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January 23, 2010
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Reading Local: Portland would like to congratulate Debra Gwartney, whose book Live Through This: A Mother’s Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was announced as a finalist for a 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award last night. Winners will be announced on March 11th at a ceremony held at the New School in New York.

I’m sure that Gwartney would take winning this award as a nice consolation prize, after Live Through This was edged out by John Kroger’s Convictions at this year’s Oregon Book Awards, in what most considered (including Kroger) a surprise.

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Gabe Barber started Reading Local in January of 2009 as a vehicle for exploring Portland's literary scene. He's not an aspiring author, and you won't find his work on a bookshelf or in any prestigious lit rag. He is however, a full on book nerd, with a passion for independent literature.
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