 |
 |
| At the entrance to the Grand Staircase |
with MassBooks on display |
 |
 |
| along with bookmarks and small posters |
and, yes, calls for entries to next year's awards! |
 |
 |
| Supporters arrived for the event |
held at the Grand Staircase in the State House |
 |
 |
| Sharon Shaloo, Executive Director, Mass Center for the Book |
Robert Maier, Chair of MCB Board & Director of Massachusetts Board of Library Commmisioners |
 |
 |
| Rep Ellen Story of Amherst |
presents award to her constituent |
 |
 |
| Martin Espada, poetry honors author |
Ifeanyi Menkiti, poetry judge, owner of Grolier Poetry Bookshop & Wellesley College professor |
 |
 |
| Menkiti presenting poetry honors to Franz Wright |
Rep Alice Wolf presenting poetry award to Louise Gluck |
 |
 |
| Gluck reading from her prizewinning volume |
Izzy Abrams, fiction judge, and Swampscott librarian |
 |
 |
| Lisa Borders, fiction judge & author |
Kim McLarin, fiction honors awardee |
 |
 |
| Mameve Medwed, fiction honors awardee |
Rep Denise Provost |
