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February 8, 2012 Saltzman Letter February 7, 2012 Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Spiva Library Supporters, It’s been several years since our friend and colleague Art Saltzman passed away. You may recall that a memorial fund for library book purchases was established to honor his memory. To keep you informed, I offer this update of recent activity. Each year the library purchases the winning publications for various literary awards that were meaningful to Art. The awards are the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Book Award, the Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Poetry Series Open Competition Award, the Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award, and the ALA Notable Books Award. Since establishing the Saltzman Memorial Fund, many titles that demonstrate literary excellence in the areas of fiction, non -fiction, and poetry have been added to the Spiva Library collection. This is tremendously helpful to the library and very beneficial to o ur students. A list of the most recent titles that have been added to our collection is enclosed. The annual cost to purchase these award -winning titles is approximately $800. I encourage you to consider donating to the Saltzman Memorial Fund so that we m ay continue to honor Art’s memory by bringing valuable resources to the library. Information about how to contribute is enclosed. Thank you for your interest in and ongoing support of the library! Sincerely, Wendy McGrane Library Director SPIVA LIBRARY ·3950 E. NEWMAN RD ·JOPLIN, MO 64804-1595 ·PHONE: 417.625.9386 ·FAX: 417.625.9734 “I can ima gine no more prestigious populations than books and those who give them residence. My apologies to Shakespeare's Polonius, but in terms of the library, one should both a borrower and a lender be. In supporting the library, you support my sharper appetite s; in befriending the library, you not only become some of its most precious holdings, you leave a light on for me as well.” from “Love Among the Stacks ” by Arthur Saltzman y y y y y y y y Saltzman Memorial Fund The Saltzman Memorial Fund has been established to honor Art’s memory and recognize literary contributions appropriate to Art’s work. This is an ongoing fund, maintained by the MSSU Foundation, to which contributions may be made at any time. All contributi ons to the Saltzman Memorial Fund will be designated to the Spiva Library to purchase books that recognize literary accomplishments in a variety of areas. A book plate, shown below, will be placed inside of each book purchased. This book was donated in loving memory of Award Books Arthur Saltzman y Man Booker Prize for Fiction y National Book Critics Circle Award English Professor, 1981 – 2008 y National Book Award Missouri Southern State y Nobel Prize in Literature University y National Poetry Series Open Competition Writer, Teacher, Colleague, y Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award Friend y ALA Notable Books “To read is to make one’s presence felt.” Contributions to the Saltzman Memorial Fund may be sent to the Foundation or Spiva Library . Payable to: Missouri Southern Foundation 3950 E. Newman Rd ∙ Joplin, MO 64801 yPlease specify that your contribution is for the Saltzman Memorial Fund y Title / Author Award Year Citizens of London : the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest, finest hour / Lynne Olson. ALA Notable Book 2011 Crooked letter, crooked letter / Tom Franklin. ALA Notable Book 2011 Freedom / Jonathan Franzen. ALA Notable Book 2011 Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition / Daniel Okrent. ALA Notable Book 2011 Matterhorn : a novel of the Vietnam War / Karl Marlantes. ALA Notable Book 2011 Nashville chrome / Rick Bass. ALA Notable Book 2011 Next : a novel / James Hynes. ALA Notable Book 2011 Nothing to envy : ordinary lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick. ALA Notable Book 2011 Room : a novel / Emma Donoghue. ALA Notable Book 2011 Skippy dies / Paul Murray. ALA Notable Book 2011 The hare with amber eyes : a family's century of art and loss / Edmund de Waal. ALA Notable Book 2011 The last stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn / Nathaniel Philbrick. ALA Notable Book 2011 The lonely polygamist : a novel / Brady Udall. ALA Notable Book 2011 The lotus eaters / Tatjana Soli. ALA Notable Book 2011 The price of altruism : George Price and the search for the origins of kindness / Oren Harman. ALA Notable Book 2011 The surrendered / Chang-rae Lee. ALA Notable Book 2011 The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet : a novel / David Mitchell. ALA Notable Book 2011 The tiger : a true story of vengeance and survival / John Vaillant. ALA Notable Book 2011 The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel Wilkerson. ALA Notable Book 2011 Unincorporated persons in the late Honda dynasty : poems / Tony Hoagland. ALA Notable Book 2011 Wait : [poems] / C.K. Williams. ALA Notable Book 2011 Washington : a life / Ron Chernow. ALA Notable Book 2011 ALA Notable Book National Book Critics A visit from the Goon Squad / Jennifer Egan. Circle Award - Fiction 2011 Man Booker Prize for The sense of an ending / Julian Barnes. Fiction 2011 National Book Award - Salvage the bones : a novel / Jesmyn Ward. Fiction 2011 National Book Award - The swerve : how the world became modern / Stephen Greenblatt. Non-Fiction 2011 National Book Award - Head off & split : poems / Nikky Finney. Poetry 2011 National Book Award - Young People's Inside out & b ack again / Thanhha Lai. Literature 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner - Half a life / Darin Strauss. Autobiography 2011 National Book Critics How to live, or, a life of Montaigne : in one question and twenty attempts at an Circle Award Winner - answer / Sarah Bakewell. Biography 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner - Lyric poetry and modern politics : Russia, Poland, and the West / Clare Cavanagh. Criticism 2011 National Poetry Series A map predetermined and chance / Laura Wetherington. Open Competition 2011 National Poetry Series Exhibit of forking paths : poems / James Grinwis. Open Competition 2011 National Poetry Series The lamp with wings : love sonnets / M.A. Vizsolyi. Open Competition 2011 National Poetry Series Open Competition The lifting dress / Lauren Berry. Winner 2011 Pen / Faulkner Fiction - Model home : a novel / Eric Puchner. Finalist 2011 PEN/Faulkner Fiction The collected stories of Deborah Eisenberg / Deborah Eisenberg. Award 2011 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Aliens in the prime of their lives : stories / by Brad Watson. Award - Finalist 2011 A mercy / Toni Morrison. ALA Notable Book 2010 Face / Sherman Alexie. ALA Notable Book 2010 Stitches : a memoir -- / David Small. ALA Notable Book 2010 The convalescent / by Jessica Anthony. ALA Notable Book 2010 ALA Notable Book Tinkers / Paul Harding. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2010 Man Booker Prize for The Finkler question / Howard Jacobson. Fiction 2010 National Book Award - Lord of misrule : a novel / by Jaimy Gordon. Fiction 2010 National Book Award - Just kids / Patti Smith. Non-Fiction 2010 National Book Award - Lighthead / Terrance Hayes. Poetry 2010 National Book Award Finalist Michael L. Printz Award Charles and Emma : the Darwins' leap of faith / Deborah Heiligman. Honor Book 2010 National Book Award Young People's Mockingbird / Kathryn Erskine. Literature 2010 National Book Critics One with others / C.D. Wright. Circle Award - Poetry 2010 National Poetry Series Stutter : poems / by William Billiter. Open Competition 2010 Aunt Julia and the scriptwriter / Mario Vargas Llosa. Nobel prize in Literature 2010 Pen / Faulkner Fiction - A gate at the stairs : a novel / Lorrie Moore. Finalist 2010 Pen / Faulkner Fiction - Sag Harbor : a novel / Colson Whitehead. Finalist 2010 Pen / Faulkner Fiction - The lacuna : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver. Finalist 2010 Pen / Faulkner Fiction War dances / by Sherman Alexie. Award 2010 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Homicide survivors picnic : and other stories / Lorraine M. López. Award Finalist 2010 National Book Award - Transcendental studies : a trilogy / Keith Waldrop. Poetry 2009 National Book Critics Versed / Rae Armantrout. Circle Award 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award - Somewhere towards the end / Diana Athill. Autobiography 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award - Cheever : a life / Blake Bailey. Biography 2009 National Book Critics Notes from no man's land : American essays / Eula Biss. Circle Award - Criticism 2009 National Poetry Series Burn Lake / Carrie Fountain. Open Competition 2009 National Poetry Series Here be monsters : poems / by Colin Cheney. Open Competition 2009 National Poetry Series Ideal cities : poems / Erika Meitner. Open Competition 2009 National Poetry Series Sarah-- of fragments and lines : poems / by Julie Carr. Open Competition 2009 National Poetry Series The Network / Jena Osman. Open Competition 2009 The passport / Herta Müller. Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 .
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