The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has picked 15 writers and journalists as its annual fellows.
Selected from a pool of 313 applicants, this is the 15th class of fellows for the center. These writers will get a stipend, a private office in the Cullman Center and support from the library staff.
With a diverse array of people originally from Nigeria, Turkey, England, Argentina, and Serbia, the class of 2013 includes: The fiction writers Tea Obreht, Rajesh Parameswaran, Paul La Farge, and Uwem Akpan. The historians Linda Colley and Anthony Grafton. The journalists Arthur Lubow, Elizabeth Rubin, Elif Batuman, and David Grann.
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Michelle Aielli will now serve as d
irector of publicity at Little, Brown and Company. She joined the Hachette imprint in 2007 as senior publicist, working on a number of campaigns including Uwem Akpan’s Say You’re One of Them, Robert Wright’s Evolution of God, and Elizabeth Kostova’s The Swan Thieves,
In addition, Sabrina Callahan has been promoted to assistant director of publicity for James Patterson.
Here’s more about Callahan’s work with the mega-bestselling author: “she spearheaded all major publicity around Patterson publishing events, including the launch of the Michael Bennett series, his guest appearance on The Simpsons, his Guinness World Records induction, the celebration of his 20th anniversary with Little, Brown and Company, and all major media hits, including the front pages of both USA Today and the New York Times Magazine.”
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Link for book @ Publisher:
http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9780316086370.htmLink for the book @ Christian Book:
http://www.christianbook.com/say-youre-one-of-them/uwem-akpan/9780316086370/pd/086370?item_code=WW&netp_id=684028&event=ESRCN&view=details(on back order) Paperback $11.99
Link for the book @ Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Youre-Them-Oprahs-Book-Club/dp/0316086371/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298650381&sr=1-1Paperback is $8.01
Kindle is $9.99
This book was an Oprah's Pick Selection for 2009
Published by
Hatchette Book Group, Little, Brown and Company June 2008/360 pages
Non-fiction/Slavery/Abuse/African Stories of Children
I really have debated on whether or not this book should be reviewed on this blog that is devoted to children/young adult books. In my opinion this book should not be read by a child younger than 15 or 16, and even then if the child is sensitive in nature not at all.
This book is a compilation of 5 stories of children living in Africa. Their stories are all tragic, depressing, sad, disturbing----not a book to read before bedtime.
One of the stories is of a young boy riding a bus along with others that are Christian (I use that word loosely), he is a Muslim. He tries to keep his identity hidden, lying and trying to pass himself as a Christian. The story ends graphically violent.
Another story is of a boy that's family wants him to go to school, so his older sister prostitutes herself at age 12 in order to earn money for the family.
I know that this book was given accolades by Oprah and others but I did
not like this book, I disliked it very much. I'm aware of the horrible atrocities of what is going on in Africa, India, Pakistan, the middle east, Belarus, and a host of other countries. But, I do not want to read the details of children that are sexually abused. I know it happens, it happens in America as well, but I don't want to buy a book and read about it. If I'd known that this book had this information in it I would not have bought it.
The book I feel was written with an intent of educating the world about what children in Africa are going through. They feel that the news we are given is downplayed, so that we are not given the horribleness of their existence.
I also had difficulty in reading the book, it is filled with broken English and with the language of the people living in Africa (their language without translation).
Blissful Reading!
Annette
Yes, I made my 5th appearance on Oprah on Monday! It was amazing! I actually said to Oprah, “I think we’re best friends now,” and she replied, “I think we are!” Yes. Pretty surreal.
You can watch the webcast for Uwem Akpan’s SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM here.
