Lee Montgomery of Portland, Whose World is This (University of Iowa Press)
Willy Vlautin of Scappoose, The Motel Life (Harper Perennial)
Finalists for drama, poetry, non-fiction and more here. I loved Motel Life; that's where my money's at.
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