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won the American Book Award and was short-listed for the National Book Award, was chosen for her new novel,Cow Boy Is Not a Cowboyprogram, which seeks to spotlight books and their authors representing literary heritage from all over the United States. The National Book Festival has been one of the most prominent literary events in the nation since its inception in 2001.
Josephine Jones, director of programs for Colorado Humanities, guesses that this inclusivity will become the new status quo for the NBF. “The Library [of Congress] doesn’t move in a direction it doesn’t intend to maintain, because it’s so gigantic. We’re lucky that here in Colorado we have a vibrant and active Center for the Book,” Jones says.
According to Jones and Center for the Book programs coordinator Mary Hickey, choosing a kids' lit book for the NBF is relatively simple for Colorado. Given the intense vetting process and already-in-place judging system for the Colorado Book Awards, it's historically been a work by the winner of that event's children's section.
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