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| Professor Dorianne Laux |
At the 20th Annual Oregon Book Awards ceremony December 1, University of Oregon creative writing professor, Dorianne Laux received The Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry for her collection of poetry called Facts About the Moon. Judge Ai praised Laux’s work, calling it “enchanting poems that make one feel the ‘lunar strength and brutal pull’ of love that exists in spite of our human frailty.”
The event, which took place at the Portland Art Museum, celebrated the state’s finest authors and nearly 500 people attended. Barry Lopez, who attended the UO in the late 1960s, served as master of ceremonies.
Brian Booth (’58 Economics) and Gwyneth Gamble Booth were honored as founders of the Oregon Book Awards and they awarded Ursula K. Le Guin with the C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award for her contributions to Oregon literature.
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