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elcome to the Fourth Annual South Dakota Festival of Books—where readers and writers rendezvous.The S.D. Humanities Council,home of the S.D.Center for the Book,annually presents the festival,a free event that is open to the public.Please use this guide to plan your voyage to the extraordinary adventures in store at the Festival of Books!
7 Our Rhythms:A Tribute to Poetry. Rhymes. Rhythm. Art. Poetry is not just classic Longfellow anymore. Explore the new role of poetry in today’s society with 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Ted Kooser, Marilyn Chin, S.D. Poet Laureate David Allan Evans, local favorites Bill Holm and Freya Manfred and other poets. Sponsored by Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation.
8 Our World:A Tribute to Non-Fiction. Books mimic life. Life is non-fiction. Real world topics, including family values, politics, simple pleasures, farming, book choices and death will be discussed with NPR correspondent Juan Williams, USA Today columnist Craig Wilson, business journalist Samuel Fromartz and South Dakota author Dave Ode. Sponsored by South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
29 Our Creativity:A Tribute to Writers’ Support. Learn how to make the statement “I have always wanted to write a book” a reality. Some of the best in the writing industry will speak and offer critiques of your ideas. Sports Illustrated editor Rob Fleder, promotion and media expert Hillary Carlip, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers Association Director Jane Jewell and publishing reps and an agent will be on-hand to answer questions about breaking into the writing world. Sponsored by South Dakota Arts Council.
30 Our Culture:A Tribute to History & Tribal Writing.
The only way we know where we are going is to understand where we have been. Learn about history and tribal writing with Joseph Marshall III, Edward Humes, David Laskin, Maureen Ogle, members of the Oak Lake Writers’ Society and many other presenters. Sponsored by Wells Fargo.
9 Our Youth:A Tribute to Children’s Literature. Here, there, everywhere, when it comes to things for kids to see and do at the festival, there is much to choose from. Presenting authors include South Dakota Prairie Pasque winners Peg Kehret and Joseph Bruchac and Prairie Bud winning illustrator Harry Bliss, Rapid City illustrator Don Montileaux and children’s history book authors Jennifer Armstrong, Ann Bausman and Jean Patrick. Sponsored by Siouxland Libraries.
28 Our Fantasies:A Tribute to Fiction and Storytelling. Find yourself in another world with novelists and fiction authors including 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson, bestselling author J.A. Jance, National Book Award winner Pete Dexter as well as additional mystery and place-based fiction writers. Sponsored by Messengers of Healing Winds Foundation.
5 Mayors Welcome 5 Advertising Listing 10-23 Presenters
24 Exhibitors 25 Map of Downtown 26 Schedule of Events
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Greetings from the Mayor! Welcome… The City of Sioux Falls is delighted to host this unique literary event, the South Dakota Festival of Books. We would like to thank the South Dakota Humanities Council, home of the South Dakota Center for the Book, and all of the organizations and individuals who helped bring this fascinating event to South Dakota. We are eager to welcome over 60 festival presenters to our community and provide an opportunity for scores of readers to meet their favorite writers. The two-anda-half day festival, held in downtown Sioux Falls, is sure to appeal to a wide range of interests and ages, from children’s activities to authors presenting their works on history, tribal writing, nonfiction, fiction and poetry to storytelling, a discussion on family values, and a jazz concert. Anyone and everyone will find something to their liking. Mayor Dave Munson
The Festival of Books is a wonderful opportunity for people of all ages to embrace and celebrate the joy and vital importance of reading and writing. South Dakota is a diverse state, with varied interests, and we are pleased to bring an equally wide range of diverse presenters together for the Fourth Annual South Dakota Festival of Books and celebrate the written word! Sincerely,
Dave Munson Mayor
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University of Sioux Falls..............15
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Mount Marty College ...................18 For more information visit http://sdhc.sdstate.org or contact the S.D. Humanities Council at 605/688-6113 or SDSU_SDHC@sdstate.edu. Time and presenters listed are subject to change. Changes will be announced on the festival website. SEPTEMBER 2006 • 5
OUR RHYTHMS
Our Rhythms:A Tribute to Poetry.
WORD ART Awaken your emotions with an array of poetry and discussions
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ed Kooser welcomes his solitude after serving as National Poet Laureate for two years. “In the last 20 months I’ve made 200 appearances and given more than 100 interviews,” he said shortly before ending his second year as poet laureate. Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Delights and Shadows, Kooser has returned to his home near Lincoln, Neb. A presidential professor at the University of Nebraska, Kooser looks forward to returning to his writing and taking up a new means of artistic expression — painting. Fortunately, Kooser will interrupt his solitude to headline the “Our Rhythms: Poetry Track” at the Festival of Books. He will give a reading, and other noted poets will respond through the theme “Celebrating Local Wonders.” Panelists include Minnesotan Bill Holm, South Dakota college professors Lee Ann Roripaugh and Patrick Hicks, and Asian American poet Marilyn Chin, who has been featured on Bill Moyers’PBS series, “The Language of Life.” Kooser will join South Dakota Poet Laureate David Allan Evans, a Sioux City-born poet living in Sioux Falls. Evans has been heavily influenced by the poets in China, where he taught for two years as a Fulbright Scholar, and in Japan. Many of Evans’ poems,
short stories and essays have sports themes that draw from his college years at Morningside College where he earned a football scholarship. Like Evans, Holm, who now lives in Minneapolis, taught in China. But he also is influenced by his austere Icelandic ancestors, stories of whom can be read in his book, The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth. Holm will join other regional poets at the festival, including M.J. McMillan of Murdo, who recently released Poems for the Common Man, Volume II; Nebraska-born Jim Reese, who also is a photographer and cofounder of Logan House Press; Wisconsin resident Freya Manfred, a poet and novelist with strong Midwestern roots; and Dennis Sampson, a Pierre native now serving as a professor at Wake Forest University. The poetry track will include a poetry slam as an affiliated event at Taste of South Dakota in Nelson Park located at East 10th Street and Cliff Avenue from 2 – 4 p.m. on Saturday. Poetry slams, the competitive art of performance poetry emphasizing the works and the way poetry is presented, is becoming more and more popular, with slams taking place at Sioux Falls’Horse Barn Arts Center and at colleges throughout the state and country.
Breakfast with Ted Kooser Start the day out right… breakfast with fellow book lovers. The public is invited to a continental breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. with Ted Kooser. The Augustana College Library Associates are hosting the event at the Mikkelsen Library on the Augustana campus.The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the library at 605-274-4921.The library is located on Summit Avenue, between 29th and 31st Streets.
Graduate Credit for S.D.Teachers Contact Sioux Reading Council President Val Van Horssen at vallyvh@yahoo.com, vanhoval@k12.sd.us or 605-274-1917 for info on how to earn graduate credits by attending the festival.
POETS! Display your skills on Saturday at the poetry slam, 2 – 4 p.m., Nelson Park or the open mic, 5 – 5:45 p.m., Holiday Inn Embassy II. SEPTEMBER 2006 • 7
OUR WORLD
Our World:A Tribute to Non-Fiction.
EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK Non-fiction track to feature wide variety of presenters
I Craig Wilson, columnist for USA Today will host a Sunday morning panel that reflects on life’s simple pleasures. Kent Nerburn, Mary Rose O’Reilley and V.J. Smith will join.
Juan Williams’ book Enough will be released this August from Crown Publishing. Williams will present on Saturday at 9 a.m.
FESTIVAL GUIDELINES Please abide by the following guidelines to make this event enjoyable for all involved. No soliciting or distribution of flyers, literature, etc., of any kind at any festival venue without prior consent. No videotaping or tape recording. Turn cell phones and pagers off during presentations. The S.D. Festival of Books, its sponsors or venues, are not responsible for lost or stolen items. 8 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
f variety is the spice of life, expect more than just salt and pepper when attending “Our World: A Tribute to Non-Fiction” events at the Festival. Many topics of everyday discussion will be highlighted, including food, sports, death and farming. Look for rousing discussions on our country’s social condition on a panel about today’s values hosted by National Public Radio senior correspondent Juan Williams. Williams, who also is a political analyst for Fox News, has written about black leaders and the civil rights movement, and he led a team of journalists to compile interviews for the book My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience. David Callahan, author of The Cheating Culture and, most recently, The Moral Center, will present on this panel as will Edward Humes, Ann Bausum and Susan Power. Humes has written about the GI Bill and the American dream. Bausum writes young adult history books, including a prize-winning piece about women’s right to vote and civil rights. Power will speak of her upbringing as a Lakota in Chicago. A panel on life’s simple pleasures will conclude the Festival on September 24. Hosting the panel will be USA Today columnist Craig Wilson. Also presenting will be Brookings, S.D. author V.J. Smith, University of St. Thomas professor Mary Rose O’Reilley and Minnesota author Kent Nerburn. All have written books about appreciating the everyday occurrences that are often taken for granted. Marilyn Johnson, a Barnes & Noble
Discover Writer, South Dakota author Dee Dee Raap and poet Dennis Sampson will join on a panel discussing death. Both Raap and Sampson wrote books about losing a parent. Johnson, who has written celebrity obits for the likes of Johnny Cash and Princess Diana, is the author of The Dead Beat, a book that brings to life the overlooked art of obituary writing. Samuel Fromartz, a business journalist, recently wrote a book about the organic food boom in America entitled Organic, Inc. David Ode, who works for South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, has a book on Dakota flora published by the South Dakota State Historical Society Press. Sports enthusiasts will enjoy hearing from Sports Illustrated Executive Editor Rob Fleder. John Egan, a former employee for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, wrote a book about a local kid who went on to play professional basketball. South Dakota Poet Laureate David Allan Evans, who bases some of his poems on athletics, and Joe Bruchac, who recently wrote a book on Jim Thorpe, also will be on this panel. And back by popular demand is book appraiser Richard Austin, a frequent guest on PBS’ series, Antiques Roadshow. Austin will team up with Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone to present on used and rare books. Austin also will appraise books brought in by the public from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. With the diversity that this track of activities presents, Festival-goers are sure to find something of interest.
OUR YOUTH
Our Youth:A tribute to Children’s Literature.
Of Childhood Experiences and Dreams A debilitating ailment can inspire children’s books
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Kids Creation Stations The Minnesota Center for Book Arts will offer creation stations on September 23 at the library. There will be two drop-in activities that will run 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Kids can create a Meander Worm Book connected to Harry Bliss’book Diary of a Worm. The book will literally meander in two directions, or it can be folded or stretched out like a worm. With assistance, kids can also make a special Festival postcard with a platen press. Pre-registration will be required for the following book arts classes. Please call the Siouxland Library Children’s Division at 605-367-8710 to ensure a spot in the class. All activities are free; however, space is limited. Japanese Stab Binding, 9:30 – 11 a.m., Ages 8 and up — Create a soft-cover journal with decorative sewing in the binding. 8-Page Accordion, 1-2:30 p.m., Ages 6 and up — Make a classic, versatile 8-section book with soft covers. Landscape Tunnel Book, 34:30 p.m., Ages 8 and up — Kids create a 3D scene within a window.
ow much influence can childhood experiences and dreams have on the authors of children’s books? Quite a bit if you are Peg Kehret, who writes books for young adults about people facing adversity. A young boy mysteriously disappears in Abduction; leading characters in Danger at the Fair are trapped by a thief, and in Earthquake Terror two youth on an island are threatened by a flood. Kehret faced her own adversity when she was 12 years old: a bout with polio that paralyzed her from the neck down. Kehret wrote her own true story in Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio. Her book Spy Cat was selected by South Dakota fourth to sixth graders for the Prairie Pasque Award in 2006. Jennifer Armstrong, a prolific author of books for children and teenagers, draws much of her inspiration from American history, as evidenced in The American Story, a treasury that tells the story of our country through 100 true tales. Jean Patrick of Mitchell did not have a debilitating ailment but did have two dreams when she was only eight. She wanted to play for the Chicago Cubs and write for children. Only one dream came true, but the other, playing baseball, prompted her to write The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth, a true story of Jackie Mitchell. Her
latest book is Who Carved the Mountain; The Story of Mount Rushmore. Harry Bliss, a cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker, illustrated the Diary of a Worm by Noreen Cronin. The book was selected for the 2006 Prairie Bud Award. Bliss will present a slide presentation on cartooning and illustrating children’s books. Rapid City illustrator Donald Montileaux is inspired by his Lakota heritage. He uses vivid colors to illustrate covers for books and more recently the pages of the bookTatanka and the Lakota People, A Creation Story. Some authors are inspired by their children. Photos taken by Greg Latza were the inspiration for books by his wife Jodi— Rhyming on Rushmore: From A-Z and South Dakota: An Alphabetical Scrapbook. Other participants in the track titled “Our Youth: Children and Young Adult Literature” will be Michael Spradlin, who wrote the Spy Goddess series, with an upcoming new release this fall. Ann Bausum, author of several National Geographic books, recently released The Freedom Riders. Joe Bruchac, winner of the 2004 Prairie Pasque award for Skeleton Man will thrill young readers with a talk about The Return of Skeleton Man. He has also written a new biography of the athlete Jim Thorpe.
See the Winners at the Festival
Children’s book awards sponsored by the S.D. Library Association To earn the right to vote, children read five books from a nominated list, selected by a panel of educators and librarians who choose books for their quality and potential popularity. Prairie Pasque Award—voted by fourth, fifth and sixth grade: - 2006 winner—Peg Kehret—Spy Cat. - 2004 winner—Joe Bruchac—Skeleton Man. Prairie Bud Award—voted by kindergarten through third grade: - 2006 winner—Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss, illustrator—The Diary of a Worm. SEPTEMBER 2006 • 9
PRESENTERS JENNIFER ARMSTRONG Jennifer Armstrong is the author of more than 60 books for children and teens. Most of her work uses American history as its inspiration. Her work has garnered numerous awards from the American Library Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Reading Association, as well as starred reviews in major trade journals. Notable titles from Jennifer’s bookshelf include Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat, Black-Eyed Susan, The Snowball, Magnus at the Fire, and Photo by Brady: A Picture of the Civil War. (Sat. 10 a.m., Siouxland Library). LORI ARMSTRONG After working as a bookkeeper for 11 years, Lori Armstrong turned to book writing. The Rapid City resident is the author of two mystery books, Blood Ties and Hallowed Ground, to be released in November 2006. Her crime fiction stories have appeared in the Who Died in Here? anthology and in the upcoming Country Crimes, City Crimes anthology. Armstrong is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Short Mystery Fiction Society and the Black Hills Writers Group. (Sat. 11 a.m., Burgundy’s). RICHARD AUSTIN Richard Austin appraises, catalogues and sells books and manuscripts published from the 15th to the 20th centuries. He was a specialist in books and manuscripts for Butterfield and Butterfield in San Francisco and vice president and department head in books and man10 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
uscripts at Christie’s New York. Austin has managed the sale of such varied items as Neal Armstrong’s space suit to a pair of George Washington’s pistols. He currently is an independent bookseller, consultant and appraiser. (Sat. 9 a.m., Orpheum Theater; 11 a.m., Board Room). DEAN BAKOPOULOS Dean Bakopoulos recently released his first novel, Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon. The book was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition as one of Susan Stamberg’s 2006 summer reading selections. An emerging author, he was named “one of fictions new luminaries” by Virginia Quarterly Review in 2004. He is the executive director of the Wisconsin Humanities Council and will release his second novel, Harmony in 2007. (Sat. 4 p.m., Burgundy’s). MANIE BARRON Manie Barron has been in the world of books for over 15 years, and has seen it from all sides. He spent over seven years at Random House; starting as a telephone sales rep, and eventually becoming an associate editor. He was the first African American literary agent in the history of the William Morris Agency, where his clients included Reverend Al Sharpton. Barron now has his own literary agency, The Menza-Barron Agency, with Claudia Menza. He lives in Harlem. (Sat. 9 a.m., Embassy I; Sat. 11 a.m., Atrium Area). ANN BAUSUM Ann Bausum writes American history books for children. She has wanted to be an author since she was little, writing her first book at age 10. After working in marketing, she turned to writing full time, publishing her first book, Dragon Eggs and Dinosaur Bones in 2000. She has also written Our Country’s Presi-
PRESENTERS dents and With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote, which won a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and recognition from the American Library Association. Her latest book is Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement. (Fri. 6 p.m., Multi-Cultural Center; Sat. 9 a.m., Siouxland Library). MICHELLE BLANKENSHIP Michelle Blankenship is the publicity manager at Harcourt. She worked on publicity for Kent Meyers 2004 book The Work of Wolves among others. (Sat. 9 a.m., Embassy I; Sat. 11 a.m., Atrium Area). HARRY BLISS Harry Bliss is a cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker magazine. Prior to his cartoons and covers for the magazine, Bliss illustrated dozens of book covers for writers, such as Lawrence Block, Bob Dole and Fiona Buckley. Bliss’ first children’s book, A Fine, Fine School by Newberyaward winning author, Sharon Creech, was a New York Times bestseller. Bliss went on to illustrate six more children’s books, including Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin, both New York Times bestsellers. Bliss lives in South Burlington, Vermont. (Sat. 11 a.m., Orpheum Theater). JOSEPH BRUCHAC Joseph Bruchac lives in the Adirondack mountain foothills town of Greenfield Center, N.Y. Much of his writing draws on that land and his Abenaki ancestry. His poems, articles and stories have appeared in more than 500 publications. He has authored more than 70 books for adults and children. His honors include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. In 2006 alone, Bruchac has or will release nine titles, including 12 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Jim Thorpe, Original All American and The Return of Skeleton Man, a sequel to his SD Prairie Pasque award-winning book. (Sat. 9 a.m., Starlite; 4 p.m., Siouxland Library). DAVID CALLAHAN Author of six books, David Callahan is soon to have another book published, titled The Moral Center. He frequently writes for the New York Times, the Washington Post and other publications. Callahan, a New York City resident, earned his Ph.D. in politics at Princeton. (Fri. 6 p.m., Multi-Cultural Center; Sat. 2 p.m., Orpheum Theater). HILLARY CARLIP Multi-Mediaist Hillary Carlip’s third book, Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan, came out in April 2006. The award-winning author of Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out, Carlip has brought the voices of teenage girls to the mainstream. She is the creator, editor and host of the literary website FRESH YARN: The Online Salon for Personal Essays, a site that receives over six million hits a year. A screenwriter and a visual artist, she has designed and produced websites for stars (including Jennifer Aniston). (Sat. 1 p.m., Orpheum Theater). MARILYN CHIN Marilyn Chin is the author of three poetry books: Rhapsody in Plain Yellow, Dwarf Bamboo and The Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty. She co-directs the Master of Fine Arts program at San Diego State University. Her poetry has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review and Ploughshares. She majored in an-
cient Chinese Literature at the University of Massachusetts and received her MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Workshop. Chin was born in Hong Kong and raised in Oregon. She considers San Francisco her home and San Diego her most recent exile. (Fri. 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater; Sat. 2 p.m., Embassy II). PETE DEXTER After working as a journalist for 15 years, Pete Dexter turned to book writing at age 40. He is the author of Paris Trout, which won the 1988 National Book Award. In 2007 HarperCollins will release a collection of non-fiction pieces entitled Paper Trails: True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence, and Forbidden Desires, A Surprising Number of Which are Not About Marriage. Dexter attended college at the University of South Dakota and now lives in Washington. (Sat. 3 p.m., Burgundy’s; 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater). JOHN EGAN Few South Dakota sportswriters
have won more awards than John Egan. During his 34-year career at the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Egan took sportswriter-of-the-year honors eight times. He is the author of two books, Drop Him Till He Dies and a September 2006 release, Vern Mikkelson: The Original Power Forward. Egan was inducted to the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2003. (Sat. 9 a.m., Starlite). DAVID ALLAN EVANS David Allan Evans, poet laureate of South Dakota, has written six books of poetry and three books of essays. He is published in The Norton Book of Sports and In Motion: American Sports Poems. He has been a professor of English at South Dakota State University since 1968, and as Writer in Residence since 1997. Evans has received grants from the National
Endowment for the Arts and the Bush Foundation, and two Fulbright Scholarships to study and teach in China. (Sat. 9 a.m., Starlite; 4 p.m., Embassy II). DONNA FENN Donna Fenn is the author of Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack. A contributing editor at Inc. magazine, Fenn has over 20 years experience writing about entrepreneurship and small business trends. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Monthly, Working Woman, Working Mother, Parents, and New England Monthly. (Fri. 7:30 a.m., Starlite). ROB FLEDER Rob Fleder has been an editor at Sports Illustrated for two decades. His most recent book is Sports Illustrated: The Football Book. He edited the New York Times 2004 bestseller, Sports Illustrated 50 Years: The Anniversary Book. He also edited Sports Illustrat-
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ed: Fifty Years of Great Writing 19542004. He recently finished editing a collection of Pete Dexter’s non-fiction works that will be released in 2007. (Sat. 9 a.m., Starlite; 3 p.m., Embassy I; 4 p.m., Atrium Area). SAMUEL FROMARTZ Samuel Fromartz is the author of Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew. He sold his stock in Whole Foods in 2002 and then reported the story behind the surprising success of the $11-billion organic food industry. He is a business journalist whose work has appeared in Inc., Fortune, The New York Times and other publications. A recreational cook, Fromartz lives in Washington, DC. (Sat. 11 a.m., Ambassador). JOHN GLUSMAN John Glusman is the vice president and executive editor of Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group at Random House. He also teaches in the graduate writing program at Columbia University. He is the former editor-in-chief at Farrar, Strauss and Giroux Publishers and is the author of Conduct Under Fire. (Sat. 9 a.m., Embassy I; 11 a.m., Atrium Area; 2 p.m., Orpheum Theater). LAWRENCE AND NANCY GOLDSTONE Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone, a husband and wife team, write books about books. They have written extensively about their book-collecting pursuits. Among the titles about that topic are Friar & Cipher: The Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World and Out of the Flames, a Booksense 76 Selection. They have also written Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading, a book about their parentchild book club. Lawrence Goldstone’s most recent book is Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution. (Sat. 9 a.m., Orpheum
Theater; 1 p.m., Embassy III). JEROME A. GREENE Jerome Greene, a historian and curator for the National Park Service, has written several books about American West and military history. His most recent books include Fort Randall on the Missouri, 1856-1892 and Yellowstone Command. He has won several awards, including the Western History Association’s Robert M. Utley Award for the Best Book on the Military History of the American West. (Sat. 9 a.m., Embassy). PATRICK HICKS Patrick Hicks, a native of Stillwater, Minn., teaches at Augustana College in Sioux Falls. He has taught in Spain and Germany, and his essays, poetry and fiction have appeared in more than 50 international journals, including New Hibernia Review, Poet Lore, and South Dakota Review. He has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and is the author of Traveling Through History, Releasing the Draglines and a third book due out later in 2006. (Fri. 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater; Sat. 1 p.m., Embassy II). BILL HOLM Bill Holm is the author of several books of essays and poetry, including Playing the Black Piano, Coming Home Crazy, An Alphabet of China Essays, The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth, and Box Elder Bug Variations. A winner of the Minnesota Book Award, Holm teaches at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minn., and spends his summers in Iceland. (Fri. 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater; Sat. 11 a.m., Embassy II). CRAIG HOWE Craig Howe earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and now teaches at Oglala Lakota College. He has taught Native studies courses in the U.S. and Canada, and authored articles and book chapters. He co-edited the
Congratulating our faculty authors Dr.Stacey Brook Title: The Wages of Wins:Taking Measure of the Many Myths in Modern Sport. Synopsis: Much of what people believe about sports is not true when one looks at the very numbers sports generate. Players, coaches, and members of the media often give comments such as “players who score like Allen Iverson are basketball’s best players,” but when one does the numbers,they are not exactly true. Dr.Kevin Cole Title: Levity’s Rainbow:Menippean Poetics in Swift,Fielding,and Stern. Synopsis: An examination of how and to what ends these three significant eighteenth-century writers appropriated the form, techniques, and strategies of Menippean satire,a mode of satire that emerged during the third century BC. Dr.Brian Gregg Title:The Historical Jesus and the Final Judgment Sayings in Q. Synopsis: Analysis and defense of the historic 12 sayings of Jesus about the final judgment that appear in both Matthew and Luke. Dr.Kimlyn Bender Title: Karl Barth’s Christological Ecclesiology Synopsis:Bender examines Barth’s ecclesiological thought,from his early theological treatises to his massive unfinished dogmatics,in light of his interaction with both Roman Catholicism and Protestant Liberalism. A special emphasis is placed upon Barth’s mature ecclesiology in the Church Dogmatics.
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PRESENTERS Oak Lake Writers’ Society book This Stretch of the River, a collection of Native American responses to the Lewis and Clark expedition and bicentennial. Howe was raised on his family’s cattle ranch on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. (Sat. 10 a.m., Embassy III). EDWARD HUMES Edward Humes has written numerous books, including School of Dreams, the bestselling Mississippi Mud and No Matter How Loud I Shout, which won the PEN Center award for non-fiction. In October 2006, his book Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream will be released. He lives in Southern California. (Fri. 6 p.m., Multi-Cultural Center; Sat. 10 a.m., Ambassador; 2 p.m., Orpheum Theater). JESSICA BARKSDALE INCLÁN Romance author Jessica Barksdale Inclán’s debut novel Her Daughter’s Eyes, published in 2001, was a nominee for the YALSA Award for the best books of 2001, and best paperbacks for 2001, and has been published in Dutch and Spanish. She is the author of The Matter of Grace, When You Go Away, One Small Thing, Walking With Her Daughter, and The Instant When Everything is Perfect. Her latest release is When You Believe. She teaches at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif. (Sat. 9 a.m., Burgundy’s). J.A. JANCE New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance writes the Joanna Brady mys16 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
tery series. The newest installment, Dead Wrong was released in July 2006. Jance also is the author of the J.P. Beaumont mystery series and of a book of poetry entitled After the Fire. (Sat. 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater). JANE JEWELL Jane Jewell is the executive director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The SFWA is a 1500member non-profit writers’ organization. The organization is known for their annual Nebula Awards. (Sat. 2 p.m., Embassy I; 3 p.m., Atrium Area). MARILYN JOHNSON Marilyn Johnson recently published The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries. She has been a staff writer for Life, and an editor at Esquire, Redbook and Outside. Johnson has written obituaries for Princess Diana, Jacqueline Onassis, Katherine Hepburn, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Marlon Brando. (Fri. 11 a.m., Barnes and Noble; Sat. 11 a.m., Embassy I; 1 p.m., Starlite; 5 p.m., Ambassador). PEG KEHRET Peg Kehret has written many books since debuting in 1985. She has won several statewide young reader awards, including the 2006 Prairie Pasque Award, selected by 4th through 6th grade students in South Dakota, for Spy Cat. Kehret has also written Abduction, Escaping the Giant Wave and The Stranger Next Door. (Sat. 11 a.m., Embassy I; 3 p.m., Siouxland Library). TED KOOSER In August 2004, Ted Kooser was named Poet Laureate of the United States. Born in Iowa, Kooser now lives near Lincoln, Neb. While working in the insurance industry, he wrote poems published in magazines. He eventually turned to writing and teaching poetry
full time. His latest release is The Blizzard Voices, due out in September. Kooser has won awards for his poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize in 2005, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and the Pushcart Prize. (Fri. 11 a.m., Barnes and Noble; 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater; Sat. 7:30 a.m., Augustana College, Mikkelsen Library; 5 p.m., Starlite). MARILYN KRATZ AND STAN RAY Marilyn Kratz is a Yankton author who recently released Images of America: WNAX 570 Radio 1922-2007, a photo essay book she co-wrote with Stan Ray. Both live in Yankton and rely on the radio station for their everyday news and entertainment. Ray is the son of a WNAX engineer, and grew up in the engineer’s quarters of the studio. The two completed the book in five months. (Sat. 5 p.m., Embassy III). DAVID LASKIN A weather enthusiast, David Laskin is the author of The Children’s Blizzard: January 1888, which won the 2005 Washington State Book Award. Laskin
also wrote Partisans: Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals and Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Preservation, and Smithsonian. He lives in Seattle. (Sat. 11 a.m., Starlite).
JODI LATZA Jodi Latza is the author of the children’s book South Dakota: An Alphabetical Scrapbook. With her husband, photographer Greg Latza, they have
self-published books about South Dakota. She lives in Sioux Falls. (Sat. 11 a.m., Siouxland Library). FREYA MANFRED Freya Manfred is the author of three volumes of poetry, as well as poems in anthologies and reviews. She also writes screenplays, children’s stories and novels, and teaches writing. Her book, Frederick Manfred: A Daughter Remembers, was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award and the Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award. She has authored several books, including A Goldenrod Will Grow and My Only Home. (Sat. 11 a.m., Embassy II; 1 p.m., Ambassador). JOSEPH MARSHALL III Joseph Marshall III, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, is the author of six books. His book The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living was a finalist in the spiritual category for the prestigious Books for a Better Life Award from the Multiple Sclerosis Society, as well as a finalist in the creative non-fiction category for the PEN Center USA award. His most recent work is
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PRESENTERS Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance. Marshall has also appeared in “The Real West,” a syndicated program on The History Channel, and had a role in “Return to Lonesome Dove.” (Sat. 1 p.m., Embassy III; 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater). JAMES MCLAIRD James McLaird, Dakota Wesleyan University history professor emeritus, is a leading authority on Deadwood’s infamous Calamity Jane. His book, Calamity Jane: The Life and The Legend was released in 2005. McLaird is the author of numerous articles on western history and mythmaking, focusing especially on South Dakota and the Black Hills. (Sat. 2 p.m., Embassy III). M.J. MCMILLAN M J McMillan is a South Dakota native who owns and operates a small cattle ranch. He has published two books: Poems for the Common Man and Poems for the Common Man, Volume 2. (Sat. 9 am., Embassy II). KENT MEYERS Kent Meyers, an English professor and writer-in-residence at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, writes both fiction and non-fiction. His most recent novel, The Work of Wolves, won the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Award and Minnesota Book Award, and was chosen as “One Book SD” in 2005. Meyers’ other books are The River Warren, a novel, The Witness of Combines, a memoir, and Light in the Crossing, short stories. (Sat. 2 p.m., Burgundy’s, Sun. 9 a.m., Starlite). 18 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
DONALD MONTILEAUX Donald Montileaux is an artist and illustrator. His illustrations are in Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story, a book due out this September from the SD State Historical Society Press. He is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe. (Sat. 2 p.m., Siouxland Library). KENT NERBURN Kent Nerburn is an author, sculptor and educator who has been deeply involved in Native American issues. Nerburn has worked on 15 books. His newest book, out in June 2006 is The Hidden Beauty. In 2005, he released Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce. His book Neither Wolf Nor Dog won a Minnesota Book Award in 1995. Nerburn holds a Ph.D. in both Theology and Art, and lives in northern Minnesota. (Sat. 1 p.m., Embassy I; Sun. 11 a.m., Starlite). MARY ROSE O’REILLEY Mary Rose O’Reilley is the author of The Love of Impermanent Things. She also is the author of The Barn at the End of the World and books about teaching, including The Garden at Night. Most recently, she won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets for her first book of poetry, Half Wild. A professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, she lives in St. Paul, Minn. (Sun. 11 a.m., Starlite). DAVID ODE David Ode works for the state of South Dakota in the Game, Fish and Parks Division. He wrote Dakota Flora: A Seasonal Sampler, released in June 2006 from the South Dakota State Historical Society Press. (Sat. 4 p.m., Ambassador). MAUREEN OGLE Maureen Ogle is a historian who recently wrote the first-ever history of American beer, Ambitious Brew: The
PRESENTERS Story of American Beer. She also has written All the Modern Conveniences and Key West. Ogle lives in Ames, Iowa. (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., Mad Rock Pub; Sat. 3 p.m., Embassy III). JEAN PATRICK Jean Patrick is a children’s book author who lives near Mitchell. Her books include Who Carved the Mountain: The Story of Mount Rushmore, The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth, If I Had a Snowplow, Dolley Madison and Cows, Cats, and Kids: A Veterinarian’s Family at Work. Patrick gives presentations at schools, libraries and conferences and supports literacy issues. (Sat. 11 a.m., Siouxland Library). NANCY PEARL Readers can’t get enough of Nancy Pearl’s recommendations. With the release of Book Lust and More Book Lust and the Librarian Action Figure modeled in her likeness, Pearl has become a rock star among readers and the tastemaker people turn to when deciding what to read next. In 1998, she developed “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book.” In 2004, Pearl won the Women’s National Book Association Award for her extraordinary contribution to the world of books. (Sat. 4 p.m., Embassy I; Sat. 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater). SUSAN POWER Susan Power is the author of Roofwalker, winner of the 2002 Milkweed National Fiction Prize, and The Grass Dancer, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award. She is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Born in Chicago, she earned a BA from Harvard College, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her fiction has appeared in Atlantic Monthly and Paris Review. She teaches at Hamline University. (Fri. 6 p.m., Multi-Cultural Center; Sat. 2 p.m., Burgundy’s). 20 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
DEE DEE RAAP Dee Dee Raap began her journey as a published author, motivational speaker and business consultant after 13 years of working in media, travel, banking and marketing. Raap was the director of sales and marketing for South Dakota Tourism. Raap’s book is entitled Dear Mom: Remembering, Celebrating, and Healing. (Sat. 1 p.m., Starlite). DELPHINE RED SHIRT Delphine Red Shirt authored Bead on an Anthill and Turtle Lung Womans Granddaughter, which was nominated for two book awards. Red Shirt, an Oglala Lakota, was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps and served as the chairperson of a United Nations Non-Governmental Organizations Committee. She is a freelance writer and syndicated columnist for Indian Country Today and the Lakota Journal. (Sat. 4 p.m., Embassy III). JIM REESE Jim Reese is a photographer and assistant professor of English at Mount Marty College in Yankton, where he coordinates The Plains Writers Tour. He is co-founder of Logan House Press. Reese’s poetry and prose have appeared in New York Quarterly, Nebraska Life and South Dakota Review. He authored Wedding Cake and Funeral Ham and The Jive. His most recent collection of poetry is These Trespasses, which contains Pushcart Prize nominated poems. (Sat. 9 a.m., Embassy II). MARILYNNE ROBINSON Marilynne Robinson is the author of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning novel Gilead. The book has been selected as the 2006 “One Book SD.” Gilead is Robinson’s second novel. In the early 1980s she published Housekeeping, which won a PEN/Hemingway Award and is considered a modern classic. She
wrote non-fiction between writing her novels, including Mother Country and The Death of Adam. Gilead is written as a letter from a Congregationalist Preacher to his son. Robinson is a Congregationalist and has served as a deacon in the church. She currently teaches at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. (Sat. 5 p.m., Starlite; 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater; Sun. 9 a.m., Starlite). LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Lee Ann Roripaugh’s second volume of poetry, Year of the Snake, was named winner of the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in Poetry and Prose. Her f irst volume of poet-
ry, Beyond Heart Mountain, was a 1998 winner of the National Poetry Series and selected as a finalist for the 2000 Asian American Literary Awards. Roripaugh’s poetry and fiction have appeared in a number of journals and in six anthologies. A native of Laramie, Wyo., Roripaugh now teaches at the University of South Dakota. (Fri. 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater; Sat. 3 p.m., Embassy II).
V.J. SMITH V.J. Smith currently serves as the executive director of the South Dakota State University Alumni Association. In 2003, he co-produced The College on the Hill, a look at the history of SDSU. Smith’s second book, The Richest Man in Town was released in May 2005. Smith has been a professional speaker for 10 years. (Sat. 3 p.m., Ambassador; Sun. 11 a.m., Starlite).
DENNIS SAMPSON Dennis Sampson is the author of five books of poetry, including his most recent, For My Father, Falling Asleep at Saint Mary’s Hospital, released in 2005. Other titles include The Double Genesis and Needlegrass. His poems have appeared in several journals, and he is the winner of a Pushcart Prize, the Ralph Hammond Award, the Cohen Award from Ploughshares, the Hackney Literary Award and the Nicholas Roerich Prize, as well as several grants and fellowships. Born in South Dakota, Sampson now teaches at Wake Forest University. (Sat. 10 a.m., Embassy II; 1 p.m., Starlite).
MICHAEL SPRADLIN Michael Spradlin was born and raised in a small town in Michigan. He grew up reading The Hardy Boys books and had always wanted to create a series of children’s books. He recently started writing the Rachel Buchanan series, Spy Goddess. Spradlin is the author of Book One: Live and Let Shop, and
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Book Two: To Hawaii, with Love. In 2002, Spradlin published The Legend of Blue Jacket. (Sat. 1 p.m., Siouxland Library). NANCY STEEDLE Nancy Steedle, born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the author of numerous poems, short stories and the mystery novels Bitter Batter and Winter Kill. She resides in Sioux Falls. (Sat. 1 p.m., Burgundy’s). FAITH SULLIVAN Faith Sullivan grew up in small-town Minnesota and graduated from Minnesota State University at Mankato. Though she has lived in St. Louis, New York and Los Angeles, 40some years of her life have been spent in Minnesota, currently Minneapolis. Since 1975 she has published seven novels: Repent, Lanny Merkel, Watchdog, Mrs. Demming and the Mythical Beast, The Cape Ann, The Empress of One and her most recent, Gardenias. She is currently at work on numbers 8 and 9. (Sat. 10 a.m., Burgundy’s; 4 p.m., Embassy I). GABRIELLE TATEYUSKANSKAN Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan is an educator, speaker, visual artist and poet who lives in Enemy Swim, on the Lake Traverse Reservation. She is a member of the Oak Lake Writers’ Society and had her work published in the group’s collection of responses to the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Bicentennial entitled This Stretch of the River. (Sat. 10 a.m., Embassy III).
LYDIA WHIRLWIND SOLDIER Lydia Whirlwind Soldier is a Sicangu Lakota born in Bad Nation on the Rosebud reservation. An enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, she worked in education for 30 years, and is a poet, non-fiction writer, business owner and recognized craftswoman. Her collection of poems, Memory Songs was published in 1999 and she has contributed to This Stretch of the River. She is a member of the Oak Lake Writers’ Society. (Sat. 10 a.m., Embassy III). JUAN WILLIAMS Juan Williams is a senior correspondent for NPR and a contributing analyst for Fox News. He authored the biography Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. He also wrote Eyes on the Prize, the companion volume to the acclaimed TV series. This Far by Faith, released in 2003, provided the basis for a PBS documentary. Williams is involved with AARP’s Voices of Civil Rights project, leading a team of journalists in the production of My Soul Looks Back in Wonder. He worked at The Washington Post for 21 years, serving as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist and White House Reporter. He has won an Emmy award for TV documentary writing. (Fri. 6 p.m., Multi-Cultural Center; Sat. 9 a.m., Ambassador). CRAIG WILSON Craig Wilson writes the popular USA Today column The Final Word. He also is the author of a 2002 book, It’s the Little Things...An Appreciation of Life’s Simple Pleasures. (Sat. 2 p.m., Ambassador; Sun. 11 a.m., Starlite).
SILENT AUCTION BOOK CRAZE As a special offer to Festival goers, there will be a silent auction and a chance to purchase raffle tickets for dozens of books. All books are new releases, and several are autographed copies. The auction and raffle ticket sales will begin when the Festival opens with the Welcome Reception on Sept. 22 at 3 p.m. Bidding and ticket sales will close at 5 p.m. on Sept.23 and winners names will be announced at 6:30 in the Starlite Room at the Holiday Inn and will be posted at the entrance to the Saturday evening reading at 8 p.m. Also, a number of books will be included in a free raffle that will be at the Humanities Council Festival Information booth in exhibitors’ hall.
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EXHIBITORS
Watch for Edward Tulane’s visit to Exhibitors’ Hall on Saturday at noon.
Exhibitors’ Hall opens 3 p.m. Friday AUTHORS Michael Williams, Brandon The Discovery Journal Marian Hersrud, Sturgis Spirits and Black Leather BOOKSELLERS Barnes & Noble, Sioux Falls www.barnsandnoble.com ChrisLands Inc., Burke, Va. www.chrislands.com Waldenbooks, Sioux Falls www.waldenbooks.com EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS Boss Mouse Book and Products, Sturgis Overgard Educational Materials, Rapid City Usborne Books, www.usborne.com ORGANIZATIONS Libraries of South Dakota, www.sdstatelibrary.com SD Public Broadcasting, Vermillion www.sdpb.org South Dakota Review, Vermillion www.usd.edu/review
Western Writers of America, www.westernwriters.org PRESSES Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls www.augie.edu/cws Ex Machina Publishing, Sioux Falls www.exmac.com Many Kites Press, Rapid City www.manykites.com Pine Hill Press, Sioux Falls www.pinehillpress.com Plains Press/Ellis Press/Spoon River Poetry Press, Granite Falls Minn. www.ellispress.com Red Dragonfly Press, Red Wing Minn. www.reddragonpress.com S.D. State Historical Society Press, Pierre www.sdhistory.org State Publishing, Pierre www.statepub.com University of Neb. Press, Lincoln Neb. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu OTHER South Dakota Committee on Publication, Rapid City
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SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOO FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22 SPECIAL EVENTS 7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. HI, Starlite (10th Fl.) — “Business Leadership Breakfast.” 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Barnes and Noble — “Press Conference and Food for Thought.” 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. HI, Embassy I — “Information Workshop for Bush Foundation Artist Fellowships.” 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. HI, International Room — Opening of Exhibitor’s Hall, “Welcome to the Festival of Books Reception.” Silent Auction begins. 3:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. HI, (All Floors) — Early Bird Book Signing. 6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Multi-Cultural Center — “Conversations about Today’s Values,” Juan Williams with David Callahan, Ann Bausum, Susan Power and Edward Humes. Book Signing follows at Orpheum Theater. 8 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. POETRY— Orpheum Theater — “Celebrate Local Wonders,” Ted Kooser Reading, followed by panel discussion. Moderator Lee Ann Roripaugh and panelists — Patrick Hicks, Bill Holm and Marilyn Chin.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. POETRY— Mikkelsen Library — Breakfast with Ted Kooser. 9 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE — Siouxland Library — “Fun Facts for Kids,” Ann Bausum. FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s (10th Fl.) — “Paranormal Romance,” Jessica Barksdale Inclán. HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI, Embassy III — “South Dakota History,” Jerome Greene. NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador— “Enough,” Juan Williams. Orpheum Theater — “Between the Covers: Used and Rare Boks,” Richard Austin, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. POETRY— HI, Embassy II — “Poetry for Every Occasion,” M.J. McMillan and Jim Reese. 26 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
9 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. WRITERS’ SUPPORT — HI, Embassy I — “Finding Your Way: Tips from an Agent, Editor and Publicist,” Michelle Blankenship, Emily Cook, John Glusman and Manie Barron. NON-FICTION — HI, Starlite (10th Fl.) — “When Sports is More than Sports,” Rob Fleder, David Allan Evans, John Egan and Joseph Bruchac. 10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE — Siouxland Library — “America’s Stories for America’s Youth,” Jennifer Armstrong. FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s — “Reflecting American Perseverance,” Faith Sullivan. NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador — “Schools on Target,” Edward Humes. POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “Dedicated Work,” Dennis Sampson. 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI, Embassy III — “This Stretch of the River,” Craig Howe, Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan and Lydia Whirlwind Soldier. 11 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE — Siouxland Library — “South Dakota in Children’s Books,” Jean Patrick and Jodi Latza. Orpheum Theater — “Cartooning & Illustrating Cover Art and Children’s Books,” Harry Bliss. FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s — “Who Done It?” Lori Armstrong. NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador — “What’s Behind the Organic Movement?” Samuel Fromartz. HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI, Starlite — “Historic Blizzards,” David Laskin. POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “Filling the Heart,” Bill Holm and Freya Manfred. WRITERS’ SUPPORT — HI, Embassy I — “The Writing Journey,” Marilyn Johnson and Peg Kehret. 11 a.m. – 12:45 a.m. NON-FICTION — HI, Board Room — “Book Appraisals,” Richard Austin. WRITERS’SUPPORT — HI, Atrium Area (NW corner) — “Book Idea Reviews,” – agent, editor, publicity. 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch Break. 1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE — Siouxland Library — “The Latest from the Spy Goddess Series,” Michael Spradlin.
FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s (10th Fl.) — “It’s a Mystery,” Nancy Steedle. HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI, Embassy III — “Long, Long Ago: Events in the History of the Continent,” Joseph Marshall III and Lawrence Goldstone. HI, Embassy I — “The Dilemma of Fact vs. Story,” Kent Nerburn. NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador — “Remembering Frederick Manfred,” Freya Manfred. WRITERS’ SUPPORT — Orpheum Theater — “Finding your Way in the Book World,” Hillary Carlip. POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “From England to Sioux Falls: Place-Based Poems,” Patrick Hicks. 1 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. NON-FICTION — HI, Starlite (10th Fl.) — “What’s so Funny about Dying?” Marilyn Johnson, Dennis Sampson and Dee Dee Raap. 2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE — Siouxland Library — “Illustrating Lakota Creation Stories,” Don Montileaux. FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s (10th Fl.) — “Voices of Fiction,” Kent Meyers and Susan Power. HISTORY/ TRIBAL WRITERS — HI, Embassy III — “Calamity Jane,” Jim McLaird. NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador — “From USA Today to the Book World,” Craig Wilson. POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “The Language of Poetry,” Marilyn Chin. WRITERS’ SUPPORT — HI, Embassy I — “Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writing,” Jane Jewell. 2 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — Orpheum Theater — “Effects of War,” John Glusman, David Callahan and Edward Humes. 3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE — Siouxland Library — “Spy Cat,” Peg Kehret. FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s (10th Fl.) — “How a Journalist Turned to Fiction,” Pete Dexter. WRITERS’SUPPORT — HI, Atrium Area (NW corner) — Jane Jewell -Review Book Ideas: Fantasy & Sci-Fi. HI, Embassy I — “Sportswriting,” Rob Fleder. HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI, Embassy III — “The History of American
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Beer,” Maureen Ogle. NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador — “One Man’s Contribution,” V.J. Smith. POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “Year of the Snake,” Lee Ann Roripaugh. 4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE — Siouxland Library — “Return of Skeleton Man,” Joseph Bruchac. FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s — “Cityscape of Dreams and Reality,” Dean Bakopoulos. HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI, Embassy III — “Family History,” Delphine Red Shirt. NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador — “Flora of S.D.,” David Ode. WRITERS’ SUPPORT — HI, Atrium Area (NW corner) — Rob Fleder, Review Book Ideas: Sports. HI, Embassy I — “Community Reading,” Faith Sullivan, Emily Cook and Nancy Pearl. POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “South Dakota Poet Laureate,” David Allan Evans. 5 p.m. Silent Auction Closes. 5 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI, Embassy III — “From Airwaves to Print,” Marilyn Kratz and Stan Ray. POETRY — HI, Embassy II — Open Microphone for poets. NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador — “Reading from The Dead Beat,” Marilyn Johnson.
spectives on One Book South Dakota selection Gilead,” Scholar, Minister and Kent Meyers, joined by Marilynne Robinson during Q&A.
11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. NON-FICTION — “Simple Pleasures,” Craig Wilson, Kent Nerburn, Mary Rose O’Reilley, and V.J. Smith.
BOOKSIGNING Presenters will sign books at designated times throughout the weekend.Book signings will not take place following presentations except when the presentation is the only event scheduled.Please plan to get your books signed on Friday from 3:45-5:45 p.m.and on Saturday from 6 to 7:45 p.m.throughout the Holiday Inn.Schedules will be available at the Festival Information Desk. AUTHORS-ON-TOUR The week prior and the week following the Festival, authors will be in libraries, schools and universities across the state, promoting the Festival throughout the state.David Laskin will be at Waldenbooks (located in the Empire Mall) on Sept.20 at 6:30 p.m.and Nancy Pearl and Joseph Bruchac will be at Zandbroz (209 S.Phillips Ave) on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. Additional authors will be on tour. Please check http://sdhc.sdstate.org for further details. HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS Thursday,Sept.21 Books and Brew The Mad Rock Pub (431 N.Phillips Ave) will host a concert and reading. At 7:35 p.m., Uncle Jimmo will launch the live broadcast of SD Public Radio’s Jazz Nightly,featuring Dakota Jazz Collective. Maureen Ogle will present a reading of Ambitious Brew: The History of American Beer at 8:30 PM. Friday,Sept.22 Business Leadership Breakfast Working with the Sioux Falls Area Chamber and CVB,Donna Fenn,author of Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack will present to area business leaders.This event will be at the Holiday Inn Starlite Room from 7:30-8:45 AM.Tickets are $15/person and can be purchased by calling 605/688-6113. Press Conference/Food for Thought Ted Kooser and Marilyn Johnson, both Barnes & Noble Discover Writers, will be the featured festival authors at an 11 a.m.press conference. A live broadcast of SD Public Radio’s “Food for Thought” will follow.The public and the press are invited to attend at Barnes and Noble (41st and Louise).
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. SPECIAL EVENT — HI, Starlite (10th Fl.) — Reception “Pulitzer Prize 2005 x 2 = Ted Kooser and Marilynne Robinson.”
Opening of Exhibitors Hall/Welcome Reception Let’s get the Festival started with a party! Everyone is welcome to the opening of Exhibitors Hall and a Welcome Reception at the Holiday Inn International Room from 3-6 p.m. At 3:45 p.m.,all of the presenters will sign books at locations throughout the hotel.This event is sponsored by Jeff & Sheila Hazard.
6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Dinner break and conversation and informal book signing with authors.
Saturday,Sept.23 Pulitzer x Two Reception Two 2005 Pulitzer Prize winners,Marilynne Robinson (fiction) and Ted Kooser (poetry),will be the honored guests at a reception from 5-6:30 at the Starlite Room in the Holiday Inn.There will also be the announcement of the 2007 One Book South Dakota selection and Book auction and raffle winners.This event is sponsored by UBS.
7:45 p.m. Exhibitors’ Hall closes. 8 p.m. Orpheum — “So Many Authors, So Little Time,” Nancy Pearl host, and panelists — Marilynne Robinson, Pete Dexter, J.A. Jance and Joseph Marshall III. Followed by book signing.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. FICTION — HI, Starlite (10th Fl.) — “Per-
Pow Wow The Northern Plains Tribal Arts Festival will hold a Pow Wow on Saturday from 7 PM to midnight at the Multi-Cultural Center. Sunday,Sept.24 Perspectives on One Book South Dakota – Gilead At 9 a.m.in the Holiday Inn Starlite Room,the community is invited to a discussion about the 2006 One Book South Dakota selection Gilead. Kent Meyers, author of the 2005 One Book SD selection will speak, as will Jean Morrow, pastor at Crestwood UCC in Sioux Falls and South Dakota State University Religion and Philosophy Professor Dennis Bielfeldt. At 10:15,Marilynne Robinson will join the panel for the Q & A. SEPTEMBER 2006 • 27
OUR FANTASIES
Our Fantasies:A tribute to Fiction and Storytelling.
Invention Convention Fiction writers use imagination to create life
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Super librarian Nancy Pearl is pictured above. Pearl will arrive in style to the Festival, traveling on a motor coach full of librarians coming from the South Dakota Library Association annual conference. She is hosting the “Book Lust Bus Tour.” Children’s author Joe Bruchac also will be on board the bus.
New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance was born in Watertown. Along with being busy writing the latest installments in her mystery series Jance is dedicated to her fans. She gladly accepts all fan mail and ensures on her website that it is answered personally and in a timely manner.
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iction: An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality but has been invented. When inventing plot lines for the next bestseller, novelists must hone in on their imagination, remember their influences and awaken their creativity—all core traits for today’s f iction writer. The world of f iction will be explored in the “Our Fantasies” track, as authors will reveal their secrets to success. So, what books most influence authors? A panel entitled “So Many Authors, So Little Time…” slated for Saturday evening at the Holiday Inn will reveal what influences Marilynne Robinson, author of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning and 2006 One Book South Dakota selection Gilead and the modern classic Housekeeping. Perhaps being born in South Dakota had something to do with influencing New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance, who has written some 30 books, including the Joanna Brady mystery series. Or perhaps it was the days National Book Award winner Pete Dexter spent at the University of South Dakota that provided inspiration. Also on the panel will be Joseph Marshall III, a screenwriter, author, actor and educator who wrote The Lakota Way. And who better to host a panel on influential books than Nancy Pearl, librarian extraordinaire and author of Book Lust and More Book Lust, a series that celebrates the art of the written word? “In some ways, in most ways, reading is all that I do,” Pearl once said in an interview. “And it has brought me a more satisfying life than I could have imagined.”
Places, in particular home, can influence writers. South Dakota authors presenting in the fiction track include 2005 One Book South Dakota author Kent Meyers of Spearfish, who wrote The Work of Wolves, a book set in the Badlands. On Sunday morning, a panel comprised of Meyers, a religion scholar and a minister will discuss “Perspectives on Gilead,” the 2006 One Book South Dakota selection. Author Marilynne Robinson will join the panelists in a question and answer session. Mystery writer Nancy Steedle of Sioux Falls is author of the novel Bitter Batter, as well as poems and short stories. Lori Armstrong of Rapid City, a fourth-generation South Dakotan, also writes mystery novels. Her book, Blood Ties, is set in the Black Hills. Minnesota author Faith Sullivan brings another Midwest theme to the festival in her novel, Gardenias, a continuation of her earlier work, Cape Ann. She writes of a Minnesota woman who leaves her husband after he gambled away the money she saved for a house. Finally, emotion and past experiences provide a basis for some fiction writing. Jessica Barksdale Inclán writes romance novels that are printed in foreign languages; she will present, as will short story writer and novelist Susan Power, who relies on her creativity and Native heritage in her work. Dean Bakopoulos is the son of immigrants, who critics say has captivated the dark side of the working class dream in his book Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon.
OUR CREATIVITY
Our Creativity:A tribute to Writers’ Support.
Pointers to Become Published Writers’Support track offers advice and inspiration
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alented writers abound in South Dakota, though they are many miles from major publishers, agents and other services needed to place prose into print. At the Festival, these services will come to the aspiring authors in the track titled “Our Creativity: Writers’ Support.” The path to publishing will be made straighter by advice from a panel that includes a publisher, John Glusman; an agent, Manie Barron, and those handling promotion and publicity — Michelle Blankenship from Harcourt and Emily Cook from Milkweed Editions. Glusman was executive editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and currently is vice president and executive editor of Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group at Random House. Barron has worked in the publishing industry for over 15 years and has seen all aspects of it. He now owns his own literary agency in New York City. Blankenship directs publicity efforts at Harcourt in New York, and Cook manages the public relations for Milkweed Editions, a nonprofit publisher based in Minneapolis. Often the best promotion is self-promotion. Hillary Carlip, author of the fresh and funny memoir, Queen of the Oddballs, has achieved acclaim in web design, business, writing and performing. Her first book, Girl Power, complements her volunteer work for abused and “at-risk” teenage girls, and gained for her an appearance on Oprah. Carlip is also the founder, editor and host of FRESH YARN (www.freshyarn.com), a website that allows authors to share personal essays. Every three weeks, FRESH YARN
presents six new essays collected through an open submission process. The mission of the site is to “elevate the art form of the personal essay and to promote the voices currently kicking it into higher gear.” Aspiring authors also can learn how to gain monetary assistance at a workshop that will be conducted at Friday noon by the Archibald Bush Foundation. The Foundation, which awards grants on a competitive basis to applicants in Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota, generously funds fellowships to literary artists, scriptwriters, film and video makers and composers. Authors who choose to write about specific topics will enjoy presentations by Jane Jewell, president of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers, and Rob Fleder, editor at Sports Illustrated. Fleder, who edited such books as The Football Book and Great Baseball Writing, will make sure strong emphasis will be placed on editing. (Of note, Fleder is about to complete a non-sports book that compiles non-fiction writings by Pete Dexter.) Marilyn Johnson, former magazine editor, and children’s book writer Peg Kehret, who had polio as a child, will talk of their “writing journeys” and how they overcame obstacles. Along with those presenting in the writers’support track, a number of publishers and printers will be set up in exhibitors’ hall at the Festival. The “Our Creativity” track has proven to be inspirational and has led to books getting published in the past. So, emerging authors—do not hesitate any longer.
Have an idea for a book? Publishing experts are willing to discuss and review book ideas on Saturday. The informal reviews will take place in the Atrium Area in the NW corner on the first floor of the Holiday Inn. General Publishing, John Glusman, Michelle Blankenship, Emily Cook, Manie Barron, 11 am – 12:45 p.m. Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Jane Jewell, 3 – 3:45 p.m. Sports Writing, Rob Fleder, 4 – 4:45 p.m.
Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl started the “One Book, One Community” phenomenon. Now, there are programs across the country based on that concept. In South Dakota, we have The Big Read and “One Book South Dakota.” Get ideas for community and book club selections from Nancy Pearl, author Faith Sullivan, who has been in a book club for years, and Emily Cook, the publicity manager at Milkweed Editions, and a consultant for The Big Read. SEPTEMBER 2006 • 29
OUR CULTURE
Our Culture:A tribute to History and Tribal Writing.
LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW Learn how our culture has evolved from the perspectives of tribal writers and historians
Joseph Marshall III, dressed for his role on Turner Network Television’s (TNT) original series “Into the West” from Executive Producer Steven Spielberg.
His mother brought him forth in the place that symbolized the Lakota world, the place called the heart of all things, the Black Hills. Not new to the pain of giving birth, she silently endured it with the gentle help of She Who Takes the Babies, the midwife, an old woman whose hands were the first guidance, the first welcome felt by many newborns. Other women were in attendance in the tipi pitched slightly apart from the small encampment, a circle of knowledge and support watching the tiny head with coal black hair emerge into a Lakota world. Later they clucked and cooed and exchanged smiles of satisfaction as he opened his eyes, so deep brown they appeared black. From The Journey Of Crazy Horse By Joseph M. Marshall
Co-author Marilyn Kratz and Stan Ray explain WNAX radio’s influence over its fivestate coverage area. 30 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
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istory is filled with moments. Some positive, some negative, but all worth remembering and discussing. Reflecting on his personal history, author Joseph Marshall III says his family didn’t have television when he was a child. “We listened to WNAX at 6 o’clock every day for the news, and then we’d turn the radio off, not wanting to wear down the battery.” Not distracted by electronic media, Marshall grew up listening to stories told by his grandparents. “My father’s side is Oglala, in Pine Ridge, and mother’s side is Sicangu, or Rosebud,” he says. Stories handed down in the oral tradition provided the content for his book, Crazy Horse: A Lakota History, and for his newest book, The Art of Perseverance. Highlighting the “Our Culture: History & Tribal Writing” track will be a panel discussing This Stretch of the River, a book initiated by the Oak Lake Writers’ Society, a group that meets annually to retreat and write. The book details the Native American response to the bicentennial observances of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which has been described as “a harbinger of dramatic changes for the peoples, places, plants and animals” along the Missouri. Among those who will present are co-editor Craig Howe and contributors Gabrielle Wynde Tateyuskanskan and Lydia Whirlwind Soldier. South Dakota history will be remembered with David Laskin, author
of The Children’s Blizzard. Calamity Jane has achieved international attention due to a hit television show Deadwood. Mitchell author James McLaird will detail her life. South Dakota’s flagship radio station, WNAX out of Yankton, was written about by Marilyn Kratz and Stan Ray. Tragedy dots places in history. Unforgettable occurrences were recorded by Jerome Greene regarding the displacement caused by the Ft. Randall Dam. Kent Nerburn will discuss the tragic march of Chief Joseph and 800 Nez Perce from their homelands. John Glusman also wrote about tragedy and the human spirit in Conduct Under Fire. He will present on the effects of war with David Callahan, a political expert, and Edward Humes, who wrote about the GI Bill. The dark bargain our country’s founders made through the lens of slavery will be discussed by Lawrence Goldstone and Joseph Marshall III. Delphine Red Shirt will discuss her family history that she wrote about in Turtle Lung Woman’s Granddaughter. History also is filled with lighter moments—specifically those times kicking back with friends and sipping a beer. Maureen Ogle will discuss the history of American beer during the Festival and at a special event on Thursday, Sept. 21 at Mad Rock Pub. Learn about the past and make memories of your own during the “Our Culture” activities.