_____________________________________________________

in the news

Awards for Remembering Jim Crow

Carey McWilliams Prize, given each year by Multicultural Review for an outstanding scholarly or literary publication on an aspect of cultural diversity in the United States

Lillian Smith Book Award, given each year to honor writers who, through their writing, carry on Lillian Smith's legacy of illuminating the conditions of racial and social inequity in the South and proposing a vision of justice and human understanding. Lillian Smith, internationally acclaimed author of the controversial novel Strange Fruit (1944), was the most liberal and outspoken of white mid-twentieth century Southern writers on issues of social and racial justice. The Smith awards have been presented each year since 1968, making them the oldest regional book award in the South.


National Notice

American Radioworks documentary broadcast, November 13, 2001

Publishers Weekly, starred review, September 3, 2001

Library Journal, review, October 1, 2001

Booklist, review, October 1, 2001

Publishers Weekly, Book News feature, October 15, 2001

Lingua Franca, short feature, November, 2001 issue

Journal of Southern History, review, November, 2001 issue

Publishers Weekly, Nonfiction Books of 2001, November 19, 2001

USA Weekend, feature interview, December 2, 2001

Africana.Com: The Gateway to the Black World, January 14, 2002

Southern Historical Association program and reception, New Orleans, November 18, 2001

WBUR "The Connection," live radio interview, November 21, 2001

WAMU "The Diane Rehm Show," live radio interview, December 6, 2001


Other

Washington Post, fall roundup, September 9, 2001

Bradenton Herald, review, September 23, 2001 (Florida)

Michigan Front Page, feature stories, October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2, 2001 (Detroit)

Kansas City Star, Arts section front-page review, October 22, 2001

New Haven Register, review, October 28, 2001

UC Santa Cruz Currents, feature, October 29, 2001

Santa Cruz Sentinel, Features front page interview with Paul Ortiz, November 4, 2001

Charlotte Observer, review, November 5, 2001

St. Petersburg Times, review, November 11, 2001

Time Out New York, review, November 16, 2001

Sacramento Bee, review, November 18, 2001

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, short listing, November 18, 2001

Durham Sun-Herald, front page feature, November 28, 2001

Daily Reflector, review, December 9, 2001 (Greenville, SC)

Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, review, December 18, 2001

Los Angeles Times, radio article, February 8, 2002

KUSP “Radiogram,” live radio interview with Paul Ortiz, February, 2002 (Santa Cruz)

WBEZ “848 with Richard Steele,” taped radio interview, October 29, 2001 (Chicago)

KWGS “Studio Tulsa,” taped radio interview, October 30, 2001 (Tulsa)

WHAT “In Pursuit of Truth,” live radio interviews, November 5,6,7, 2001 (Philadelphia)

WPFW “African Perspectives,” live radio interview, November 9, 2001 (Washington, DC)

WOL “Bernie McCain Show,” live radio interview, November 7, 8, 2001 (Baltimore)

WVON “Mo in the Midday,” live radio interview, November 8, 2001 (Chicago)

KPCC “Talk of the City,” live radio interview, November 12, 2001 (Los Angeles)

WFAE, live radio interview, November 14, 2001 (Charlotte)

WMKY “Front Page,” live radio interview, November 14, 2001 (Lexington, KY)

WEAA “Morning Journey,” live radio interview, November 28, 2001 (Baltimore)

WJHU “Marc Steiner Show,” live radio interview, December 5, 2001 (Baltimore)