Congratulations, Fellow Bloomers!
The 2010 Amelia Bloomer List has been up since Tuesday! The Amelia Bloomer Project, as I blogged in September when I was nominated, is part of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association, and being on their annual list is an honor MARE’S WAR shares with some awesome people. This honor has a special place of pride for me, as an MFA alum of Mills College, which is the oldest women’s college west of the Rockies.
I’d like to especially congratulate Laurie Halse Anderson for WINTERGIRLS, Marilyn Nelson for SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHM, John Scalzi for ZOE’S TALE and Sherri L. Smith for FLYGIRL. (Big WOOT for my friend Sherri!)
We’re hoping to interview Gentleman Scalzi for our next series of Blog Blast Tours, and you don’t want to miss Wonderland’s interview with our Sherri. FLYGIRL, by Sherri L. Smith is a truly intense, insightful book about the American struggle with race and identity as wrapped up in the story of a fair-skinned African American girl who was light enough to “pass,” and joined the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). The book simply deserves to be read and honored by thoughtful people, so pick it up.
Amelia Bloomer, Mare and all the other girls who brave the bloomers salute you!
I love the idea of this project! I'll have to check it out. It must be a great list since it's for a great purpose and Mare's war and Flygirl are on there 🙂
Congrats on being featured in the NYT, that's so exciting and sweet of them to get an ad =D
As a fellow graduate of a woman's college, I salute your placement on the list! Congrats again.
Again, this is SO, so cool! I'm really happy to see Mare's War and Flygirl both on the list, because they complement each other very well, but to be on there with Zoe's Tale is super awesome, too. Truly excellent!!