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Homelands productions alan weisman homelands productions. Help save the world, by marcia bjornerud princeton university press. Poems 19762014 is a handsome volume of jazz craftsmanship, a modern catalog and a postmodern poetry readers companion. County museum of art and its effect on the institutions mission. Norman neuerburg book award from the historical society of southern california, 2018. The poem i refer to is titled the guardian angel of the little utopia. Raphael lemkin book award from the institute for the study of genocide, 2017. Stray dog winter, book of the year in the advocate and winner of the american library association barbara gittings prize for literature. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first united states publication between january 1 and december 31 of any given year. California book awards gold medal for californiana, 2017. The prizes currently have eleven singletitle categories. An award named for him was added a year after his death in 1990. International womens media foundation, new america, and alicia patterson. Join us at the festival of books at usc, october 3rd and 4th, 2020.