My book, From Jars to the Stars, is a history-category finalist for the Colorado Book Awards, a real honor. The other two finalists:
Breaking the Ties that Bound: The Politics of Marital Strife in Late Imperial Russia, by Barbara Alpern Engel, Cornell University Press; and
The Beasts of the Buchenwald: Karl & Ilse Kock, Human-Skin Lampshades and the War-Crimes Trial of the Century, by Flint Whitlock, Cable Publishing.
So it’ll be a 20-billion-ton comet vs. marital strife in the decades before Lenin vs. human-skin lampshades. I’m happy with how my book turned out, but it’s hard to compete with human-skin lampshades.
I’ll be doing a couple of events for these — the awards event in Aspen on June 22 and, this Thursday, the finalists’ readings (info below) in downtown Denver. If you’re in the neighborhood, swing on by!
April 19, 2012
5:00 to 8:00 pm
Residence Inn Marriott, Denver City Center
1725 Champa St., Denver, CO
Come celebrate as 25 of the Colorado Book Award Finalists share their work! Invite family and friends. There’s something for everyone, from children to teens to history buffs and mystery lovers! Readings will be followed by a book sale and signing.
