NP alternative book awards

[Doug Millison]

Bam!: Firecracker Award Winners Announced

At a surprisingly sedate party last Friday night at the BEA in Chicago, the
2001 Firecracker Alternative Book Awards were announced. The winners are:

Fiction: Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature by Neal Pollack
(McSweeney's Books)

Nonfiction: The Strange Case of Edward Gorey by Alexander Theroux
(Fantagraphics Books)

Poetry: Little Book of Ass by Shappy & Sam Henderson (Kapow! Press)

Politics: The Ralph Nader Reader by Ralph Nader (Seven Stories Press)

Sex: Deviant Desires by Katharine Gates (Juno Books)

Drugs: Aunt Mary Jane's Baking With Pot by Mary Jane (High Times Books)

Music: Strange Fruit by David Margolick (Running Press)

Art/Photo: This is Blythe by Gina Garan (Chronicle Books)

Graphic Novel: Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
(Pantheon Books)

Zines: McSweeney's

Kids: The Real Rules for Girls by Mindy Morgenstern (Girl Press)

Outstanding Independent Press: Fantagraphics Books

More information on the party and the process is available online at
http://216.205.95.29/FABintro.asp?CARTID=

--PW Daily for Booksellers (June 6, 2001)
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