MLA is pleased to announce that Laura Kasischke is the winner
of the 2013 Michigan Author Award. Laura will accept her award at the MLA
2013 Annual Convention in Lansing, Michigan.
Laura is a prolific author and poet. She has written eight novels, two
of which, The Life Before Her Eyes and Suspicious River,
were made into feature films. She has also authored eight books of poetry
and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry in 2012.
She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation
and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as several Pushcart Prizes
and numerous poetry awards. Her writing has appeared in Best American Poetry,
The Kenyon Review, Harper’s and The New Republic.
Laura grew up in Grand Rapids and currently resides in Chelsea. She is
an Allan Seager Colleagiate Professor of English Language & Literature
at the University of Michigan. Throughout her diverse body of work, Laura
ties her characters to the state of Michigan. These connections and her
creative gift make Laura a perfect fit for this award.
A panel of judges representing Michigan Library Association members and
the Michigan Center for the Book determined the recipient on overall literary
merit. To receive the award authors must be a current resident of Michigan,
a long-time resident of Michigan, recently relocated, or an author whose
works are identified with Michigan because of subject and/or setting in
Michigan. Past Michigan Author Award Winners include: Tom Stanton, Sarah
Stewart, Steve Hamilton, Christopher Paul Curtis, Patricia Polacco, Dan
Gerber, Charles Baxter, Nancy Willard, Janet Kauffman, Elmore Leonard,
Loren Estleman, Gloria Whelan, Jerry Dennis, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos, Thomas
Lynch, Nicholas Delbanco, Diane Wakoski, Dave Dempsey, John Smolens, Gary
Schmidt and Bonnie Jo Campbell.
While at MLA 2013, please
join us at the Michigan Author Award luncheon
at Noon on Friday, October 18th to see Laura accept this award and hear
her presentation. Tickets are available for $30.
Learn more about Laura and her books at her website: http://laurakasischke.indiemade.com/
Laura Covey
Director of Membership, Communications,
and Marketing
Michigan Library Association
1407 Rensen St., Ste. 2
Lansing, MI 48910
Phone: 517-394-2774 ext. 211
Fax: 517-394-2675
www.mla.lib.mi.us
MLA 2013 Annual Conference,
October 16-18 in Lansing.