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August 08, 2024
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LANSING – The Library of Michigan will celebrate 2023-24 Michigan Author Award recipient Ms. Anne-Marie Oomen on Saturday, Sept. 7.
The event will feature a presentation from Oomen and remarks by State Librarian Mr. Randy Riley. Food and refreshments will be provided. The event is free to attend and open to the public, but space is limited and registration is required.
Register online by Aug. 20.
Oomen, of Empire in Northern Lower Michigan, is the founding editor of “Dunes Review,” former president of Michigan Writers, Inc., and instructor at Solstice MFA in Creative Writing at Lasell University in Massachusetts and at Interlochen College of Creative Arts. Her 2022 memoir “As Long as I Know, You, the Mom Book,” won the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ Sue William Silverman nonfiction award, a Michigan Notable Book Award in 2023, and a Silver IPPY.
“The Long Fields: Essays of Comfort and Home” is her latest work. Other Michigan Notable Book selections authored by Oomen include “Pulling Down the Barn,” “House of Fields,” and “The Lake Michigan Mermaid” (with Linda Nemec Foster). Her edited work “ELEMENTAL: A Collection of Michigan Nonfiction” was a Michigan Notable Book title. Additional works included “American Map: Essays, Uncoded Woman,” and “Love, Sex and 4-H.” Additional works include seven plays as well as scripts for two video projects. More information about Anne-Marie Oomen and her works may be found on her website, anne-marieoomen.com.
The Michigan Author Award was established in 1992 with the intention of recognizing significant Michigan authors with a lifetime achievement award. Previously developed by the Michigan Library Association, the award is now facilitated by the Library of Michigan and Michigan Center for the Book.
For more information or questions about the Michigan Author Award, contact the Library of Michigan at 517-335-1477, visit www.Michigan.gov/MCFB, or email Librarian@Michigan.gov.
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