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The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards honor the best books written by Hoosier authors. This year's list can be found at https://www.indianaauthorsawards.org/2022-awards/
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DEBUT
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Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir
Ashley C. Ford - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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For as long as she could remember, Ashley has put her father on a pedestal. Despite having only vague memories of seeing him face-to-face, she believes he's the only person in the entire world who understands her. She thinks she understands him too. He's sensitive like her, an artist,... |
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FICTION
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The Town of Whispering Dolls: Stories
Susan Neville - Fiction Collective 2
Format: Paperback
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Winner of FC's Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize Stories haunted by the remains of the industrial Midwest, the opioid epidemic, and the technology of war Located somewhere in the rust belt in the early twenty-first century, residents of the town of Whispering Dolls dream... |
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NONFICTION
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Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote
Craig Fehrman - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of The Gatekeepers and The Presidents Club, historian Craig Fehrman offers a surprising new look into both the public and private lives of America's presidents. Most Americans are familiar with Lincoln's famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation... |
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GENRE
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POETRY
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Be Holding: A Poem (Pitt Poetry Series)
Ross Gay - University of Pittsburgh Press
Format: Paperback
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Winner, 2021 PEN/Jean Stein Award Winner, 2021 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry. Winner, 2022 Indiana Author Award in Poetry. Be Holding is a love song to legendary basketball player Julius Erving - known as Dr. J - who dominated courts in the 1970s and 80s as a small forward for the Philadelphia... |
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YOUNG ADULT
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You Should See Me in a Crown
Leah Johnson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Becky Albertalli meets Jenny Han in a smart, hilarious, black girl magic, own voices rom-com by a staggeringly talented new writer.Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan... |
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MIDDLE GRADE
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CHILDREN'S
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Grace and Box
Kim Howard - Feiwel & Friends; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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... Grace and Box have become fast friends. Box delivered a refrigerator earlier in the week and by the end of it, Grace and Box had already been to space, gone camping, and explored the depths of the sea together.But on Sunday, Grace notices something's wrong with her buddy. Box has some... |
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