Recordpub.com - One for the Books: Year-End Reflections

The end of the year is always a good time for reflection, and as I look back at all the books I've written about this year, I have several reactions. First, I'm amazed at the sheer number -- more than 130 books just since mid-November! Second, I'm excited that I was able to learn a lot, travel to far-off places in my mind, and meet some marvelous characters. Third, I'm delighted that so many of you took those literary journeys with me. I'm always thrilled when a reader tells me he or she enjoyed one of the books I've suggested.

There's an old saying from George Bernard Shaw: "There are two great tragedies in life: One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it." So, I got my heart's desire, being able to read piles of books on every topic under the sun, to write about them and build my own library. But there's a price to be paid: I can't always read something just because I feel like it. For instance, I haven't picked up a classic in a couple of years, I haven't made a dent in the shelf of mysteries I've collected, and it's difficult to find time to re-read any of my favorites.

When I open a book now, I sometimes have a mental image of standing before a customs inspector who's asking, "Business or pleasure?" Where I almost always used to read only for pleasure, now it's almost always for the column -- that isn't a bad thing, of course, but priorities have to be set. And sometimes the pleasurable reads just get set aside. On the other hand, I get to experience books I probably wouldn't have looked at twice, or never even would have known about if I weren't in this position. So, no more whining!

Yes, here at "One for the Books" we've talked about a lot of books this year -- books about Jesus and Mother Angelica, books about real killers; books about suffering and books about silliness; books for men, for women and for children. So, what were the most memorable books this year?

Generally speaking, I like books that uplift my spirit, so for me, the most delightful read was "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert, who took me along on her journey of self-discovery through Italy, India and Indonesia. It was a completely joyous experience. I'm always happy to discover a new writer (she isn't new, but she's new to me).

Another writer I discovered this year was prolific mystery author Lisa Scottoline. I have every intention of someday reading as many of her books as I can. And because I love mysteries so much, I have to mention "Lean Mean Thirteen" of the Stephanie Plum series and the surprising "Special Topics in Calamity Physics."

Books that haunted me long after I set them down include the beautifully written "Loving Frank" and "Suite Française," as well as books that shocked me into awareness of what's really happening in the world. I still recall the powerful story of the children of Sudan in "What Is the What" and the stark images in "The Lizard Cage," a novel about a political prisoner in Burma condemned to live in solitary confinement under horrifying conditions just for singing protest songs; because of that book, I will never call it "Myanmar" again.

For children's books, I like "You're a Good Dog, Carl" more and more, as well as the whole set of books on Marley the dog. And, of course, I felt just about every emotion in the book as I turned the last page of the final Harry Potter book. Seldom has any writer affected my enjoyment of the written word as much as J.K. Rowling has done. It isn't just her story lines; it isn't just the characters; it's absolutely every word she puts down on the page. She makes me grateful I can read.

So, let's end the year with a novel about the love of reading. "The Camel Bookmobile" by Masha Hamilton is set in Mididima, a Kenyan village where books are unavailable -- until a small group of workers from the Kenya National Library Service literally straps a pile of books to camels and takes them to people out in the countryside.

Kanika, a Kenyan girl of 14, looks forward to "Library Day," when the camels come. In beautifully written passages, her love for the books is conveyed: "Until the Camel Library came, she'd thought the Bible was the only book of stories in existence. Never in a lifetime of moons would she have imagined there were so many books, with firm outer skins of bright colors, and flexible innards so full of flavor that she liked to touch her lips to the pages as if to drink." But the older generation doesn't like the whole books business, believing their wisdom is more important: "When an elder dies in Mididima, a dozen libraries are lost, each more valuable than the one that comes on camels' backs." Yet some parents realize their children "need the bookmobile. They need the possibilities it brings."

It's a coming of age story as well as a study of the intricate relationships between the villagers. And a question comes up: Can American generosity, without meaning to, cause harm to those it attempts to help? Although part of the story fell into a kind of silly romance, I was very excited to find out that the Camel Bookmobile is very real. In an interview to promote the book, the author explained how the service works; because books are so rare and precious in the African bush, the bookmobile has one very severe rule: If even one person loses a book, the bookmobile will henceforth boycott that entire village. It is on this fact that the novel is based.

As she started to piece together the novel, said the author, "I envisioned books -- Dr. Seuss, Homer, vegetarian cookbooks, Tom Sawyer, Hemingway novels, Zen meditations, short stories about modern love -- traveling through the remote desert on the arched backs of camels, like notes from another world sealed in a bottle and tossed into a sea." The author was so impressed with the moving library that she created the Camel Book Drive to help it along. For more information, visit http://camelbookdrive.wordpress.com.

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I hope you'll join us on a whole new set of adventures in reading in 2008. Let us know what your favorite books were this year, what gift books you received over the holidays, and what your book club will be reading in the new year. Contact me at the Record-Courier, 126 N. Chestnut St., Ravenna, OH 44266, or at Books@recordpub.com. For more information on the Camel Bookmobile, a list of best-sellers and other book news, go to www.recordpub.com, click on "Lifetimes," and check out "One for the Books" online.

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Masha Hamilton's novel, The Camel Bookmobile, was inspired by the work of the Camel Mobile Library Service, an outreach program launched in 1996 by the Kenya National Library Service --www.knls.or.ke/camel.htm . Masha says that the real camel librarian, Rashid Farah, is now seeking a scholarship to continue his studies in the U.S. and then return to Garissa.

In an e-mail, Farah wrote, "In the case of librarianship, I was first person ever in this province to attain a certificate in library studies in 1989. I was also lucky to have been sponsored for a three-year diploma in information studies at Kenya Polytechnic, which I successfully completed in 2003."

According to Masha, "All the librarians I've known are inspiring, and Mr. Farah is something of a hero, determined to bring books into the bush where they've never been before, and in this way breaking through barriers and creating new possibilities in the lives of his patrons. But he very much wants to continue to develop professionally, and I'd love to see him helped." For more information, visit Masha's Web site --http://www.mashahamilton.com/story-behind-the-book -- or e-mail her at MashaHamil@aol.com.

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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Double Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company)
2. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)
3. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion)
4. "T is for Trespass" by Sue Grafton (Putnam)
5. "The Darkest Evening of the Year" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
6. "Stone Cold" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
7. "Home to Holly Springs" by Jan Karon (Viking)
8. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday)
9. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (Dutton)
10. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
11. "Book of the Dead" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam Adult)
12. "Rhett Butler's People" by Donald McCaig (St. Martin's Press)
13. "The Chase" by Clive Cussler (Putnam Adult)
14. "Protect and Defend: A Thriller" by Vince Flynn (Atria)
15. "The Venetian Betrayal" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books)
NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. "I Am America (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert (Grand Central Publishing)
2. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins)
3. "The Daring Book for Girls" by Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz (Collins)
4. "You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)
5. "Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today" by Tom Brokaw (Random House)
6. "Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer)" by James J. Cramer, Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster)
7. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)
8. "An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
9. "Clapton: The Autobiography" by Eric Clapton (Broadway)
10. "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld (HarperCollins)
11. "Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day" by Joel Osteen (Free Press)
12. "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life" by Steve Martin (Scribner)
13. "Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life" by Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale)
14. "Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish" by Mark R. Levin (Pocket Books)
15. "Good Dog. Stay." by Anna Quindlen (Random House)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town" by John Grisham, (Dell)
2. "Blood Brothers: Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1" by Nora Roberts (Jove)
3. "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson (Tor)
4. "Next" by Michael Chrichton (Harper)
5. "Cross" by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)
6. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (NAL Trade)
7. "P.S., I Love You" by Cecelia Ahern (Hyperion)
8. "The Hunters: A Presidential Agent Novel" by W.E.B. Griffin (Jove)
9. "Atonement" by Ian McEwan (Anchor)
10. "Brother Odd" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
11. "The Alexandria Link" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)
12. "Wizard's Daughter" by Catherine Coulter (Jove)
13. "Treasure of Khan" by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler (Berkley)
14. "Santa Cruise" by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket)
15. "Wild Fire" by Nelson DeMille (Vision)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
2. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (NAL Trade)
3. "Atonement" by Ian McEwan (Anchor)
4. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
5. "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town" by John Grisham, (Dell)
6. "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer (Anchor)
7. "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage)
8. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
9. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)
10. "Rachael Ray: Just in Time" by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)
11. "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson (Tor)
12. "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2008" by World Almanac
13. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press)
14. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell)
15. "No Country for Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage)
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS

Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback
1. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) (NF-P)
2. "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town" by John Grisham, (Dell) (NF-P)
3. "I Am America (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert (Grand Central Publishing) (NF-H)
4. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (NAL Trade) (F-P)
5. "Double Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company) (F-H)
6. "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (Collins) (NF-H)
7. "The Daring Book for Girls" by Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, (Collins) (NF-H)
8. "Atonement" by Ian McEwan (Anchor) (F-H)
9. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover) (F-H)
10. "You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press) (NF-H)
11. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) (F-P)
12. "Blood Brothers: Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1" by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)
13. "Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day" by Joel Osteen (Free Press) (NF-H)
14. "An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) (NF-H)
15. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) (F-H)
16. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words) (NF-H)
17. "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman (Knopf Books for Young Readers) (F-P)
18. "Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today" by Tom Brokaw (Random House) (NF-H)
19. "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson (Tor) (F-P)
20. "The Darkest Evening of the Year" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-H)
21. "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman (Yearling) (F-P)
22. "T is for Trespass" by Sue Grafton (Putnam) (F-H)
23. "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld (HarperCollins) (NF-H)
24. "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Vintage) (F-P)
25. "Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer)" by James J. Cramer, Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster) (NF-H)
26. "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
27. "Rachael Ray: Just in Time" by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter) (NF-H)
28. "Clapton: The Autobiography" by Eric Clapton (Broadway)(NF-H)
29. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) (NF-P)
30. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Doubleday) (F-H)
31. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, art by Mary GrandPre (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)
32. "Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life" by Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale) (NF-H)
33. "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life" by Steve Martin (Scribner) (NF-H)
34. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (Dutton) (F-H)
35. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) (F-P)
36. "Guinness World Records 2008" by Guinness World Records (Guinness) (NF-H)
37. "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer (Anchor) (NF-P)
38. "Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish" by Mark R. Levin (Pocket) (NF-H)
39. "Hide and Seek" by Fern Michaels (Zebra Books) (F-P)
40. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) (F-P)
41. "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life" by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (Revell) (NF-P)
42. "Stone Cold" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
43. "Good Dog. Stay." by Anna Quindlen (Random House) (NF-H)
44. "Next" by Michael Chrichton (Harper) (F-P)
45. "P.S., I Love You" by Cecelia Ahern (Hyperion) (F-P)
46. "Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth" by The Onion (Little, Brown and Company) (NF-H)
47. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press) (NF-P)
48. "Home to Holly Springs" by Jan Karon (Viking) (F-H)
49. "Wizard's Daugter" by Catherine Coulter (Jove) (F-P)
50. "The Secret Gratitude Book" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words) (NF-H)
Reporting stores include: Amazon.com, B. Dalton Bookseller, Barnes & Noble.com, Barnes & Noble Inc., Books-A-Million and Bookland, Booksamillion.com, Borders Books & Music, Bookstar, Bookstop, Brentano's, Davis Kidd Booksellers in Nashville, Jackson, Memphis, Tenn., Doubleday Book Shops, Hudson Booksellers, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Lexington, Ky.; Cincinnati, Cleveland), Powell's Books (Portland, Ore.), Powells.com, R.J. Julia Booksellers (Madison, Conn.), Schuler.

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The December top pick from Book Sense is "Born Standing Up" by Joe Hill, all about comedian Steve Martin. For more picks, go to

http://www.booksense.com/bspicks/index.jsp

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J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, was a runner-up for Time magazine's Person of the Year 2007. So Time asked her 10 questions about Harry, which she answers at this link: (Warning: Spoiler Alert -- don't read that page if you haven't finished the books.)

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1695388_1695569,00.html

Oh, and hit the "Previous" button to see more of the interview with her.
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Entertainment Weekly has listed its top 10 fiction and top 10 nonfiction best books of 2007 and "five titles you'll be hard-pressed to give away at yard sales for years to come":

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20167009,00.html

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According to www.evanovich.com, the winning title has been chosen for Janet Evanovich's next book in the official Stephanie Plum series: "Fearless Fourteen." No fewer than 463 people came up with that title! So they drew the winner's name out of a pumpkin pail.

http://www.evanovich.com/plumnewsv11n202.html

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Essence has announced its 2008 Literary Awards Finalists. They include Lalita Tademy's "Red River," Edwidge Danticat's "Brother, I'm Dying," "From the Heart" by Robin Roberts," and many more. Terry McMillan has been chosen to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

For a complete list, go to:

http://www.essence.com/essence/books/0,16109,1696126,00.html

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From Shelf Awareness:

The finalists for the Best Business Book Awards, which include an overall best business book of the year and 13 categories, have been announced. The awards are sponsored by 800-CEO-READ, the business book affiliate of Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, Milwaukee, Wis. The winners will be announced January 15. For the category finalists go to:

http://800ceoread.com/bookawards

The short list for the Best Business Book of 2007 is:
The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly (Hyperion)
The Last Tycoons by William D. Cohan (Doubleday)
Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath (Random House)
Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath (Gallup)
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In a fascinating piece for The New Yorker titled "Twilight of the Books," Caleb Crain poses the question, "What will life be like if people stop reading?"

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2007/12/24/071224crat_atlarge_crain

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From Shelf Awareness -- New titles appearing December 26:

Heroes: Saving Charlie: A Novel by Aury Wallington (Del Rey, $24, 9780345503220/0345503228) is based on the hit television show Heroes.

Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane) by Drew Karpyshyn (Del Rey, $25.95, 9780345477484/0345477480) is the next installment in the story of a young Jedi turned evil.

Shadow Music: A Novel by Julie Garwood (Ballantine, $26, 9780345500731/0345500733) follows a princess who starts a war in medieval Scotland.

Dragon Harper by Anne McCaffrey and Todd J. McCaffrey (Del Rey, $25.95, 9780345480309/0345480309) is the next chapter in the Dragonriders of Pern series.

The GenoType Diet: Change Your Genetic Destiny to Live the Longest, Fullest and Healthiest Life Possible by Peter J. D'Adamo and Catherine Whitney (Broadway, $24.95, 9780767925242/0767925246) is a new diet based on the possible genetics of the dieter.

Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government by Dana Milbank (Doubleday, $26, 9780385517508/0385517505) takes aim at the closed and often baffling world of politics--by the national political reporter of the Washington Post.

The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health by Dean Ornish (Ballantine, $27, 9780345496300/0345496302) uses nutrition and lifestyle changes to achieve health.

In paperback December 26:

The Best Life Diet by Bob Greene (S&S, $15, 9781416540694/1416540695).

French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano (Vintage, $12.95, 9780375710513/0375710515).

Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True Cases by Ann Rule (Pocket, $7.99, 9781416541608/1416541608).

Someone to Love: A Novel by Jude Deveraux (Pocket Star, $7.99, 9780743437172/0743437179).

Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press, $14, 9780385338714/0385338716).

And in paperback December 27:

The Overlook by Michael Connelly (Vision, $7.99, 9780446401302/0446401307).

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From Publishers Weekly: Religion Best-Sellers for December
Hardcover
1 Become a Better You, Joel Osteen. Free Press, $25
2 Reposition Yourself, T.D. Jakes. Atria, $24
3 Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, Mother Teresa and Brian Kolodiejchuk. Doubleday, $22.95
4 3:16: The Numbers of Hope, Max Lucado. Thomas Nelson, $24.99
5 Between Sundays, Karen Kingsbury. Zondervan, $21.99
6 God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens. Twelve, $24.99
7 Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life, Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. Tyndale, $26.99
8 Treasury of Christmas Miracles, Karen Kingsbury. FaithWords, $13.99
9 Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt & David L. Weaver-Zercher. Jossey-Bass, $24.95
10 What's So Great About Christianity, Dinesh D'Souza. Regnery, $17.95

Paperback
1 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. Baker/Revell, $24.99
2 Your Best Life Now, Joel Osteen. FaithWords, $13.99
3 The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman. Moody/Northfield, $12.99
4 Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
John and Stasi Eldredge. Thomas Nelson, $14.99
5 The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew"Three Women Search for Understanding, Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner. Free Press, $14
6 Just Beyond the Clouds, Karen Kingsbury. Center Street, $14.99
7 Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis. HarperOne, $11.95
8 The Portable Atheist, Selected and with introduction by Christopher Hitchens. Da Capo Press, $17.50
9 Christmas Jars, Jason F. Wright. Shadow Mountain, $14.95
10 The Parting, Beverly Lewis. Bethany House. $13.99
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Here is Bloomberg.com's article on the best art books of the year:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a9WFriR_kKso&refer=muse

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Latinitas Magazine Launches National Writing Contest for Girls

Top Winners Published in Latinitas First Print Issue
Austin, Texas -- Following a reverse trend in publishing, Latinitas magazine (www.latinitasmagazine.org), the first digital magazine made for and by Latina youth, is augmenting its successful online publications with the launch of a print magazine for "tweens" and older in 2008.

To gather "voces authenticas" (authentic voices) from all over the United States, the magazine is launching the Latinitas Magazine National Writing Contest seeking feedback from Latina youth ages 14 to 21 on "What it is to be Latina." Winning writers will see their articles published in the print and online issues of Latinitas magazine.

Contest Criteria: Contestants should be between the ages of 14 and 21. Submissions should be 800-1,000 words in first person or Associated Press style on one of the following subjects: What is it like to be a Hispanic/Latina female in your hometown? What does it mean to be a Hispanic/Latina female to you? As a Hispanic/Latina female are you doing something in your community to make a difference, if so what? Describe the biggest challenge facing the young Hispanic/Latinas today? Applicants should submit articles to latinitasawards@yahoo.com by Feb. 10, 2008 (extended deadline) or mail a copy to Latinitas, P.O. Box 4284 Austin, TX 78765.

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