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Arizona Book Festival Author Reception
The Arizona Book Festival Author Reception will be held on Friday, April 13 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Ellis-Shackelford House, 1242 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. The Ellis-Shackelford House is directly across the street from the Burton Barr Public Library. The list of authors scheduled to attend the reception include:
- Jane Yolen
- Cynthia Kadohata
- Lois Duncan
- Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Alberto Ríos
- Tom Zoellner
- Laura Fitzerald
- Lee Gutkind
- Tom Wayman
- Jim Butcher
- Ann Cummins
- Maggie Marr
- Melissa Clark
- Bill Carter
The cost of the reception is $25/per person and includes hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Borders will be on hand to sell books and the authors will be available to sign. For tickets, please call Erica Nunn at 602-257-0335 X21, or email enunn@azhumanities.org.
Directions: As most of you know, there is light rail construction on Central Avenue. The Ellis-Shackelford House is on the corner of Culver and Central. If you approach the house from the north, you will have access from Central; if you approach from the south, take Roosevelt to 3rd Ave. and turn north. Go over the park and make the first right on Culver. The E-S house will be on the south side of the street at Central.
Parking: Parking is available on Culver Street, or in the parking lot behind the building, or in the lot next to the park.
The Arizona Literary Treasure Award Celebrates Alberto Ríos
 The Arizona Humanities Council is proud to announce Alberto Ríos as the recipient of the 2nd annual Arizona Literary Treasure Award, created to recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to the literary heritage of the state.
Alberto Álvaro Ríos, born in 1952 in Nogales, Arizona, is the author of nine books and chapbooks of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. His books of poems include, most recently, The Theater of Night, along with The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body, a finalist for the National Book Award, Teodoro Luna’s Two Kisses, The Lime Orchard Woman, The Warrington Poems, Five Indiscretions, and Whispering to Fool the Wind. His three collections of short stories are, most recently, The Curtain of Trees, along with Pig Cookies and The Iguana Killer. His memoir about growing up on the Mexico-Arizona border—called Capirotada—won the Latino Literary Hall of Fame Award.
Ríos is the recipient of the Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award, the Arizona Governor’s Arts Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Walt Whitman Award, the Western States Book Award for Fiction, six Pushcart Prizes in both poetry and fiction, and inclusion in The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, as well as over 200 other national and international literary anthologies. His work is regularly taught and translated, and has been adapted to dance and both classical and popular music.
In addition to his award-winning work in poetry, fiction, and memoir, Alberto Ríos has had a lasting influence on a generation of writers as a mentor and teacher through his work in the creative writing program at Arizona State University. Currently, Ríos is a Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University, where he has taught for 25 years and where he holds the further distinction of the Katharine C. Turner Endowed Chair in English.
On your mark... get set... DEFINE!
When it comes to word-based competition, consider the ante upped: The AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY DEFINE-A-THON, a test of vocabulary strength, is coming to the 2007 Arizona Book Festival. Why go beyond the spelling bee? Because the ability to spell a word doesn't necessarily mean that you know how to USE the word. That's why we are proud to present a challenge that will require intimate knowledge of the meaning of English words. This quick-paced game will separate the vocabulary geniuses from the vocabulary wannabes. Host Steve Kleinedler -- an American Heritage Dictionary lexicographer with a quick wit and an incredible command of the English language -- will give each contestant a definition, followed by several possible answers. The contestant must choose the correct one. As the competition progresses, the degree of difficulty increases until four contestants are left. These four players will enter the final round with new rules and higher stakes. Will you be one of them? One thing's for sure: it's time to hit the dictionary...
Putting Your Passion into Print Pitchapalooza
Salt River Project Stage, 11:30-1:00
So, you wanna be an author? Well, this is your shot. First, come and learn how to give a professional quality pitch. Then it's your turn. You get one minute to pitch your book to a panel of publishing poobahs, American Idol-style (but without the Simon!). This is your opportunity to get feedback from publishing insiders about your book. A truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
The Visual Text Project 3: Triptych
Collaborations between Arizona State University
Graduate Students in Creative Writing and the Visual Arts
Exhibition is on display in the East Alcove, Inside the Carnegie from 10-12:45, and from 2:15-5:00
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Born out of conversations between two graduate students, The Visual Text Project began in 2004 as a way to connect Arizona State University graduate students from creative writing and the visual arts through the process of collaboration and exchange portfolios. This first series of collaborations brought together thirty graduate students to explore the concept of Connection. In pairs, participants integrated text and image by creating unique print pieces using a variety of media: Xerox transfer, lithography, letterpress, painting, and photography. In its second year, The Visual Text Project continued with a new theme, Transformation, and the goal of expanding the impact of the project. Twenty-six participants produced a collection that included new media: handmade and peeled paper, screen printing, embossing relief, and intaglio.
Now in its third year, The Visual Text Project moved beyond the traditional two-dimensional, 30-plus edition exchange portfolio pieces produced in the past. All disciplines of visual artists and creative writers were encouraged to participate. Each exhibition piece is the product of the collaboration between one visual artist and one creative writer. The pieces integrate text and image in multiple dimensions considering this year’s theme: Triptych. The idea of a triptych—pronounced "trip-tick," from the Greek tri- "three" + ptychē "fold"—implies several important aspects of this year’s collaboration: the notion of three-dimensional visual space encouraged by the project, the project’s third successful year of exhibition, and the collaborative "third space" that exists between two artists working together. Our exhibition here in the @Central Gallery also represents The Visual Text Project’s expansion from individual artists’ studios and on-campus exhibitions into a third, truly public space in the Valley.
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The Visual Text Project 3: Triptych was made possible by these amazing artists and writers: Kjellgren Alkire, Meghan Brinson, Peter Bugg, Katie Cappello, Aaron Cohick, Nick DeFord, Dain Gore, Lindsey Gosma, Eliza Gregory, Caitlin Horrocks, Brad Kuhl, Marcia McClellan, Brook Michalik, Paul North, Beth Staples, Emily Stokes, Eva Valencia, and Liz Wimberly.
Collaborative Pairs
- Kjellgren Alkire & Paul North
- Meghan Brinson & Emily Stokes
- Peter Bugg & Brook Michalik
- Katie Cappello & Nick DeFord
- Aaron Cohick & Beth Staples
- Dain Gore & Caitlin Horrocks
- Lindsey Gosma & Marcia McClellan
- Eliza Gregory & Liz Wimberly
- Brad Kuhl & Eva Valencia
Writers
Meghan Brinson
Katie Cappello
Lindsey Gosma
Caitlin Horrocks
Brook Michalik
Paul North
Beth Staples
Eva Valencia
Liz Wimberly
Visual Artists
Kjellgren Alkire
Peter Bugg
Aaron Cohick
Nick DeFord
Dain Gore
Eliz Gregory
Brad Kuhl
Marcia McClellan
Emily Stokes
Danny, King of the Basement
1:00-2:00 Inside the Carnegie
David Craig’s award-winning play was created and first performed by the Roseneath Theatre Company. Something of an "after-school special" live on stage, the show embraces fantasy and humor, alongside drama and suspense.
Danny and his mom move a lot, so Danny’s learned how to make friends fast. When he and his mom move to a new basement apartment, the neighbor kids Angelo and Penelope aren’t getting along very well—with their parents or with each other. Danny, Angelo and Penelope are dealing with issues faced by countless families in crisis across the country, from poverty and abuse to neglect and illiteracy. Using his lively imagination to create an exciting world of secret agents and spies, Danny finds plenty of ways to divert his new friends (and himself). Turns out that their playful alternate world is exactly what they need to help them cope with the problems they face in real life. Told with warmth and humor, this heartwarming Canadian drama speaks directly to today’s young people and the adults who care about them.
Curriculum Connections: families in crisis – literacy – making friends – moving – what is wealth?
Grades 3-8.
Duration – approx. 60 minutes
C-SPAN2 Book TV Bus
AT THE ARIZONA BOOK FESTIVAL
C-SPAN2's Book TV Bus will travel to Phoenix, AZ to participate in the Arizona Book Festival on its nationwide tour of local libraries, bookstores, and festivals. This 45-foot mobile television studio and media demonstration center promotes awareness of Book TV's unique nonfiction book programming that airs every weekend on C-SPAN2, one of the public services provided by Cox Cable.
Visitors to the Book TV Bus will have a chance to tour the studio set, learn how television shows are produced, view clips of authors featured on Book TV and sign up for programming alerts. Book TV's editorial team has used the mobile studios to interview today's leading names in the literary world. Since its launch in Fall 2005, the Book TV Bus has visited 39 states, 200 cities and logged over 46,000 miles. The Bus has stopped at 35 book festivals and over 200 bookstores and libraries across the U.S. have hosted the Book TV Bus.
Focusing on nonfiction and the publishing industry, Book TV on C-SPAN2 airs Saturdays from 6 a.m. MT through Mondays at 6 a.m. MT. Book TV features events with nonfiction authors at bookstores and book fairs around the country, tours of libraries and special collections, and book industry panels. In 2005, Book TV aired more than 2,500 hours of programming and featured over 1,200 individual authors. For more information, visit the Book TV Web site at www.booktv.org
"A picture is worth a thousand words," the saying goes. In the new Arizona Book Festival MEDIA TENT you’ll hear from authors who work with both. The authors featured will share PowerPoint presentations and award winning short films that will expand your experience of their stories. Check it out!
Media Tent
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Masha Hamilton, The Camel Bookmobile (HarperCollins, April 2007), shares stories, photos and video about her real life adventure researching the unique camel-borne library that operates in Kenya near the unstable border with Somalia.
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Christine Maxa, author of the four Arizona hiking guides, shares her breath-taking photos of desert wildflowers in Arizona.
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Bill Carter, author of Fools Rush In, screens his award-winning documentary, Miss Sarajevo, and answers questions about his unique partnership with the band U2 during his time in Sarajevo. (There will be a repeat screening of Miss Sarajevo at 2:00 pm, just prior to his appearance on the Arizona Humanities Council Stage at 3:00 pm.)
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Rick McKinney, author of Dead Men Hike No Trails shares photographs and personal insights from his journey from Georgia to Maine, along the full 2,175 miles of the Appalachian Trail.
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Bill Carter, re-screens Miss Sarajevo, and answers questions about his unique partnership with the band U2 during his time in Sarajevo.
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Christine Maxa, author of four Arizona hiking guides, shares funny stories and photographs of her favorite off-the-beaten track Arizona hikes.
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"Why Islam?" View a PowerPoint presentation providing accurate information on Islam and Muslims. The slides talk about Islam in the context of what Muslims believe in, what Muslims think about Jesus, the status of women in Islam, etc. Presenters will also answer questions about Islam.
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