Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 25, 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Rod Wagner
402-471-4001
800-307-2665
Governor Ricketts Proclaims 2018
One Book One Nebraska: Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry
On Jan. 22, 2018 Governor Pete Ricketts signed a proclamation
honoring 2018 One Book One Nebraska: Nebraska Presence:
An Anthology of Poetry (The Backwaters Press, 2007)
edited by Greg Kosmicki and Mary K. Stillwell. Stillwell
presented the governor with a copy of the book. Nebraska
Presence includes poems by more than 80 contemporary Nebraska
poets, including Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate
of the United States Ted Kooser, Nebraska State Poet Twyla
Hansen, former State Poet William Kloefkorn, and many others.
Photos of the proclamation-signing ceremony are available at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/librarycommission/24973184357/in/dateposted-public/
The One Book One Nebraska reading program, sponsored by the
Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Library Commission, and
Humanities Nebraska is entering its fourteenth year. It
encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss one
book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have
a Nebraska theme or setting. Libraries across Nebraska will join
other literary and cultural organizations in planning book
discussions, activities, and events to encourage Nebraskans to
read and discuss this book. Support materials to assist with
local reading/discussion activities are available at
http://onebook.nebraska.gov. Updates and activity listings
will be posted there and on
http://www.facebook.com/onebookonenebraska.
The Nebraska Center for the Book is housed at the Nebraska
Library Commission and brings together the state’s readers,
writers, booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers,
educators, and scholars to build the community of the book,
supporting programs to celebrate and stimulate public interest
in books, reading, and the written word. The Nebraska Center for
the Book is supported by the Nebraska Library Commission.
As Nebraska’s state library agency, the Nebraska Library
Commission is an advocate for the library and information needs
of all Nebraskans. The mission of the Library Commission is
statewide promotion, development, and coordination of library
and information services-“bringing together people and
information.”
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