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| March 10, 2008 | Toi Derricotte, A.M. Homes, and Peter Straub To Receive Awards From Barnes & Noble |
From Poets & Writers
Toi Derricotte, A.M. Homes, and Peter Straub are
the recipients of the 2008 Barnes & Noble Writers For Writers Awards, it
was announced today by Elliot Figman, executive director of Poets &
Writers, Inc. Poets & Writers established the award in 1996 to recognize
authors who have given generously to other writers or to the broader literary
community. The title of the awards has been given to Barnes & Noble in
appreciation of their sponsorship of Poets & Writers. The awards will be
presented at Poets & Writers' annual gala benefit, In Celebration of Writers, on March 18, 2008 in New York City. Humorist John Hodgman will
serve as the master of ceremonies.
Toi
Derricotte co-founded the nonprofit organization
Cave Canem in 1996 to
counter the under-representation of African American poets in writers"
workshops and literary programs. She has published four books of poems, and her
memoir, The Black Notebooks (W.W.
Norton, 1997), was a recipient of the 1998 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
A.M.
Homes chairs the PEN Emergency Writers Fund, which assists writers in need. She
also serves on the Boards of PEN, The Writers Room, and Yaddo, and is on the
advisory board of Poets & Writers, Inc. Homes has published several novels
and short story collections. Her book, The
Safety of Objects (HarperCollins, 1999), was released as a feature film in
2003. Her most recent book, The Mistress’
Daughter, was published in 2007 by Viking.
Peter
Straub is a long-time supporter of many small literary organizations dedicated
to emerging writers and poets. He is a prolific author and his fiction has
received numerous awards, including the Bram Stoker Award and the International
Horror Guild Award. His latest book, 5
Stories, will be published by Borderlands Press in January 2008.
Past
recipients of the Barnes & Noble Writers For Writers Award include Edward
Albee, Judy Blume, Mary Higgins Clark, Stephen King, Barbara Kingsolver, Wally
Lamb, Walter Mosley, Susan Sontag, and Amy Tan.
About Poets & Writers
Poets
& Writers is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative
writers. Since its founding in 1970, Poets & Writers’ mission has been to
foster the professional development of poets and writers, to promote
communication throughout the U.S.
literary community, and to help create an environment in which literature can
be appreciated by the widest possible public. Poets & Writers accomplishes
this by publishing Poets & Writers
Magazine, maintaining Poets & Writers Online, offering publishing
advice to writers, producing an on-line database of more than 7,500 authors,
introducing emerging writers outside of New York City
to the New York City
literary community, and providing direct financial support to writers
participating in public literary events.
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