2006 festival of books guide

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7 Our Rhythms:A Tribute to Poetry.Rhymes. Rhythm. Art. Poetry is not just classic Longfellowanymore. Explore the new role of poetry in today’s society with2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Ted Kooser, Marilyn Chin, S.D. Po-et Laureate David Allan Evans, local favorites Bill Holm andFreya Manfred and other poets. Sponsored by Sioux Falls AreaCommunity Foundation.

8 Our World:A Tribute to Non-Fiction.Books mimic life. Life is non-fiction. Real world topics, in-cluding family values, politics, simple pleasures, farming,book choices and death will be discussed with NPR correspon-dent Juan Williams, USA Today columnist Craig Wilson, busi-ness journalist Samuel Fromartz and South Dakota authorDave Ode. Sponsored by South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

9 Our Youth:A Tribute to Children’s Literature.Here, there, everywhere, when it comes to things for kids tosee and do at the festival, there is much to choose from. Pre-senting authors include South Dakota Prairie Pasque winnersPeg Kehret and Joseph Bruchac and Prairie Bud winning il-lustrator Harry Bliss, Rapid City illustrator Don Montileauxand children’s history book authors Jennifer Armstrong, AnnBausman 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 au-thors including 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robin-son, bestselling author J.A. Jance, National Book Award win-ner Pete Dexter as well as additional mystery and place-basedfiction writers. Sponsored by Messengers of Healing WindsFoundation.

29 Our Creativity:A Tribute to Writers’ Support.Learn how to make the statement “I have always wanted towrite a book” a reality. Some of the best in the writing indus-try will speak and offer critiques of your ideas. Sports Illus-trated editor Rob Fleder, promotion and media expert HillaryCarlip, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers Association Director JaneJewell and publishing reps and an agent will be on-hand toanswer questions about breaking into the writing world. Spon-sored 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 understandwhere we have been. Learn about history and tribal writingwith Joseph Marshall III, Edward Humes, David Laskin,Maureen Ogle, members of the Oak Lake Writers’ Societyand many other presenters. Sponsored by Wells Fargo.

CONTENTS

Welcome 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!

5 Mayors Welcome5 Advertising Listing10-23 Presenters

24 Exhibitors25 Map of Downtown 26 Schedule of Events

Cover by: Jen Pfeiffer.

Rich Murphy

THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LIBRARY

& YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

invite you to enjoy the South Dakota Festival of Books.

Please visit our booth!

Your library is a goldmine of books, magazines, movies, cds and

other great stuff. Ask a librarian for homework help, use the

24/7 online services, check out the available reading clubs and story hours, or

simply enjoy some time with your favorite book. Your library has something for

every age and interest. Pick up your own library card today.

For More Information contact 1-800-423-6665


For more information visit http://sdhc.sdstate.org or contact the S.D. Humani-ties Council at 605/688-6113 or [email protected]. Time and presenterslisted are subject to change. Changes will be announced on the festival website.

Barnes & Noble ............................10

Book Shop (The) ..........................16

Center for Western Studies...........24

ChrisLands.com ...........................24

CK West Media .............................31

Dakota Wesleyan University ..........6

Dear Mom .....................................12

Discovery Journal.........................16

Harcourt........................................19

Harper Collins ..............................14

Kilian Community College ..........13

Last Moon Dancing ......................18

Milkweed Editions .......................20

Mount Marty College ...................18

Outdoor Campus ..........................10

Picador ..........................................22

Pine Hill Press ..............................20

Prairie Pages Bookseller ..............12

Schaaps RV Traveland ..................21

SD State Historical Society Press ..2

SD State Library .............................4

South Dakotans for the Arts .........23

University of Nebraska Press .........5

University of Oklahoma Press .....11

University of Sioux Falls..............15

University of South Dakota..........17

Zandbroz Variety ..........................23

ADVERTISING LISTING

Greetings from the Mayor!Welcome…The City of Sioux Falls is delighted to hostthis unique literary event, the South DakotaFestival of Books. We would like to thank theSouth Dakota Humanities Council, home ofthe South Dakota Center for the Book, and allof the organizations and individuals whohelped bring this fascinating event to SouthDakota.

We are eager to welcome over 60 festival pre-senters to our community and provide an op-

portunity for scores of readers to meet their favorite writers. The two-and-a-half day festival, held in downtown Sioux Falls, is sure to appeal to a widerange of interests and ages, from children’s activities to authors present-ing their works on history, tribal writing, nonfiction, fiction and poetry tostorytelling, a discussion on family values, and a jazz concert. Anyone andeveryone will find something to their liking.

The Festival of Books is a wonderful opportunity for people of all ages toembrace and celebrate the joy and vital importance of reading and writing.South Dakota is a diverse state, with varied interests, and we are pleasedto bring an equally wide range of diverse presenters together for the FourthAnnual South Dakota Festival of Books and celebrate the written word!

Sincerely,

Dave MunsonMayor

Mayor Dave Munson


OUR RHYTHMS

Ted Kooser welcomes hissolitude after serving as Na-tional Poet Laureate for two

years. “In the last 20 months I’vemade 200 appearances and givenmore than 100 inter-views,” he said short-ly before ending hissecond year as poetlaureate.

Author of thePulitzer Prize-win-ning Delights andShadows, Kooser hasreturned to his homenear Lincoln, Neb. Apresidential profes-sor at the University of Nebraska,Kooser looks forward to returningto his writing and taking up a newmeans of artistic expression —painting.

Fortunately, Kooser will inter-rupt his solitude to headline the“Our Rhythms: Poetry Track” atthe Festival of Books. He will givea reading, and other noted poetswill respond through the theme“Celebrating Local Wonders.”Panelists include Minnesotan BillHolm, South Dakota college pro-fessors Lee Ann Roripaugh andPatrick Hicks, and Asian Ameri-can poet Marilyn Chin, who hasbeen featured on Bill Moyers’PBSseries, “The Language of Life.”

Kooser will join South DakotaPoet Laureate David Allan Evans,a Sioux City-born poet living inSioux Falls. Evans has been heav-ily influenced by the poets in Chi-na, where he taught for two yearsas a Fulbright Scholar, and inJapan. Many of Evans’ poems,

short stories and essays havesports themes that draw from hiscollege years at Morningside Col-lege where he earned a footballscholarship.

Like Evans, Holm,who now lives in Min-neapolis, taught in Chi-na. But he also is influ-enced by his austereIcelandic ancestors,stories of whom can beread in his book, TheHeart Can Be FilledAnywhere on Earth.Holm will join other re-gional poets at the fes-

tival, including M.J. McMillan ofMurdo, who recently released Po-ems for the Common Man, VolumeII; Nebraska-born Jim Reese, whoalso is a photographer and co-founder of Logan House Press;Wisconsin resident Freya Man-fred, a poet and novelist withstrong Midwestern roots; andDennis Sampson, a Pierre nativenow serving as a professor atWake Forest University.

The poetry track will include apoetry slam as an affiliated eventat Taste of South Dakota in NelsonPark located at East 10th Streetand Cliff Avenue from 2 – 4 p.m.on Saturday. Poetry slams, thecompetitive art of performancepoetry emphasizing the works andthe way poetry is presented, is be-coming more and more popular,with slams taking place at SiouxFalls’Horse Barn Arts Center andat colleges throughout the stateand country.

Our Rhythms:A Tribute to Poetry.

WORD ARTAwaken your emotions with an array of poetry and discussions

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.

Breakfast withTed KooserStart the day out right… breakfast with fellow book lovers.The public is invited to a continentalbreakfast on Saturday,Sept.23 from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.with Ted Kooser. TheAugustana College Library Associatesare hosting the event at the MikkelsenLibrary on the Augustana campus.Theevent is free and open to the public.Formore information,please contact the li-brary at 605-274-4921.The library is lo-cated on Summit Avenue,between 29thand 31st Streets.

Graduate Credit forS.D.Teachers

Contact Sioux Reading Council PresidentVal Van Horssen at [email protected],[email protected] or 605-274-1917 forinfo on how to earn graduate credits by attending the festival.

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If variety is the spice of life, expectmore than just salt and pepperwhen attending “Our World: A

Tribute to Non-Fiction” events at theFestival. Many topics of everyday dis-cussion will be highlighted, includingfood, sports, death and farming.

Look for rousing discussions on ourcountry’s social condi-tion on a panel about to-day’s values hosted byNational Public Radiosenior correspondentJuan Williams. Williams,who also is a political an-alyst for Fox News, haswritten about black lead-ers and the civil rightsmovement, and he led ateam of journalists tocompile interviews forthe book My Soul LooksBack in Wonder: Voices of the CivilRights 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 aboutthe GI Bill and the American dream.Bausum writes young adult historybooks, including a prize-winning pieceabout women’s right to vote and civilrights. Power will speak of her upbring-ing as a Lakota in Chicago.

A panel on life’s simple pleasureswill conclude the Festival on Septem-ber 24. Hosting the panel will be USAToday columnist Craig Wilson. Alsopresenting will be Brookings, S.D. au-thor V.J. Smith, University of St.Thomas professor Mary Rose O’Reil-ley and Minnesota author Kent Ner-burn. All have written books about ap-preciating the everyday occurrencesthat are often taken for granted.

Marilyn Johnson, a Barnes & Noble

Discover Writer, South Dakota authorDee Dee Raap and poet Dennis Samp-son will join on a panel discussingdeath. Both Raap and Sampson wrotebooks about losing a parent. Johnson,who has written celebrity obits for thelikes of Johnny Cash and Princess Di-ana, is the author of The Dead Beat, a

book that brings to lifethe overlooked art ofobituary writing.

Samuel Fromartz, abusiness journalist, re-cently wrote a bookabout the organic foodboom in America enti-tled Organic, Inc. DavidOde, who works forSouth Dakota Game,Fish and Parks, has abook on Dakota florapublished by the South

Dakota State Historical Society Press. Sports enthusiasts will enjoy hear-

ing from Sports Illustrated ExecutiveEditor Rob Fleder. John Egan, a formeremployee for the Sioux Falls ArgusLeader, wrote a book about a local kidwho went on to play professional bas-ketball. South Dakota Poet LaureateDavid Allan Evans, who bases some ofhis poems on athletics, and JoeBruchac, who recently wrote a book onJim Thorpe, also will be on this panel.

And back by popular demand isbook appraiser Richard Austin, a fre-quent guest on PBS’ series, AntiquesRoadshow. Austin will team up withLawrence and Nancy Goldstone topresent on used and rare books. Austinalso will appraise books brought in bythe public from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. onSaturday.

With the diversity that this track ofactivities presents, Festival-goers aresure to find something of interest.

OUR WORLDOur World:A Tribute to Non-Fiction.

EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINKNon-fiction track to feature wide variety of presenters

Juan Williams’ book Enoughwill be released this August

from Crown Publishing.Williams will present on

Saturday at 9 a.m.

Craig Wilson, columnist for USA Today will host a

Sunday morning panel thatreflects on life’s simple

pleasures. Kent Nerburn,Mary Rose O’Reilley and V.J.

Smith will join.

FESTIVAL GUIDELINESPlease abide by the following guide-lines to make this event enjoyable forall involved. No soliciting or distribu-tion of flyers, literature, etc., of any kindat any festival venue without prior con-sent. No videotaping or tape record-ing. Turn cell phones and pagers offduring presentations. The S.D. Festivalof Books, its sponsors or venues, arenot responsible for lost or stolen items.


OUR YOUTHOur Youth:A tribute to Children’s Literature.

Kids Creation StationsThe Minnesota Center forBook Arts will offer creationstations on September 23 at thelibrary.

There will be two drop-in ac-tivities that will run 9:30 a.m.to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.Kids can create a MeanderWorm Book connected to Har-ry Bliss’book Diary of a Worm.The book will literally meanderin two directions, or it can befolded or stretched out like aworm. With assistance, kidscan also make a special Festi-val postcard with a platen press.

Pre-registration will be re-quired for the following bookarts classes. Please call theSiouxland Library Children’sDivision at 605-367-8710 toensure a spot in the class. Allactivities are free; however,space is limited.

Japanese Stab Binding, 9:30 –11 a.m., Ages 8 and up — Create a soft-cover journal withdecorative sewing in the bind-ing.

8-Page Accordion, 1-2:30 p.m.,Ages 6 and up — Make a clas-sic, versatile 8-section bookwith soft covers.

Landscape Tunnel Book, 3-4:30 p.m., Ages 8 and up —Kids create a 3D scene withina window.

Of Childhood Experiences and DreamsA debilitating ailment can inspire children’s books

See the Winners at the FestivalChildren’s book awards sponsored by the S.D. Library Association

To earn the right to vote, children read five books from a nominated list, selectedby a panel of educators and librarians who choose books for their quality and poten-tial 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.

How much influence can childhoodexperiences and dreams have on theauthors of children’s books? Quite

a bit if you are Peg Kehret, who writesbooks for young adults about people fac-ing adversity. A young boy mysteriouslydisappears in Abduction;leading characters in Dangerat the Fair are trapped by athief, and in Earthquake Ter-ror two youth on an island arethreatened by a flood.

Kehret faced her own ad-versity when she was 12 yearsold: a bout with polio that par-alyzed her from the neckdown. Kehret wrote her owntrue story in Small Steps: TheYear I Got Polio. Her bookSpy Cat was selected by SouthDakota fourth to sixth graders for thePrairie Pasque Award in 2006.

Jennifer Armstrong, a prolific author ofbooks for children and teenagers, drawsmuch of her inspiration from American his-tory, as evidenced in The American Story,a treasury that tells the story of our coun-try through 100 true tales.

Jean Patrick of Mitchell did not have adebilitating ailment but did have twodreams when she was only eight. She want-ed to play for the Chicago Cubs and writefor children. Only one dream came true, butthe other, playing baseball, prompted herto write The Girl Who Struck Out BabeRuth, 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 artistfor The New Yorker, illustrated the Diary ofa Worm by Noreen Cronin. The book wasselected for the 2006 Prairie Bud Award.

Bliss will present a slide pres-entation on cartooning and il-lustrating children’s books.

Rapid City illustrator Don-ald Montileaux is inspired byhis Lakota heritage. He usesvivid colors to illustrate cov-ers for books and more re-cently the pages of the book-Tatanka and the Lakota Peo-ple, A Creation Story.

Some authors are inspiredby their children. Photos tak-en by Greg Latza were the in-

spiration for books by his wife Jodi—Rhyming on Rushmore: From A-Z andSouth Dakota: An Alphabetical Scrapbook.

Other participants in the track titled “OurYouth: Children and Young Adult Litera-ture” will be Michael Spradlin, who wrotethe Spy Goddess series, with an upcomingnew release this fall. Ann Bausum, authorof several National Geographic books, re-cently released The Freedom Riders. JoeBruchac, winner of the 2004 Prairie Pasqueaward for Skeleton Man will thrill youngreaders with a talk about The Return ofSkeleton Man. He has also written a new bi-ography of the athlete Jim Thorpe.


JENNIFER ARMSTRONGJennifer Armstrong is the author ofmore than 60 books for children andteens. Most of her work uses Amer-

ican history as its inspiration.Her work hasgarnered numer-ous awards fromthe American Li-brary Associa-tion, the Nation-al Council of

Teachers of English, the InternationalReading Association, as well as starredreviews in major trade journals. No-table titles from Jennifer’s bookshelfinclude Shipwreck at the Bottom of theWorld, Chin Yu Min and the GingerCat, Black-Eyed Susan, The Snowball,Magnus at the Fire, and Photo byBrady: 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 bookwriting. The Rapid City resident is

the author oftwo mysterybooks, BloodTies and Hal-lowed Ground,to be released in November2006. Her crimefiction storieshave appearedin the Who Diedin Here? anthol-

ogy and in the upcoming CountryCrimes, City Crimes anthology. Arm-strong is a member of Mystery Writersof America, Romance Writers of Amer-ica, Short Mystery Fiction Society andthe Black Hills Writers Group. (Sat. 11a.m., Burgundy’s).

RICHARD AUSTIN Richard Austin appraises, catalogues

and sells books and manuscripts pub-lished from the 15th to the 20th cen-turies. He was a specialist in books andmanuscripts for Butterfield and Butter-field in San Francisco and vice presidentand department head in books and man-

uscripts at Christie’s New York. Austinhas managed the sale of such varieditems as Neal Armstrong’s space suit toa pair of George Washington’s pistols.He currently is an independent book-seller, consultant and appraiser. (Sat. 9a.m., Orpheum Theater; 11 a.m., BoardRoom).

DEAN BAKOPOULOS Dean Bakopoulos recently released

his first novel, Please Don’t Come Backfrom the Moon. The book was featured

on NPR’s Morn-ing Edition asone of SusanStamberg’s 2006summer readingselections. Anemerging au-thor, he wasnamed “one offictions new lu-minaries” byVirginia Quar-

terly Review in 2004. He is the executivedirector of the Wisconsin HumanitiesCouncil and will release his second nov-el, Harmony in 2007. (Sat. 4 p.m., Bur-gundy’s).

MANIE BARRONManie Barron has been in the world ofbooks for over 15 years, and has seenit from all sides. He spent over sevenyears at Random House; starting as atelephone sales rep, and eventually be-coming an associate editor. He was thefirst African American literary agentin the history of the William MorrisAgency, where his clients includedReverend Al Sharpton. Barron nowhas his own literary agency, The Men-za-Barron Agency, with Claudia Men-za. He lives in Harlem. (Sat. 9 a.m.,Embassy I; Sat. 11 a.m., Atrium Area).

ANN BAUSUM Ann Bausum writes American histo-

ry books for children. She has wanted tobe an author since she was little, writingher first book at age 10. After workingin marketing, she turned to writing fulltime, publishing her first book, DragonEggs and Dinosaur Bones in 2000. Shehas also written Our Country’s Presi-

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dents and WithCourage andCloth: Winningthe Fight for aWoman’s Right toVote, which wona Jane AddamsChildren’s BookAward and recog-

nition from the American Library Asso-ciation. Her latest book is Freedom Rid-ers: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on theFront Lines of the Civil Rights Move-ment. (Fri. 6 p.m., Multi-Cultural Cen-ter; Sat. 9 a.m., Siouxland Library).

MICHELLE BLANKENSHIP Michelle Blankenship is the publici-

ty manager at Harcourt. She worked on publicity for Kent Meyers 2004 bookThe Work of Wolves among others. (Sat.9 a.m., Embassy I; Sat. 11 a.m., AtriumArea).

HARRY BLISS Harry Bliss is a cartoonist and coverartist for The New Yorker magazine.Prior to his cartoons and covers for themagazine, Bliss illustrated dozens ofbook covers for writers, such asLawrence Block, Bob Dole and FionaBuckley. Bliss’ first children’s book,A Fine, Fine School by Newbery-award winning author, Sharon Creech,was a New York Times bestseller. Blisswent on to illustrate six more chil-dren’s books, including Diary of aWorm and Diary of a Spider by DoreenCronin, both New York Times best-sellers. Bliss lives in South Burling-ton, Vermont. (Sat. 11 a.m., OrpheumTheater).

JOSEPH BRUCHAC Joseph Bruchac lives in the Adiron-

dack mountain foothills town of Green-field Center, N.Y. Much of his writingdraws on that land and his Abenaki an-cestry. His poems, articles and storieshave appeared in more than 500 publi-cations. He has authored more than 70books for adults and children. His hon-ors include the Lifetime AchievementAward from the Native Writers Circleof the Americas. In 2006 alone, Bruchachas or will release nine titles, including

Jim Thorpe, Original All American andThe Return of Skeleton Man, a sequel tohis SD Prairie Pasque award-winningbook. (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 frequentlywrites for the New York Times, the Wash-ington 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 Oth-er True Stories from a Life Unaccordingto Plan, came out in April 2006. Theaward-winning author of Girl Power:Young Women Speak Out, Carlip has

brought the voic-es of teenagegirls to the main-stream. She is thecreator, editorand host of theliterary websiteFRESH YARN:The Online Sa-lon for PersonalEssays, a site that

receives over six million hits a year. Ascreenwriter and a visual artist, she hasdesigned and produced websites forstars (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 Emp-ty. She co-directsthe Master of FineArts program atSan Diego StateUniversity. Herpoetry has ap-peared in TheIowa Review, TheKenyon Review

and Ploughshares. She majored in an-12 • SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOKS

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cient Chinese Literature at the Univer-sity of Massachusetts and received herMFA in Poetry from the Iowa Work-shop. Chin was born in Hong Kong andraised in Oregon. She considers SanFrancisco her home and San Diego hermost recent exile. (Fri. 8 p.m., Or-pheum Theater; Sat. 2 p.m., EmbassyII).

PETE DEXTER After working as a journalist for 15

years, Pete Dexter turned to book writ-ing at age 40. He is the author of ParisTrout, which won the 1988 NationalBook Award. In 2007 HarperCollinswill release a collection of non-fictionpieces entitled Paper Trails: True Sto-ries of Confusion, Mindless Violence,and Forbidden Desires, A SurprisingNumber of Which are Not About Mar-riage. Dexter attended college at theUniversity of South Dakota and nowlives in Washington. (Sat. 3 p.m., Bur-gundy’s; 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater).

JOHN EGAN Few South Dakota sportswriters

have won more awards than JohnEgan. During his 34-year career at theSioux Falls Argus Leader, Egan tooksportswriter-of-the-year honors eighttimes. He is the author of two books,Drop Him Till He Dies and a Septem-ber 2006 release, Vern Mikkelson:The Original Power Forward. Eganwas inducted to the South DakotaHall of Fame in 2003. (Sat. 9 a.m.,Starlite).

DAVID ALLAN EVANS David Allan Evans, poet laureate of

South Dakota, has written six books ofpoetry and three books of essays. He is

published in TheNorton Book ofSports and In Mo-tion: AmericanSports Poems. Hehas been a profes-sor of English atSouth DakotaState Universitysince 1968, and as

Writer in Residence since 1997. Evanshas received grants from the National

Endowment for the Arts and the BushFoundation, and two Fulbright Schol-arships to study and teach in China.(Sat. 9 a.m., Starlite; 4 p.m., EmbassyII).

DONNA FENN Donna Fenn is the author of Alpha

Dogs: How Your Small Business CanBecome a Leader of the Pack. A con-tributing editor at Inc. magazine, Fennhas over 20 years experience writingabout entrepreneurship and small busi-ness trends. Her work has appeared inThe New York Times, Newsweek, TheWashington Monthly, Working Woman,Working Mother, Parents, and NewEngland Monthly. (Fri. 7:30 a.m., Star-lite).

ROB FLEDER Rob Fleder has been an editor at

Sports Illustrated for two decades. Hismost recent book is Sports Illustrated:The Football Book. He edited the NewYork Times 2004 bestseller, Sports Il-lustrated 50 Years: The AnniversaryBook. He also edited Sports Illustrat-


ed: Fifty Years of Great Writing 1954-2004. He recently f inished editing acollection of Pete Dexter’s non-fictionworks that will be released in 2007.(Sat. 9 a.m., Starlite; 3 p.m., EmbassyI; 4 p.m., Atrium Area).

SAMUEL FROMARTZ Samuel Fromartz is the author of

Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and HowThey Grew. He sold his stock in WholeFoods in 2002 and then reported thestory behind the surprising success of the $11-billion organic food indus-try. He is a business journalist whosework has appeared in Inc., Fortune, The New York Times and other publica-tions. A recreational cook, Fromartzlives in Washington, DC. (Sat. 11 a.m.,Ambassador).

JOHN GLUSMAN John Glusman is the vice president

and executive editor of HarmonyBooks, an imprint of the Crown Pub-

lishing Groupat RandomHouse. He al-so teaches inthe graduatewriting pro-gram at Co-lumbia Uni-versity. He isthe former ed-itor-in-chief atFarrar, Strauss

and Giroux Publishers and is the authorof Conduct Under Fire. (Sat. 9 a.m.,Embassy I; 11 a.m., Atrium Area; 2p.m., Orpheum Theater).

LAWRENCE AND NANCY GOLDSTONE

Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone, ahusband and wife team, write booksabout books. They have written exten-sively about their book-collecting pur-suits. Among the titles about that top-ic are Friar & Cipher: The UnsolvedMystery of the Most Unusual Manu-script in the World and Out of theFlames, a Booksense 76 Selection.They have also written DeconstructingPenguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bondof Reading, a book about their parent-child book club. Lawrence Goldstone’smost recent book is Dark Bargain:Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle forthe Constitution. (Sat. 9 a.m., Orpheum

Theater; 1 p.m., Embassy III).

JEROME A. GREENE Jerome Greene, a historian and cu-

rator for the National Park Service, haswritten several books about American

West and mili-tary history. Hismost recentbooks includeFort Randall onthe Missouri,1856-1892 andYellowstoneCommand. Hehas won severalawards, includ-ing the Western

History Association’s Robert M. UtleyAward for the Best Book on the Mili-tary History of the American West.(Sat. 9 a.m., Embassy).

PATRICK HICKS Patrick Hicks, a native of Stillwater,

Minn., teaches at Augustana College inSioux Falls. He has taught in Spain andGermany, and his essays, poetry andfiction have appeared in more than 50international journals, including NewHibernia Review, Poet Lore, and SouthDakota Review. He has been nominat-ed for The Pushcart Prize and is the au-thor of Traveling Through History, Re-leasing the Draglines and a third bookdue out later in 2006. (Fri. 8 p.m., Or-pheum Theater; Sat. 1 p.m., EmbassyII).

BILL HOLM Bill Holm is the author of several

books of essays and poetry, includingPlaying the Black Piano, ComingHome Crazy, An Alphabet of China Es-says, The Heart Can Be Filled Any-where on Earth, and Box Elder BugVariations. A winner of the MinnesotaBook Award, Holm teaches at South-west State University in Marshall,Minn., and spends his summers in Ice-land. (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 teach-es at Oglala Lakota College. He hastaught Native studies courses in theU.S. and Canada, and authored articlesand book chapters. He co-edited the

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Dr.Stacey Brook Title:The Wages of Wins:Taking

Measure of the Many Myths in ModernSport.

Synopsis: Much of what peoplebelieve about sports is not true whenone looks at the very numbers sportsgenerate. Players, coaches,and mem-bers of the media often give commentssuch as “players who score like AllenIverson are basketball’s best players,”but when one does the numbers,theyare 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 signifi-cant eighteenth-century writers ap-propriated the form, techniques, andstrategies of Menippean satire,a modeof satire that emerged during the thirdcentury 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 aboutthe final judgment that appear in bothMatthew and Luke.

Dr.Kimlyn BenderTitle: Karl Barth’s Christological

EcclesiologySynopsis:Bender examines Barth’s

ecclesiological thought, from his earlytheological treatises to his massive un-finished dogmatics, in light of his inter-action with both Roman Catholicismand Protestant Liberalism. A specialemphasis is placed upon Barth’s ma-ture ecclesiology in the Church Dog-matics.

Congratulating our faculty authors

Oak Lake Writers’ Society book ThisStretch of the River, a collection of Na-tive American responses to the Lewisand Clark expedition and bicentennial.Howe was raised on his family’s cattleranch on the Pine Ridge Indian Reser-vation and is an enrolled member of theOglala Sioux Tribe. (Sat. 10 a.m., Em-bassy III).

EDWARD HUMES Edward Humes has written numerous

books, including School of Dreams, thebestselling Mississippi Mud and No

Matter How LoudI Shout, whichwon the PENCenter award fornon-fiction. InOctober 2006, hisbook Over Here:How the G.I. BillTransformed theAmerican Dreamwill be released.

He lives in Southern California. (Fri. 6p.m., Multi-Cultural Center; Sat. 10a.m., Ambassador; 2 p.m., OrpheumTheater).

JESSICA BARKSDALE INCLÁN Romance author Jessica Barksdale

Inclán’s debut novel Her Daughter’sEyes, published in 2001, was a nominee

for the YALSAAward for thebest books of2001, and bestpaperbacks for2001, and hasbeen published inDutch and Span-ish. She is the au-thor of The Mat-ter of Grace,

When You Go Away, One Small Thing,Walking With Her Daughter, and The In-stant When Everything is Perfect. Herlatest release is When You Believe. Sheteaches at Diablo Valley College inPleasant Hill, Calif. (Sat. 9 a.m., Bur-gundy’s).

J.A. JANCENew York Times bestselling author

J.A. Jance writes the Joanna Brady mys-

tery series. The newest installment,Dead Wrong was released in July 2006.Jance also is the author of the J.P. Beau-mont mystery series and of a book of po-etry entitled After the Fire. (Sat. 8 p.m.,Orpheum Theater).

JANE JEWELL Jane Jewell is the executive director

of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writ-ers of America. The SFWA is a 1500-member non-profit writers’ organiza-tion. The organization is known for theirannual Nebula Awards. (Sat. 2 p.m., Em-bassy I; 3 p.m., Atrium Area).

MARILYN JOHNSON Marilyn Johnson recently published

The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffsand the Perverse Pleasures of Obituar-

ies. She has been astaff writer for Life,and an editor at Es-quire, Redbook andOutside. Johnsonhas written obitu-aries for PrincessDiana, JacquelineOnassis, KatherineHepburn, JohnnyCash, Bob Hope

and Marlon Brando. (Fri. 11 a.m.,Barnes and Noble; Sat. 11 a.m., Em-bassy I; 1 p.m., Starlite; 5 p.m., Ambas-sador).

PEG KEHRET Peg Kehret has written many books

since debuting in 1985. She has wonseveral statewide young reader awards,including the 2006 Prairie PasqueAward, selected by 4th through 6th gradestudents in South Dakota, for Spy Cat.Kehret has also written Abduction, Es-caping the Giant Wave and The StrangerNext Door. (Sat. 11 a.m., Embassy I; 3p.m., Siouxland Library).

TED KOOSERIn August 2004, Ted Kooser was

named Poet Laureate of the UnitedStates. Born in Iowa, Kooser now livesnear Lincoln, Neb. While working in theinsurance industry, he wrote poems pub-lished in magazines. He eventuallyturned to writing and teaching poetry


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full time. His latest release is The Bliz-zard Voices, due out in September.Kooser has won awards for his poetry,including the Pulitzer Prize in 2005, twoNational Endowment for the Arts fel-lowships and the Pushcart Prize. (Fri.11 a.m., Barnes and Noble; 8 p.m., Or-pheum Theater; Sat. 7:30 a.m., Augus-tana College, Mikkelsen Library; 5p.m., Starlite).

MARILYN KRATZ AND STAN RAYMarilyn Kratz is a Yankton author

who recently released Images of Amer-ica: WNAX 570 Radio 1922-2007, aphoto essay book she co-wrote withStan Ray. Both live in Yankton and relyon the radio station for their everydaynews and entertainment. Ray is the sonof a WNAX engineer, and grew up inthe engineer’s quarters of the studio.The two completed the book in f ivemonths. (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 2005Washington State Book Award. Laskin

also wrote Parti-sans: Marriage,Politics, and Betray-al Among the NewYork Intellectualsand Braving the El-ements: The StormyHistory of AmericanWeather. His writing

has appeared in the New York Times, theWall Street Journal, Preservation, andSmithsonian. He lives in Seattle. (Sat.11 a.m., Starlite).

JODI LATZAJodi Latza is the author of the chil-

dren’s book South Dakota: An Alpha-betical Scrapbook. With her husband,photographer Greg Latza, they have

self-published books about SouthDakota. 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 inanthologies and reviews. She alsowrites screenplays, children’s storiesand novels, and teaches writing. Herbook, Frederick Manfred: A DaughterRemembers, was nominated for a Min-nesota Book Award and the BenjaminF. Shambaugh Award. She has authoredseveral books, including A GoldenrodWill Grow and My Only Home. (Sat. 11a.m., Embassy II; 1 p.m., Ambassador).

JOSEPH MARSHALL III Joseph Marshall III, a member of the

Rosebud Sioux Tribe, is the author ofsix books. His book The Lakota Way:Stories and Lessons for Living was a fi-nalist in the spiritual category for theprestigious Books for a Better LifeAward from the Multiple Sclerosis So-ciety, as well as a finalist in the creativenon-fiction category for the PEN Cen-ter USA award. His most recent work is


Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance.Marshall has also appeared in “The Re-al West,” a syndicated program on TheHistory Channel, and had a role in “Re-turn 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 in-famous Calamity Jane. His book,

Calamity Jane:The Life and TheLegend was re-leased in 2005.McLaird is theauthor of nu-merous articleson western his-tory and myth-making, focus-ing especially on

South Dakota and the Black Hills. (Sat.2 p.m., Embassy III).

M.J. MCMILLANM J McMillan is a South Dakota na-

tive who owns and operates a small cat-tle ranch. He has published two books:Poems for the Common Man and Poemsfor the Common Man, Volume 2. (Sat. 9am., Embassy II).

KENT MEYERSKent Meyers, an English professor

and writer-in-residence at Black HillsState University in Spearfish, writesboth fiction and non-fiction. His mostrecent novel, The Work of Wolves, won

the Mountainand PlainsBooksellersAward and Min-nesota BookAward, and waschosen as “OneBook SD” in2005. Meyers’other books areThe River War-

ren, 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).

DONALD MONTILEAUXDonald Montileaux is an artist and il-

lustrator. His illustrations are in Tatan-ka and the Lakota People: A CreationStory, a book due out this Septemberfrom the SD State Historical SocietyPress. He is an enrolled member of theOglala Lakota Tribe. (Sat. 2 p.m., Sioux-land Library).

KENT NERBURNKent Nerburn is an author, sculptor

and educator who has been deeply in-volved in Native American issues. Ner-

burn has workedon 15 books. Hisnewest book, outin June 2006 is TheHidden Beauty. In2005, he releasedChief Joseph & theFlight of the NezPerce. His bookNeither Wolf NorDog won a Min-

nesota Book Award in 1995. Nerburnholds a Ph.D. in both Theology and Art,and lives in northern Minnesota. (Sat. 1p.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. Shealso is the author of The Barn at the Endof the World and books about teaching,including The Garden at Night. Most re-cently, she won the Walt WhitmanAward from the Academy of AmericanPoets for her first book of poetry, HalfWild. A professor of English at the Uni-versity 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 andParks Division. He wrote Dakota Flo-ra: A Seasonal Sampler, released in June2006 from the South Dakota State His-torical Society Press. (Sat. 4 p.m., Am-bassador).

MAUREEN OGLE Maureen Ogle is a historian who re-

cently wrote the f irst-ever history ofAmerican beer, Ambitious Brew: The

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Story of American Beer. She also haswritten All the Modern Conveniencesand 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 au-

thor who lives near Mitchell. Her booksinclude Who Carved the Mountain: TheStory of Mount Rushmore, The Girl WhoStruck Out Babe Ruth, If I Had a Snow-plow, Dolley Madison and Cows, Cats,and Kids: A Veterinarian’s Family atWork. Patrick gives presentations atschools, libraries and conferences andsupports literacy issues. (Sat. 11 a.m.,Siouxland Library).

NANCY PEARL Readers can’t get enough of Nancy

Pearl’s recommendations. With the re-lease of Book Lust and More Book Lustand the Librarian Action Figure mod-eled in her likeness, Pearl has become arock star among readers and thetastemaker people turn to when decid-ing what to read next. In 1998, she de-veloped “If All of Seattle Read theSame Book.” In 2004, Pearl won theWomen’s National Book AssociationAward for her extraordinary contribu-tion to the world of books. (Sat. 4 p.m.,Embassy I; Sat. 8 p.m., Orpheum The-ater).

SUSAN POWER Susan Power is the author of

Roofwalker, winner of the 2002 Milk-weed National Fiction Prize, and The

Grass Dancer, winnerof the PEN/Heming-way Award. She is anenrolled member ofthe Standing RockSioux Tribe. Born inChicago, she earned aBA from HarvardCollege, a JD fromHarvard Law School,

and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’Workshop. Her fiction has appeared inAtlantic Monthly and Paris Review. Sheteaches at Hamline University. (Fri. 6p.m., Multi-Cultural Center; Sat. 2 p.m.,Burgundy’s).

DEE DEE RAAP Dee Dee Raap began her journey as a

published author, motivational speakerand business consultant after 13 yearsof working in media, travel, banking andmarketing. Raap was the director ofsales and marketing for South DakotaTourism. Raap’s book is entitled DearMom: Remembering, Celebrating, andHealing. (Sat. 1 p.m., Starlite).

DELPHINE RED SHIRT Delphine Red Shirt authored Bead on

an Anthill and Turtle Lung WomansGranddaughter, which was nominated

for two bookawards. RedShirt, an OglalaLakota, was amember of theU.S. MarineCorps andserved as thechairperson ofa United Na-tions Non-Gov-

ernmental Organizations Committee.She is a freelance writer and syndicatedcolumnist for Indian Country Today andthe Lakota Journal. (Sat. 4 p.m., Em-bassy III).

JIM REESE Jim Reese is a photographer and as-

sistant professor of English at MountMarty College in Yankton, where he coordinates The Plains Writers Tour. Heis co-founder of Logan House Press.Reese’s poetry and prose have appearedin New York Quarterly, Nebraska Lifeand South Dakota Review. He authoredWedding Cake and Funeral Ham andThe Jive. His most recent collection ofpoetry is These Trespasses, which con-tains Pushcart Prize nominated poems.(Sat. 9 a.m., Embassy II).

MARILYNNE ROBINSON Marilynne Robinson is the author of

the 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning novelGilead. The book has been selected asthe 2006 “One Book SD.” Gilead isRobinson’s second novel. In the early1980s she published Housekeeping,which won a PEN/Hemingway Awardand is considered a modern classic. She


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wrote non-fictionbetween writingher novels, in-cluding MotherCountry and TheDeath of Adam.Gilead is writtenas a letter from aCongregational-ist Preacher to his

son. Robinson is a Congregationalistand has served as a deacon in thechurch. She currently teaches at theIowa Writer’s Workshop. (Sat. 5 p.m.,Starlite; 8 p.m., Orpheum Theater;Sun. 9 a.m., Starlite).

LEE ANN RORIPAUGHLee Ann Roripaugh’s second volume

of poetry, Yearof the Snake,was named win-ner of the Asso-ciation for AsianAmerican Stud-ies Book Awardin Poetry andProse. Her f irstvolume of poet-

ry, Beyond Heart Mountain, was a1998 winner of the National PoetrySeries and selected as a finalist for the2000 Asian American LiteraryAwards. Roripaugh’s poetry and fic-tion have appeared in a number ofjournals and in six anthologies. A na-tive of Laramie, Wyo., Roripaughnow teaches at the University ofSouth Dakota. (Fri. 8 p.m., OrpheumTheater; Sat. 3 p.m., Embassy II).

DENNIS SAMPSONDennis Sampson is the author of five

books of poetry, including his most re-cent, For My Father, Falling Asleep atSaint Mary’s Hospital, released in2005. Other titles include The DoubleGenesis and Needlegrass. His poemshave appeared in several journals, andhe is the winner of a Pushcart Prize, theRalph Hammond Award, the CohenAward from Ploughshares, the Hack-ney Literary Award and the NicholasRoerich Prize, as well as several grantsand fellowships. Born in South Dako-ta, Sampson now teaches at Wake For-est University. (Sat. 10 a.m., EmbassyII; 1 p.m., Starlite).

V.J. SMITH V.J. Smith currently serves as the ex-

ecutive director of the South DakotaState University Alumni Association.In 2003, he co-produced The Collegeon the Hill, a look at the history of SDSU. Smith’s second book, The Rich-est Man in Town was released in May2005. Smith has been a professionalspeaker for 10 years. (Sat. 3 p.m., Am-bassador; Sun. 11 a.m., Starlite).

MICHAEL SPRADLIN Michael Spradlin was born and

raised in a small town in Michigan. Hegrew up reading The Hardy Boys

books and hadalways want-ed to create aseries of chil-dren’s books.He recentlystarted writ-ing the RachelBuchanan se-ries, Spy God-dess. Spradlinis the author

of Book One: Live and Let Shop, and


Book Two: To Hawaii, with Love. In2002, Spradlin published The Legendof Blue Jacket. (Sat. 1 p.m., SiouxlandLibrary).

NANCY STEEDLE Nancy Steedle, born and raised in

Pittsburgh, Pa., is the author of numer-ous poems, short stories and the mys-tery novels Bitter Batter and WinterKill. She resides in Sioux Falls. (Sat. 1p.m., Burgundy’s).

FAITH SULLIVANFaith Sullivan grew up in small-town

Minnesota and graduated from Min-nesota State University at Mankato.

Though she haslived in St. Louis,New York andLos Angeles, 40-some years of herlife have beenspent in Min-nesota, currentlyMinneapolis.Since 1975 shehas published

seven novels: Repent, Lanny Merkel,Watchdog, Mrs. Demming and theMythical Beast, The Cape Ann, TheEmpress of One and her most recent,Gardenias. She is currently at work onnumbers 8 and 9. (Sat. 10 a.m., Bur-gundy’s; 4 p.m., Embassy I).

GABRIELLE TATEYUSKANSKAN

Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan is an edu-cator, speaker, visual artist and poetwho lives in Enemy Swim, on the LakeTraverse Reservation. She is a memberof the Oak Lake Writers’ Society andhad her work published in the group’scollection of responses to the Lewis andClark Expedition and Bicentennial en-titled This Stretch of the River. (Sat. 10a.m., Embassy III).

LYDIA WHIRLWIND SOLDIER Lydia Whirlwind Soldier is a Sican-

gu Lakota born in Bad Nation on theRosebud reservation. An enrolledmember of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe,she worked in education for 30 years,and is a poet, non-fiction writer, busi-ness owner and recognizedcraftswoman. Her collection of poems,Memory Songs was published in 1999and she has contributed to This Stretchof the River. She is a member of the OakLake Writers’ Society. (Sat. 10 a.m.,Embassy III).

JUAN WILLIAMS Juan Williams is a senior correspon-

dent for NPR and a contributing ana-lyst for Fox News. He authored the bi-ography Thurgood Marshall: Ameri-can Revolutionary. He also wrote Eyes

on the Prize, thecompanion vol-ume to the ac-claimed TV se-ries. This Far byFaith, released in2003, providedthe basis for aPBS documen-tary. Williams is

involved with AARP’s Voices of CivilRights project, leading a team of jour-nalists in the production of My SoulLooks Back in Wonder. He worked atThe Washington Post for 21 years, serv-ing as an editorial writer, op-ed colum-nist and White House Reporter. He haswon an Emmy award for TV documen-tary writing. (Fri. 6 p.m., Multi-Cultur-al Center; Sat. 9 a.m., Ambassador).

CRAIG WILSON Craig Wilson writes the popular USA

Today column The Final Word. He alsois the author of a 2002 book, It’s the Lit-tle Things...An Appreciation of Life’sSimple Pleasures. (Sat. 2 p.m., Ambas-sador; Sun. 11 a.m., Starlite). SOUTH DAKOTA IS

GROWING WITH THE ARTS.

CONTACT US ABOUT BECOMING A MEMBER:

P.O. Box 414 • Lead, SD 57754Phone: 605-722-1467

Fax: 605-722-1473Email: [email protected]

SILENT AUCTION BOOK CRAZEAs a special offer to Festival goers, there will be a silent auction and a chance to pur-

chase raffle tickets for dozens of books. All books are new releases,and several are auto-graphed copies. The auction and raffle ticket sales will begin when the Festival opens withthe 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 Hol-iday 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 HumanitiesCouncil Festival Information booth in exhibitors’ hall.


AUTHORSMichael Williams, BrandonThe Discovery Journal

Marian Hersrud, SturgisSpirits and Black Leather

BOOKSELLERSBarnes & Noble, Sioux Fallswww.barnsandnoble.com

ChrisLands Inc., Burke, Va.www.chrislands.com

Waldenbooks, Sioux Fallswww.waldenbooks.com

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALSBoss Mouse Book and Products, Sturgis

Overgard Educational Materials, Rapid City

Usborne Books, www.usborne.com

ORGANIZATIONSLibraries 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

PRESSESCenter for Western Studies, Sioux Fallswww.augie.edu/cws

Ex Machina Publishing, Sioux Falls www.exmac.com

Many Kites Press, Rapid Citywww.manykites.com

Pine Hill Press, Sioux Fallswww.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, Pierrewww.statepub.com

University of Neb. Press, Lincoln Neb.www.nebraskapress.unl.edu

OTHERSouth Dakota Committee on Publica-tion, Rapid City

Exhibitors’ Hall opens 3 p.m. Friday

EXHIBITORS

Watch for Edward Tulane’s visit to Exhibitors’ Hall on Saturday at noon.

Stop by the Exhibitor’s Hall located in the Holiday Inn, International Room Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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SOUTH DAKOTA FESTIVAL OF BOOFRIDAY

SEPTEMBER 22

SPECIAL EVENTS7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.HI, Starlite (10th Fl.) — “Business Leader-ship Breakfast.”

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.Barnes and Noble — “Press Conference andFood for Thought.”

12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.HI, Embassy I — “Information Workshopfor Bush Foundation Artist Fellowships.”

3 p.m. – 6 p.m.HI, International Room — Opening of Ex-hibitor’s Hall, “Welcome to the Festival ofBooks 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 — “Conversationsabout Today’s Values,” Juan Williams withDavid Callahan, Ann Bausum, Susan Powerand Edward Humes. Book Signing followsat Orpheum Theater.

8 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.POETRY— Orpheum Theater — “Cele-brate Local Wonders,” Ted Kooser Reading,followed by panel discussion. Moderator LeeAnn Roripaugh and panelists — PatrickHicks, Bill Holm and Marilyn Chin.

SATURDAYSEPTEMBER 23

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. POETRY— Mikkelsen Library — Break-fast 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 BarksdaleInclán.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 forEvery Occasion,” M.J. McMillan and JimReese.

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 Bar-ron.NON-FICTION — HI, Starlite (10th Fl.)— “When Sports is More than Sports,” RobFleder, David Allan Evans, John Egan andJoseph Bruchac.

10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE —Siouxland Library — “America’s Stories forAmerica’s Youth,” Jennifer Armstrong.FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s — “Reflect-ing American Perseverance,” Faith Sullivan.NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador —“Schools on Target,” Edward Humes.POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “DedicatedWork,” Dennis Sampson.

10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI,Embassy III — “This Stretch of the River,”Craig Howe, Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan andLydia Whirlwind Soldier.

11 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE —Siouxland Library — “South Dakota in Chil-dren’s Books,” Jean Patrick and Jodi Latza.Orpheum Theater — “Cartooning & Illus-trating Cover Art and Children’s Books,”Harry Bliss.FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s — “WhoDone 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 theHeart,” Bill Holm and Freya Manfred.WRITERS’SUPPORT — HI, Embassy I— “The Writing Journey,” Marilyn Johnsonand 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 theSpy 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 inthe History of the Continent,” Joseph Mar-shall III and Lawrence Goldstone.HI, Embassy I — “The Dilemma of Fact vs.Story,” Kent Nerburn.NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador —“Remembering Frederick Manfred,” FreyaManfred.WRITERS’SUPPORT — Orpheum The-ater — “Finding your Way in the BookWorld,” Hillary Carlip.POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “From Eng-land 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?” Mari-lyn Johnson, Dennis Sampson and Dee DeeRaap.

2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE —Siouxland Library — “Illustrating LakotaCreation Stories,” Don Montileaux.FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s (10th Fl.) —“Voices of Fiction,” Kent Meyers and SusanPower.HISTORY/ TRIBAL WRITERS — HI,Embassy III — “Calamity Jane,” JimMcLaird.NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador —“From USA Today to the Book World,” CraigWilson.POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “The Lan-guage 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 — Or-pheum Theater — “Effects of War,” JohnGlusman, David Callahan and EdwardHumes.

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,” PeteDexter.WRITERS’SUPPORT — HI, Atrium Area(NW corner) — Jane Jewell -Review BookIdeas: Fantasy & Sci-Fi.HI, Embassy I — “Sportswriting,” Rob Fled-er.HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI,Embassy III — “The History of American


Beer,” Maureen Ogle.NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador —“One Man’s Contribution,” V.J. Smith.POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “Year of theSnake,” Lee Ann Roripaugh.

4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.CHILDREN/YA LITERATURE —Siouxland Library — “Return of SkeletonMan,” Joseph Bruchac.FICTION — HI, Burgundy’s — “Cityscapeof Dreams and Reality,” Dean Bakopoulos.HISTORY/TRIBAL WRITERS — HI,Embassy III — “Family History,” DelphineRed Shirt.NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador —“Flora of S.D.,” David Ode.WRITERS’ SUPPORT — HI, AtriumArea (NW corner) — Rob Fleder, ReviewBook Ideas: Sports.HI, Embassy I — “Community Reading,”Faith Sullivan, Emily Cook and NancyPearl.POETRY — HI, Embassy II — “SouthDakota 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 Mi-crophone for poets.NON-FICTION — HI, Ambassador —“Reading from The Dead Beat,” MarilynJohnson.

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.SPECIAL EVENT — HI, Starlite (10thFl.) — Reception “Pulitzer Prize 2005 x 2 =Ted Kooser and Marilynne Robinson.”

6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.Dinner break and conversation and informalbook signing with authors.

7:45 p.m.Exhibitors’Hall closes.

8 p.m.Orpheum — “So Many Authors, So LittleTime,” Nancy Pearl host, and panelists —Marilynne Robinson, Pete Dexter, J.A. Janceand Joseph Marshall III. Followed by booksigning.

SUNDAYSEPTEMBER 24

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.FICTION — HI, Starlite (10th Fl.) — “Per-

spectives on One Book South Dakota selec-tion Gilead,” Scholar, Minister and KentMeyers, joined by Marilynne Robinson dur-ing Q&A.

11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.NON-FICTION — “Simple Pleasures,”Craig Wilson, Kent Nerburn, Mary RoseO’Reilley, and V.J. Smith.

OKS 2006 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS(All time is CDT)

BOOKSIGNINGPresenters will sign books at designated times throughout the weekend.Book sign-ings will not take place following presentations except when the presentation is theonly event scheduled.Please plan to get your books signed on Friday from 3:45-5:45p.m.and on Saturday from 6 to 7:45 p.m.throughout the Holiday Inn.Schedules willbe available at the Festival Information Desk.

AUTHORS-ON-TOURThe week prior and the week following the Festival, authors will be in libraries,schools and universities across the state, promoting the Festival throughout thestate.David Laskin will be at Waldenbooks (located in the Empire Mall) on Sept.20at 6:30 p.m.and Nancy Pearl and Joseph Bruchac will be at Zandbroz (209 S.PhillipsAve) on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. Additional authors will be on tour. Please checkhttp://sdhc.sdstate.org for further details.

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS Thursday,Sept.21Books and BrewThe 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, featur-ing Dakota Jazz Collective.Maureen Ogle will present a reading of Ambitious Brew:The History of American Beer at 8:30 PM.

Friday,Sept.22Business Leadership Breakfast Working with the Sioux Falls Area Chamber and CVB,Donna Fenn,author of AlphaDogs:How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack will present to areabusiness leaders.This event will be at the Holiday Inn Starlite Room from 7:30-8:45AM.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 bethe featured festival authors at an 11 a.m.press conference.A live broadcast of SDPublic Radio’s “Food for Thought” will follow.The public and the press are invitedto attend at Barnes and Noble (41st and Louise).

Opening of Exhibitors Hall/Welcome Reception Let’s get the Festival started with a party! Everyone is welcome to the opening ofExhibitors Hall and a Welcome Reception at the Holiday Inn International Roomfrom 3-6 p.m.At 3:45 p.m.,all of the presenters will sign books at locations through-out the hotel.This event is sponsored by Jeff & Sheila Hazard.

Saturday,Sept.23Pulitzer x Two Reception Two 2005 Pulitzer Prize winners,Marilynne Robinson (fiction) and Ted Kooser (po-etry),will be the honored guests at a reception from 5-6:30 at the Starlite Room inthe Holiday Inn.There will also be the announcement of the 2007 One Book SouthDakota selection and Book auction and raffle winners.This event is sponsored by UBS.

Pow WowThe Northern Plains Tribal Arts Festival will hold a Pow Wow on Saturday from 7PM to midnight at the Multi-Cultural Center.

Sunday,Sept.24Perspectives on One Book South Dakota – GileadAt 9 a.m. in the Holiday Inn Starlite Room,the community is invited to a discussionabout the 2006 One Book South Dakota selection Gilead. Kent Meyers, author ofthe 2005 One Book SD selection will speak, as will Jean Morrow,pastor at Crest-wood UCC in Sioux Falls and South Dakota State University Religion and Philoso-phy Professor Dennis Bielfeldt.At 10:15,Marilynne Robinson will join the panel forthe Q & A.


Our Fantasies:A tribute to Fiction and Storytelling.OUR FANTASIES

Fiction: An imaginative cre-ation or a pretense that doesnot represent actuality but has

been invented. When inventing plotlines for the next bestseller, novelistsmust hone in on their imagination, re-member their influences and awakentheir creativity—all coretraits for today’s f ictionwriter. The world of f ic-tion will be explored inthe “Our Fantasies” track,as authors will reveal theirsecrets to success.

So, what books most in-fluence authors? A panelentitled “So Many Au-thors, So Little Time…”slated for Saturdayevening at the Holiday Innwill reveal what influences Mari-lynne Robinson, author of the 2005Pulitzer Prize winning and 2006 OneBook South Dakota selection Gileadand the modern classic Housekeep-ing. Perhaps being born in SouthDakota had something to do with in-fluencing New York Times bestsellingauthor J.A. Jance, who has writtensome 30 books, including the Joan-na Brady mystery series. Or perhapsit was the days National Book Awardwinner Pete Dexter spent at the Uni-versity of South Dakota that provid-ed inspiration. Also on the panel willbe Joseph Marshall III, a screen-writer, author, actor and educatorwho wrote The Lakota Way. And whobetter to host a panel on influentialbooks than Nancy Pearl, librarian ex-traordinaire and author of Book Lustand More Book Lust, a series that cel-ebrates the art of the written word?“In some ways, in most ways, read-ing is all that I do,” Pearl once said inan interview. “And it has brought mea more satisfying life than I couldhave imagined.”

Places, in particular home, can in-fluence writers. South Dakota au-thors presenting in the fiction trackinclude 2005 One Book South Dako-ta author Kent Meyers of Spearfish,who wrote The Work of Wolves, abook set in the Badlands. On Sunday

morning, a panel com-prised of Meyers, a reli-gion scholar and a minis-ter will discuss “Perspec-tives on Gilead,” the2006 One Book SouthDakota selection. AuthorMarilynne Robinson willjoin the panelists in aquestion and answer ses-sion. Mystery writerNancy Steedle of SiouxFalls is author of the nov-

el Bitter Batter, as well as poems andshort stories. Lori Armstrong ofRapid City, a fourth-generationSouth Dakotan, also writes mysterynovels. Her book, Blood Ties, is setin the Black Hills.

Minnesota author Faith Sullivanbrings another Midwest theme to thefestival in her novel, Gardenias, acontinuation of her earlier work,Cape Ann. She writes of a Minneso-ta woman who leaves her husband af-ter he gambled away the money shesaved for a house.

Finally, emotion and past experi-ences provide a basis for some fictionwriting. Jessica Barksdale Inclánwrites romance novels that are print-ed in foreign languages; she willpresent, as will short story writer andnovelist Susan Power, who relies onher creativity and Native heritage inher work. Dean Bakopoulos is theson of immigrants, who critics sayhas captivated the dark side of theworking class dream in his bookPlease Don’t Come Back from theMoon.

Invention ConventionFiction writers use imagination to create life

Super librarian Nancy Pearl is pic-tured above. Pearl will arrive instyle to the Festival, traveling ona motor coach full of librarianscoming from the South Dakota Li-brary Association annual confer-ence. She is hosting the “BookLust Bus Tour.” Children’s authorJoe Bruchac also will be on boardthe bus.

New York Times bestselling au-thor J.A. Jance was born in Wa-tertown. Along with being busywriting the latest installments inher mystery series Jance is dedi-cated to her fans. She gladly ac-cepts all fan mail and ensures onher website that it is answeredpersonally and in a timely manner.

Talented writers abound in SouthDakota, though they are manymiles from major publishers,

agents and other services needed to placeprose into print. At the Festival, theseservices will come to the aspiring au-thors in the track titled “Our Creativity:Writers’Support.”

The path to publishingwill be made straighterby advice from a panelthat includes a publisher,John Glusman; an agent,Manie Barron, and thosehandling promotion andpublicity — MichelleBlankenship from Har-court and Emily Cookfrom Milkweed Edi-tions. Glusman was ex-ecutive editor at Farrar,Straus & Giroux andcurrently is vice presi-dent and executive editor of HarmonyBooks, an imprint of the Crown Publish-ing Group at Random House. Barron hasworked in the publishing industry forover 15 years and has seen all aspects ofit. He now owns his own literary agencyin New York City. Blankenship directspublicity efforts at Harcourt in NewYork, and Cook manages the public re-lations for Milkweed Editions, a non-profit publisher based in Minneapolis.

Often the best promotion is self-pro-motion. Hillary Carlip, author of thefresh and funny memoir, Queen of theOddballs, has achieved acclaim in webdesign, business, writing and perform-ing. Her first book, Girl Power, comple-ments her volunteer work for abused and“at-risk” teenage girls, and gained forher an appearance on Oprah. Carlip is al-so the founder, editor and host of FRESHYARN (www.freshyarn.com), a websitethat allows authors to share personal es-says. Every three weeks, FRESH YARN

presents six new essays collectedthrough an open submission process.The mission of the site is to “elevate theart form of the personal essay and to pro-mote the voices currently kicking it intohigher gear.”

Aspiring authors also can learn howto gain monetary assis-tance at a workshop thatwill be conducted at Fri-day noon by theArchibald Bush Founda-tion. The Foundation,which awards grants on acompetitive basis to ap-plicants in Minnesota,South Dakota and NorthDakota, generouslyfunds fellowships to lit-erary artists, scriptwrit-ers, film and video mak-ers and composers.

Authors who chooseto write about specific topics will enjoypresentations by Jane Jewell, presidentof Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers,and Rob Fleder, editor at Sports Illustrat-ed. Fleder, who edited such books as TheFootball Book and Great Baseball Writ-ing, will make sure strong emphasis willbe placed on editing. (Of note, Fleder isabout to complete a non-sports book thatcompiles non-fiction writings by PeteDexter.)

Marilyn Johnson, former magazineeditor, and children’s book writer PegKehret, who had polio as a child, will talkof their “writing journeys” and how theyovercame obstacles.

Along with those presenting in thewriters’support track, a number of pub-lishers and printers will be set up in ex-hibitors’hall at the Festival.

The “Our Creativity” track has provento be inspirational and has led to booksgetting published in the past. So, emerg-ing authors—do not hesitate any longer.


OUR CREATIVITYOur Creativity:A tribute to Writers’ Support.

Pointers to Become PublishedWriters’Support track offers advice and inspiration

Have an idea for a book?

Publishing experts are willingto discuss and review bookideas on Saturday. The in-formal reviews will take placein the Atrium Area in theNW corner on the first floorof the Holiday Inn.

General Publishing, JohnGlusman,Michelle Blanken-ship, Emily Cook,Manie Bar-ron, 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 startedthe “One Book, One Community”phenomenon. Now, there are pro-grams across the country based onthat concept. In South Dakota, wehave The Big Read and “One BookSouth Dakota.” Get ideas for com-munity and book club selectionsfrom Nancy Pearl, author Faith Sul-livan, who has been in a book clubfor years, and Emily Cook, the pub-licity manager at Milkweed Editions,and a consultant for The Big Read.


OUR CULTUREOur Culture:A tribute to History and Tribal Writing.

LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOWLearn how our culture has evolved from the perspectives of tribal writers and historians

History is filled with moments.Some positive, some negative,but all worth remembering and

discussing.Reflecting on his personal history,

author Joseph Marshall III says hisfamily didn’t have television when hewas a child. “We listened to WNAX at6 o’clock every day forthe news, and then we’dturn the radio off, notwanting to wear downthe battery.”

Not distracted byelectronic media, Mar-shall grew up listeningto stories told by hisgrandparents. “My fa-ther’s side is Oglala, inPine Ridge, and moth-er’s side is Sicangu, orRosebud,” he says. Sto-ries handed down in theoral tradition providedthe content for his book, Crazy Horse:A Lakota History, and for his newestbook, The Art of Perseverance.

Highlighting the “Our Culture: His-tory & Tribal Writing” track will be apanel discussing This Stretch of theRiver, a book initiated by the Oak LakeWriters’ Society, a group that meetsannually to retreat and write. The bookdetails the Native American responseto the bicentennial observances of theLewis and Clark expedition, which hasbeen described as “a harbinger of dra-matic changes for the peoples, places,plants and animals” along the Mis-souri. Among those who will presentare co-editor Craig Howe and contrib-utors Gabrielle Wynde Tateyuskan-skan and Lydia Whirlwind Soldier.

South Dakota history will be re-membered with David Laskin, author

of The Children’s Blizzard. CalamityJane has achieved international atten-tion due to a hit television show Dead-wood. Mitchell author James McLairdwill detail her life. South Dakota’sflagship radio station, WNAX out ofYankton, was written about by Mari-lyn Kratz and Stan Ray.

Tragedy dots placesin history. Unforget-table occurrences wererecorded by JeromeGreene regarding thedisplacement causedby the Ft. RandallDam. Kent Nerburnwill discuss the tragicmarch of Chief Josephand 800 Nez Percefrom their homelands.John Glusman alsowrote about tragedyand the human spirit inConduct Under Fire.

He will present on the effects of warwith David Callahan, a political ex-pert, and Edward Humes, who wroteabout the GI Bill. The dark bargain ourcountry’s founders made through thelens of slavery will be discussed byLawrence Goldstone and Joseph Mar-shall III.

Delphine Red Shirt will discuss herfamily history that she wrote about inTurtle Lung Woman’s Granddaughter.

History also is f illed with lightermoments—specifically those timeskicking back with friends and sippinga beer. Maureen Ogle will discuss thehistory of American beer during theFestival and at a special event onThursday, Sept. 21 at Mad Rock Pub.

Learn about the past and makememories of your own during the “OurCulture” activities.

Joseph Marshall III, dressedfor his role on Turner Net-work Television’s (TNT) orig-inal series “Into the West”from Executive ProducerSteven Spielberg.

Co-author Marilyn Kratz andStan Ray explain WNAX ra-dio’s influence over its five-state coverage area.

His mother brought him forth inthe place that symbolized theLakota world, the place called theheart of all things, the Black Hills.Not new to the pain of giving birth,she silently endured it with the gen-tle help of She Who Takes the Ba-bies, the midwife, an old womanwhose hands were the first guid-ance, the f irst welcome felt bymany newborns. Other womenwere in attendance in the tipipitched slightly apart from thesmall encampment, a circle ofknowledge and support watchingthe tiny head with coal black hairemerge into a Lakota world. Laterthey clucked and cooed and ex-changed smiles of satisfaction ashe opened his eyes, so deep brownthey appeared black.

From The Journey Of Crazy Horse By Joseph M. Marshall

2006 festival of books guide

Documents

south dakota state library

south dakota arts council

south dakota authordave

writing world

writers rendezvous

book choices

writers support

history tribal writing