Connecticut Authors of Varied Genres Stand Out in 2022 Connecticut Book Awards
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- 28 Oct 2022
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The 2022 Connecticut Book Awards Winners have been selected by the Connecticut Center for the Book. The awards recognize the best books of 2021 which are either about Connecticut or by authors and illustrators from Connecticut. One hundred thirteen books were submitted among all categories and each went through a rigorous review process to select the finalists and winners in each category.
"The review committees were very impressed with the quality of submissions," said Lisa Comstock, Director of Connecticut Center for the Book. "My heartiest congratulations to all the finalists and winners for a job well done.”
Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Books for Young Readers, as well as a special category called the Bruce Fraser “Spirit of Connecticut” award, in memory of longtime Connecticut Humanities director Bruce Fraser, celebrating Connecticut’s sense of place.
This year’s winners and honorable mention are as follows:
NONFICTION: Squirrel Hill | Mark Oppenheimer | New Haven | Penguin Random House
FICTION: Goliath | Tochi Onyebuchi | New Haven | Tor
POETRY: The Glass Globe | Margaret Gibson | Preston | LSU Press
BRUCE FRASER “SPIRIT OF CONNECTICUT”:
HONORABLE MENTION: All Girls | Emily Layden | Albany, NY | St. Martin’s Press
Author Mark Oppenheimer has taught at Stanford, Wellesley, and Yale, where since 2006 he has directed the Yale Journalism Initiative. He lives with his family in New Haven. His book, a piercing portrait of the struggles and triumphs of one of America’s renowned Jewish neighborhoods in the wake of unspeakable tragedy, highlights the hopes, fears, and tensions all Americans must confront on the road to healing. Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in the country, known for its tight-knit community and the profusion of multigenerational families. On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven Jews who were worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill–the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in American history. Read More…
