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The ,)~(( c News 13 Summer 2003 No.2 A Publication of the Nebraska Center for the

Creiahton Hosts 2 00 i Nebraska Book Festival Mm·k Moskowitz. The film chronicles a book lover's reighton University, in Omaha, is the search for the author of a critically acclaimed novel site for the 2003 Nebraska Book who disappeared. The director solves this fascinatin g CFestival. Scheduled for October 24- literary mystery mld shares his passion for and 25, this year's festival will celebrate Nebraska's insights into the book industry. Featured literary heritage and the life ofbooks. prominently in the film are litenuy critic Lesli e Sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Fi edler, director of the Iowa Writers' Work'>hop Book (NCB) in cooperation with the Nebraska Frank Conroy, and literary agent Carl Bnmdt. Commission, and with funding from the On both days, Mexican poet Ambar Past will read Nebraska Humanities Council and support from from her work born in North Carolina mld tions, events, and displays for adults, children, and ha5 lived in S Ca<;as, Chiap , young people. Mexico since 1974, writes in Spanish and Tzotzil. She The theme for this year's festival is Books Alive!, coordinates a paper-making and pu bli shing coopera­ drawing attention to the living from tive of Mayan women, Taller Lenateros, mld edits yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Presentations wilJ Lajicara, regarded by many as the best poetry maga­ include panels on NebnL'ika's classic authors, discus­ zine in Mexico. Her latest publishing project is sions on how to get published, and sessions on every­ Conjuros y Ebriedades, the songs of Mayan women. thing from how to make your own books to displays Displays will include a high-tech computer kiosk of author manuscripts, to the future of the book in a on the future of the book mld an interactive DVD digital age. Throughout the festival , contempormy station exhibiting the work of Creighton authors. writers from Nebraska and beyond wiJI give Throughout Sanrrday, Nebra5 ka publishers, author from their work and conduct writing workshops and groups, mld literary orgm1i zations will display and sell discussions. merch hops on writing and bookmaking, and < mockingbi rd.creighton .edu/ ncw/nbfbkreg. htm >. opportunities fo r student writers to read their own An added fean1re of this year's festival will be a work before a live audience. Lunch will be provided number of book event<; taking place throughout at a reasonable cost. Pre-registration is required. On Omaha, including readings by Richard Duggin , Art Friday evening, Ne HJ Yorfl Times best-selling author Homer, Anna Monardo, ] runes Reed, and others; and Creighton alum Ron Hansen will read from his displays in area ; and related events. In addi­ wo rk. t-hm sen is the author of such award-winning ti on, the fes ti val orgm1izers wilJ expm1d on la5t year's novels as Mariette in Ecstasy, Atticus, and Isn 't It very successful "A Gathering of Groups," providing Romantic? meeting space fo r the state's book and writing Sanrrday' s program will include readings, panels, groups, along with discussions on how to srart and presentati ons, , or honored. This year's keynote event will be a Sanrrday contact this year's co-directors, De or Stone Reader, fo ll owed by a buffet dinner mld a Brent Spencer 402-280-2 192 , e-mai l: moderated onstage discussion wi th the film 's director, . _. llebraska's Literary Life Has llo Limit by Gerry Cox, speakers and activities at the eihardt State Hi storic NCB News Editor 'he entire state qfNe braska has been Site; Elmwood, Bess Streeter Aldrich Remembrance shocked by the drastic monetatJI cuts in "Rim of the Prairie" Day; McCook, the Buffalo T:the Nebraska University system. Commons Storytelling Festival ; No1folk, the Literature Prestige, it is feared , is lost as programs are elimi­ Festival ai1d Story Telling/Poetry OLIO ; Omalia, nated and professors are fired. However, there is a Nebraska Writers Live@your library™; Pilger, counter to the sad trend. ebraskans can find prestige tl1e Pen Pointers Writers Workshop; Seward, the Plum continually generated throughout ebraska by the Creek Children's Literacy Festival ; Valentine, the large numbers of literary ~md artistic endeavors avail­ 1ebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering; and mai1y others. able to all Nebraskans and visitors. Check with yo ur community Library for programs Jonis Agee recently brought a week-long oppo11u­ (often sponsored by the Neb raska Hu1rnmities nity to the public interested in poetry, novel, sho11 Council) featuring writers, poets, ai1d other inter­ story, and screen writing (a<; well as to those inter­ esting people. The NCB News Calendar of Events (on ested in findin g literary agents) to hem· ai1d leai·n page 8) li sts events planned for the next few month s. from top Americans in their fields. One-third of the For more information , see the following Web sites: faculty were ebraskans. The niversity of Nebraska­ A ebraska , Lincoln (UN-L) ebraska Sununer Writers' Conference (see page 7 for related story) enhanced A The Nebraska Library Commi ssion , the University's literary stature, which was already in the national spotlight due to the Prairie Schooner )s A Nebraska Center for Writers, 75th Anniversary Celebration. The Prairie Schooner occupies a unique place in the literary world. Each A Nebraska Litermy Directo1y, issue bringing honor to UN -L ai1d to all of Nebraska. The Paul Olson Symposium's on-going, university­ A The Poetry Menu , related series, offers an eclectic mix of speakers ai1d A Nebra<>ka Litera1y Heritage Association , topics to Lincoln. The John H. Ames Series is a monthly program at the Jane Pope Geske Heritage The possibilities for meeting writers ai1d hearing Room of Nebraska Authors at Bennett Martin Library ai1d readi ng quali ty w1iting ~u-e vast. The more you (Lincoln City Libraiies) . support such progran1s, the more will be available. There are opportunities throughout the ye~u· to Each literaiy event adds to the prestige Nebraskans Li sten to and interact with creative people at can enjoy. A numerous sites in Nebra<;ka, including Bancroft,

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Nebraska Center for the Book Publications/Publicity Advertising Board and Committees Gerry Co x, Committee Chair; Oliver Pollak; 1l1e NCB Neu•s e, under tbe provisions of Book Board Meetings < WW\\'.Lllll .edu/NCB>. 2003 Nebraska Book Festival February 8 ...... Fremont the Library1Services and Tbe NCB Neu•s is published three times a Klnhy Johnson, Presiden t, Committee Chair; May Omaha Technology Act as 23 . ... year by the NclmL5ka Center for th e Book, Peter Beeson (ex-officio); Twyla Hm1sen; August 9 ...... Kearnev admi11stered by /be The Atrium, 1200 N Street, Suite 120. Nancy Johnson, Jerry Kromberg, Tre;L5urer; state a/Nebraska November 2 ..... Lin coln, Annual Lincoln. NE 68508-202:\. Subscription is Chuck Peek, Vice President/President Elect; through tbe Nebraska Meeting, Center for free \\i th membership. Editor: Gen) ' Cox. Brent Spencer Great Plains Stlldies, Library1Co mmission. Design and Production: Valerie Da~1 on . Programs/Projects Un iversity of 'elmL5ka­ Staff: Ma1y Jo Rvan, Jacqueline Crocker, Vicki Clar ke; Mel Krutz; l.incoln, 11 55 Q Street, ):met Grese r, Maria Meclrm10-Nehls. ;"~" Roel Wagner (ex-officio) Hewit Place All book cove r a 11 and photos reprinted by page . permission of the publisher. 7/J"llCBNews Students Ur9ed co Enter Leffers About iffifRs RiiourriTEiiiiflfiif® Literature Contest ·--~-... u..-Pr--•<>OI'...... - ... -~ ...... The Center for the Book in the a ceremony at the State Capitol and receive cash -· ------·· .. . , in partnership awards and other prizes. State winners advance to with Target Stores, invites readers in grades four national competition and receive cash prizes m1d through twelve to enter Letters about Literature, a Target gift cards. Six national winners will each national reading-writing contest. To enter, readers receive a Target gift card m1d a trip to the nation 's write a personal letter to an author, explaining how capitol to read thei r letters during the National Book his or her work changed their view of the world or Festival in the fall of 2004. themselves. Young readers can select authors from For a copy of the official contest guidelines, plus ~m y genre-fiction or nonfiction , contemporary or the required entty coupon, see the Nebraska Library classic. The contest is also sponsored by the Weekly Commission home page, , Reader Corporation and hosted in Nebraska by the search on Letters about Literature 2004 or contact Nebraska Center for the Book. Maria Medrano-Nehls, Library Commission Contest winners are mmounced in April during Administrative Secretary, 402-4 7 1-4008, 800-307- National Library Week. Judges representing the 2665, fax : 402-47 1-2083, e-mail : ebraska Center for the Book select state finalists. , for a print copy. Deadline ebraska finalists will be honored by the governor at for entries is December 6, 2003. ~ William Safire co Speak in Omaha No Uncertain Terms: More W1iting from the columns on grmnmar, usage, Populm· "On Language" Column in The New Yorh m1d etymology tlrnt have assured What •sthe Times Magazine is the latest compilation by Willimn Safire's reputation as a witty ~md llebraska Safire, the most widely read commentator on the astute word maven. A conserva­ Cemerfor English hmguage. Safire has more than a dozen books tive political commentator, the Book1 drawn from his Sunday column, which has run Safire is the beloved, slightly The Nebraska Center weekly since 1979. crotchety, guru of contemporary for the Book brings Sa.fire will delive r the 8th Annual Governor's vocabulaiy, speech, language, usage, and writing-as together the state's Lecture in the Humanities entitled, "What's Going close as we are likely to get to a modern Smnuel readers, writers, booksellers, to Happen in Washington?"on Sept. 18 in Johnson. Librarians, Witherspoon Auditorium at the Joslyn Art Museum in A pre-lecture dinner at Joslyn ($ 125 per person) publishers, printers, Omaha. The 8:00 P.M. CDT lecture is sponsored by the includes a reserved seat at the lecture. Safi re will educators, and Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) and attend the dinner, a benefit for the Nebraska scholars to build the Creighton University with an introduction by Gov. Hu1mmities Council. Admission to the lecture only is community of the Mike Johmms. $2 0 for adults and $10 for students. For reservations book. We are the Wi nn er of the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished or for more information, contact Cynthia Epp, 402- people who know 474-2 131, Ext. 102; e-mail , ness they bring to our Lives. Our Name/address of a friend who might be Nebraska Center Join the Nebraska interested in NCB membership: supports progran1s to celebrate and Center for the Book stimulate public N ~n e ______interest in books, _ $15 Individual Membership reading, and the Address ______$25 Organizational Membership written word. We _ $50 Octavo Membership have been an affiliate _ $I 00 Quarto Membership of the Center for the _ $2 50 Folio Membership Book in the Library of Congress since Phone Please send this form and a check to: 1990. .. Nebraska Center for the Book E-Mail: The Atrium, 1200 N Street, Suite 120 : Lincoln, NE 68508-2023 I .... ~,'" ~------~ page. 2 00 i llebraska Book Fes•ival Schedule Books Alive! in Omaha

•John Neihardt's Life and Work, John G. Friday, Oc'C:ober 2 4 eihardt State Historic Site 8:00 A.M.-2:30 P.M. • Interactive Computer Ki osk on the • The Letters of Henry ]a.Illes, Center fo r Henry Student Day Future of the Book Jaines Studies • Books That Humanize: Interacti ve DVD • Intell ectual Freedom, AFCO Computer Station on Creighton Authors • High School and College Literary Maga?Jnes • Manuscripts of oveli st Ron Hansen, Reinert from across the State, David Martin Library 9:30-10:20 A.M. Presenters: • Bess Streeter Aldrich: A Video Scrapbook, • I-low to Get Published, Nebraska Writers Guild Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundati on • Walking with Wright Morris, Lone Tree • John eihardt's Life and Work, John G. Literary Society eihardt State Historic Site • A Gathering of Groups, Nebraska Book & • The Letters of Henry James, Center for Henry Wtiting Groups James Studies Readings: Kelly Madigai1 Erlandson, Eli zabeth Dodd, • Intellectual Freedom Posters, AFCON Denise Brady • High School and Coll ege Literary Magazines 10:30-11:20 A.M. Presenters: from around the State, David Martin • The E-zine as Provi ng Ground for W1iters • Le\vi s & Clai·k's Omal1a Journal, Mouth of the 8:00-8:30 Ut. Registration for Student Day Activities Platte Group 8:30-9:15 A.M. Nancy Duncan • A Gathering of Groups, ebraska Book and 9:30 A.M.-2:35 l'.M. Four Separate Sessions (see below), with Writing Groups lunch from 11 :30 A.M.- 12:30 P.M. Readings: ShadoJJJs (staff of Creighton literary maga?J ne), Group A: Middle School Mary Melen Stefailiak, Susan Ai zenberg • Author- Lewi s & Clark's Omaha Journal, Mouth of the Platte Group 11:30 A.M.-12:20 P.M. Presenters: • I-l ow to Write and Publish Romaiice Fiction • Acti ve-Storytelling, 1a.IK)' Duncan Nebraska Romai1ce Writers ' • Enrichment/History-The Torah & Hai1ds-on • Sto1ytelling, ai1cy Duncim Demonstration, Jeffrey Aizenberg • From Cover to Cover: AU about Book Groups, • Wri ti ng Workshop-Feathers and Verses, Mel Krutz Bill Clemente Readings: Road nip, reading by Marge Saiser, Shelly Clai·k, Group B: High School Bill Kl oefkorn, Don Welch, Joni s Agee, Brent • Author- j eai1 Lukesh Spencer, J V. Brummels, Ron Block, Charles • Active-One Writer/One Minute, Fort, Twyla Hansen, Milda Raz, EaITionn Wall, Student Reading Ted Kooser, Bai·bara Schmitz • Enrichment/History-Hai1ds-on Histo1y of Book 12:30-2:00 P.M. Awards Luncheon Making Ambar Past 2:00-2:50 P.M. Presenters: • Writing Wo rkshop-David Mai1in • The History of Book Groups in ebraska Group C: High School • Wtiting ai1d Publislling Non-Fiction, • Author- Wright Morris, Joseph Wydeven Jim Fogai1Y • Acti ve-How to Make a Litera1y Magazine, Readings: • Jim Reese, Li sa Sandlin, Matt Mason Shadows staff (Creighton litera1y magaine) • Nebraska Book Award Winners • Enrichment/History-The E-zine as Provi ng Ground fo r Writers 3:00-3:50 P.M. Presenters: • Book Di scussion, Winter Roads, Summer • W1iting Worksho1r-Williain Kl oefkorn Fields: stories by Marjorie Dorner, 6:00-7:30 P.M. Hors d'oeuvres and Cash Bar Reception Laureen Ri edesel Reading by Ron Hansen • I-l ope, Frustration, ai1d Exodus: Willa Cather's 9:00-11:00 P.M. Readings by Richard Duggin, A.11 Homer, An na Great Plai ns, Willa Cather Pi oneer Memorial Monardo, ai1d James Reed at Hot Shops A.11 and Educational Foundation/Willa Cather State Gallery, Omaha Hi sto1ic Site Readings: • Romance Wtiters, Prai rielai1d Romai1 ce ·sa-c:urday, Oc'C:ober 2 5 Wtiters • Mel Kru tz, Lee Maitin, Ted Kooser 9:00 a.m.-4:00 P.M. Book Fair 4 :30-6:4 5 P.M. Screening of Stone Reader, a film by Mark Dis plays: MoskO\vitz • Interactive Co mputer Ki osk on th e Fu ture of 7:00-9:00 P.M. Dinner and Discussion \vith Mark MoskO\vitz the Book ai1d a panel of ebraska writers • Books That Humanize: Interactive DVD 9:00-12:00 P.M. Books Alive! Around Town: Invited Computer Sta ti on on Creighton Authors Readers, Poetry Slam, and Open Mic at Hot • Man usc1i pts of Noveli st Ron I-I ai1sen, Reine11 Shops Art Gallery, Omaha Libra1y • Bess Streeter Aldrich: A Video Scrapbook, Bess Streeter Aldrich Fo undation page • 111ellCBNews Mystery Convention Grows Each Year by Jennifer The 4th Annual Mayhem in the Midlands an d recruited fri ends and fe llow myster)' lovers to Kirchmann, Mystery Convention took place this summer at the serve as the convention committee. The first conven­ Omaha Public Sheraton Hotel in downtown Omaha. The convention, ti on was scheduled for May 2000, so we really stmted Llbrary a joint effort of the Omaha Public Library and gearing up in September 1999. We developed a logo; Lincoln City Libraries, wa<> initially funded by the ordered bags, t-shirts, and nanie tags; designed regis­ Urbm1 Library Council. Each year ha<> seen m1 tration form s; set fees; di stributed press releases; increase in the number of mystet)' readers and invited mystery booksell ers; and set up a spreadsheet myster)' authors who attend. This year was the best to track registrations. The list of things to do seemed yet, with more tlum one hundred and fi fty people endless. Fortunately, the Omal1a Visitor's Bureau attending (more thm1 forty authors). People from made nmnetags and helped with registration . every state in the U.S., except Hawaii and Alaska, have Altl1 ough each year is as nerve-wracking as the attended mid authors have come from as far away as first, putting togetl1er Mayhem in the Midlm1ds is one Canada and Enghmd. of the most rewarding experiences I've had in my We started Mayhem in the Midhmds with a great professional library career. Besides achieving a heady idea for a local mystery convention , but vet)' little idea feeling of accomplishment, I've had the chance to of how to do it. I was able to convince Sally Fellows, meet some wonderful myster)' authors ~md readers, long time library user and mystery convention and to work with the most dedicated volunteers mid aficionado, to help me \vith the convention. We found fri ends. .A. a hotel that would gamble on an unknown convention

Readin9 About Ridin9 by Oliver B. I read long distm1ce bicycling books m1y l watched much of this year's Tour de Pollak, University time of the year, but July is for Le Tour de France. Possibly the wo rld's most grueling of Nebraska at France. The University of Nebraska Press, competitive sport, it ran ks in popuhU'i ty with Omaha emphasizing sports histor)', ha<> published the Olympics ~md the Wo rld Soccer Cup . two recent cycling books. During the fi rst half dozen stages l read It 1s An American Cycling Odysse_y, 1887 Not About the Bilu, My j ourney Bach to Life (2002) is Kevin J. Hayes' reconstruction of (2000) , by L~m ce Armstrong \vi th Sally the 54-day, 3,369-mile ride made by 21- Jenkins. Armstrong describes his relati on­ year-old George W. Nellis, Jr. from ship \vi th his supportive mother and her Herkimer, NY to Sm1 Francisco, CA. Nellis three hu s b ~md s . Lm1 ce, the m1g1)' young arri ved in Omal1a as the ci ty was hosting a mm1 of cycling, becmne the consummate I week of bicycle races. He finmiced his ,,.. .. temn leader by 2003. This ch ~m ge resulted ., -., - , / ~.fl"'. odyssey by sending reports of his trip to from manrrity ~md the impact of cm1cer on newspapers. The I887 riding conditions of his body, mind, mid relationships. sidewalks, roads, and railroad beds m·e -. .; - "'·.' Armstrong survived a dire diagnosis of t.~ ' ~~I..,t ,, ' graphically described. ' . ·.. :• . ·1 testi culm· cm1 cer tl1at meta<>tasized to the Paul Fourn et has been riding fo r about ·•· 11 .. ·1 lungs mid brain. Lance Armstrong, outside half a cenn11y His Need f or the Bike "''"' of the book, is remarkable. The stOt)' of hi s (2003) provides a physiological mid philo­ ~/ ' '_11 \ • extrao rdina1)' physiology and obsessive sophical description of cycling. What do m -·~ pursuit to wi n Le Tour de Fnmce five times cyclists think about as tl1eir bodies are e A is inspi rati onal. sport with challenge, hunched over the h m1dl e b ~u· s , as their legs in piston response, fru strati on, mid humm1 victOt)' will moti on consume the miles? They may ruminate; read continue to attract riders, w1iters, mid readers. their speed, heart rate, revolutions per minute, ru1d Ed Note: On j uly 27, 2003, Lcmce Armstrong cadence; ~md strategize to "attack" their fellow ri ders won his fifth Tour de France. .A. by picking up the pace. Fournal develops the intell ec­ tual side of the athlete's brain , tl1eir reason for doing what they are doing.

... ce& '"' page. Rewliew: Fort Robinson and the A111erican I byThomasR. West, IBT4-IB99 Fort Robinson Buecker, With the reissue of F01-t Robinson and the Robinson was the site of signifi­ University of American l#st as a University of Oklahoma Press cant events of the Great Sioux Oklahoma Press Red River Books, , both volumes of Thomas R. Buecker's War, including the 1877 death of 2003, ISBN: 0- histo1y of Fort Robinson , NE are in print again. F01-t Crazy Horse, imd was the scene 8061-3534-4 Robinson and the American Centu1y, 1900-1948, was of the tragic Cheyenne Outbreak published by the ebraska State Historical Society in in 1879. Buecker also covers the Review by James 2002 and is available in only. The Society daily lives of the fort 's soldiers Potter, Nebraska published the hardcover of Fort Robinson and and their interaction with the State Historical Society the American l#st in 1999. nem·by community of Crawford. He explains why Fort In this first volume, Buecker surveys the histo1y of Robinson becmne a survivor post of the Indian Wars, Camp (later Fort) Robinson from its establishment in while many of its contemporaries were being closed. 1874 as guardian of the Red Cloud Indian Agency Appendixes list commanding officers and units that through the last years of the nineteenth cennuy, when gmTisoned the fo11 from 1874-99. the fort was regimental headqua11ers for the buffalo Ed. Note: Order from the Museum Store, Nebmsha soldiers of the Ninth .S. Cavalty. In the interim Fort State Historical Society, 800-833-6747. A.

Rewliew: Holdin11 llp the Earth

byDianneE. Hope is a fourteen-year-old girl in the foster cm·e dust bowl of the 1930s; and Gray, Houghton system. Her mother died when she was six. She Sarah 's own diaries from the Mifflin Co. , 2000 canies around a box of memories of her mom . She is 1960s. These sto1ies help her ISB : 0618007032 scm·ed that if she becomes close to someone, she wiU accept her new life m1d learn Review by forget her mom and be disloyal to her memo1y. She about keeping memories 'md Evonne moves in with Sarah in Minneapolis m1d they travel to loving people. Edgington, visit Sarah 's mom on a ebraska farm. Hope does not This heartwarming book Omaha Public wm1t to go and does not think there is 'mything to do about accepting loss and accepting new people uses Library when she gets there . stories of the past to help the story develop and to Hope explores the farm and finds links to the show how Hope grows. The diaries help combine past. She finds diaries from girls who lived there current events with historical fiction . before, including Abigail , a pioneer girl; Rebecca, a Ed. Note: Publisher,s l#e!t£v SU.!Lffests this boo!? far hired girl ; Sarah's mother Anna, who lived during the ages 10-14. A.

Rewliew: Road 'lrip: Conversations with Writers by Marjorie lf you Like to write or m·e just plain interested in writing so import,mt?" and "' How do you know when Saiserand the mind of a writer, this is the book for you. This a sto1y is good?" Shelly Clark, The book is simply what the title says, "Conversations \vith At the end of each chapter we are treated to selec­ Backwaters Press, Writers." The editors invite us to take a road trip into tions of their wonderful writing. Authors like Willi. .A. sign up for the conference. One of the best surprises llatlonal Book Festlval Set for October 4 The 2003 National Book Festival, sponsored you cru1't attend the festival , booklovers across by th e Library of Congress ru1d hosted by Laur-.a Neb raska ru·e invited to attend (in spi rit) by visiting Bush, will be held on October 4, on the your local librruy ru1d by accessing the more thru1 in Washington DC to celebrate books ru1d the joy of eight million items from the Library of Congress's reading. The 2003 National Book Festival will feature unsurpassed American history collections at more t11ru1 eighty awru·d-winning ~md nationally . For more information abo ut the known authors, illustrators, poets, and storytellers. If Festival see . .A.

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Library Card Sign-Up Month ...... September .... 1'\ationwidc Neihardt State Historic Site: Nebraska"s Dynamic Landscape, Dr. Jm11es Stubhendic'Ck, U:-1-L professor of GnL~sland Ecoloh'Y· Con tact: 888-777-'1667, , ...... Sept. lq . Bancroft Paul A. Olson Seminar: Out-migration on the orthem Great Plains: ·111e Case for the New Homestead Act·· Contact: Great Phtins Studies, 402-472-5082 , , < 11~1w . unl. edu/p hti n s/cve nLs/o l son/sc min a rs . htm l>...... Sept. 17 ... l.incoln John If. Ames Reading Series: Poet Marge Saiser, Jane Pope Geske NebnL,ka lleritage Room of Nc hraska Au thors Contact: 402-44 1-85 16, <[email protected] >, ...... Sept. 18 ...... l.incoln 8th Annual Governor·s Lecture: Willirun Safire. NelmL,ka Hum;miti cs Council Co ntact: Cynthia Epp, cJ02 -474- 215 I, Ext. 102, e- mail : , ...... Sept. 18 ...... Orrntlia Plum Creek Children's Literacy Festival Co ntact: Janell Uffe hrnm , 402-643-7.) 18. ...... Sept. 18-20 ... Seward NebrdSka Writers Live @your library TM: Omaha Public Libmry, Noveli st Brenda Ilall (K. C. Grcen lieO Contact: 402-444-4800. < 1rn~v . 0 1rntl1a.lib . n c . u s/evc nts/program s/w rit e rs . htm # hal i> ...... Sept. 20 . . . Omaha Banned Books Week: Open Books for Open Minds ...... Sept. 20-27 .... Nationwide National Arts ru1d Humanities Month ...... October . . . . Nationwide Lincoln Cin· LibrMies Book Sale. State !'air Park Co ntact: 13arbara ll m1sen, 402-44 1-85 12, <11.hm1 [email protected]. us >, . . . Oct. 2-5 ...... l.incoln National Book Festival, The l.ihnm· of Omgress Contact: , <1ww. loc.gov/hook.fost>...... Oct. 4 ... W< L~ hin gton . D.C. Bess Streeter Aldrich Weekend. Ald1i ch Rcmcmbmnce Dav: l{im of th e Pr;tirie Om· fcsti v;u Contact: 402-994-5855, <1 1 safmu s@i~1hoo . co m >, < 1rn~v . lincolnne .c on t/nonprofit/11 s:u> ...... Oct. '1 -5 ..... Elm wood NELAC Annual Conference. Ncbm,ka English l.ai1guagc Ans Council. Contact: Traci Wemsm;m, 402-557-2457, ...... _...... Oct. 6 ...... Ormtlia ··old West Days,.. NcbnL,ka Cowboy Poetry Gatherin g, C.ontact: Marv Mulligan. 402-.'1 76-38.H , 800-658-4024. < ll ~\w. nehnL,k:1co wbo111o c t1 ygat h erin g. co m >...... Oct. 9-12 ..... V;uentine Nebraska Writers Live @ your library"': Om;uia Public Ubrary, Author P;m1 Crooks Contact: 402 -4'1+'!800 , < 11\\w. omaha . lih . n e. u s/cvents/prog1~un s/w1it e rs. l11 m # l utll > . . Oct. 12 ...... Omaha Neihardt State Historic Site: Servrull Leadership. Michael Nohm . Scn1ng with a Purpose: 13lack Elk--0ne of mm1 y models. Contact: 888-777-4667. ...... Oct. 12 13ancroft Paul A. Olson Seminar: 111e Amish ru1d 111eir Quilts, Sara Miller, K;tlona IA Contact: Great Pl ains Studies. 40l-47 l -:i08l, , <11\\w.unl.ed1t/phtins/evenLs/olson/scminars.ht111 1> . . .. Oct. 15. .... Lin co ln John If. Ames Reading Series: Poet Marilyn Dorf, Jane Pope Geske 'chraska Il cri tagc Room of NclmL'ka Authors. Co ntact: 402-4'1 1-85 16, , < 11~1w .lcl.l ih . n e . u s/d c pLv'hr/front.htm >. . Oct. I6 ...... 1.inco ln Nebraska Writers Guild Fall Conference, Contact: II ugh Reillv. '1 02-'198- 1994. or Jean Lukesh. ...... Oct. 19 ..... Gn111d lsl;md Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial & Educational Foundation. Greg,{\ lloward. '"Cherokee Ston1ellini( Contact: Betty Kon . 402 -7cJ 6-2655 . , <1rnw.willacath cr.org> ...... Oct. 19 ..... Red Cloud Nebr.iska Book Festival. Creighto n L'niversitl'. Contact: Brent Spencer. , ...... Oct. 2+25. . Omaha NLA/NEl\1A Conference, :\clmL, ka 1.i hran· Association/ NclmL,ka Education;tl Media Association: Manv !'aces. One Voi ce .... Enric hillf\ Our 1irofes.,io11 . Co ntact: Sarah Watson . . <1rnw.papillion .ne. us/-:l/ l,\200:i > ...... Oct. 29-5 1...... Omaha