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From: Cathy Camper <cathyc_at_multcolib.org>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:12:05 -0700
As a writer and a librarian, I'd like to add you have to also consider who makes up the committees that are selecting titles to receive the rewards. This raises issues of gender, sexual identity, class, race, ethnicity, and also location (it was always funny to me how East and West coast writing are much less likely to be considered "regional" than Southern or Midwestern). It's also telling that committees that I'm thinking, at least recently, have been predominantly female (since they were made up of librarians) - like the Newbery & Caldecott - still select male creators.
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Received on Thu 16 May 2013 08:12:05 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:12:05 -0700
As a writer and a librarian, I'd like to add you have to also consider who makes up the committees that are selecting titles to receive the rewards. This raises issues of gender, sexual identity, class, race, ethnicity, and also location (it was always funny to me how East and West coast writing are much less likely to be considered "regional" than Southern or Midwestern). It's also telling that committees that I'm thinking, at least recently, have been predominantly female (since they were made up of librarians) - like the Newbery & Caldecott - still select male creators.
-- *Cathy Camper* Evolving Homework Grant Coordinator- Librarian Multnomah County Library Phone:503.988.6043 Fax: 503.988.5441
***cathyc_at_multcolib.org*** **
*www.multcolib.org* * Follow us on Facebook and Twitter facebook.com/multcolib twitter.com/multcolib
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Received on Thu 16 May 2013 08:12:05 AM CDT
