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Suzanna Tamminen, director and editor-in-chief, Wesleyan University Press, will receive an award for Outstanding Service to Dance Research from the Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) at their 41st Annual Conference to be held November 14-16, 2008. In addition, Wesleyan University Press's book Glamour Addiction: Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry, by Dr. Juliet McMains, will be recognized with CORD's Outstanding Publication Award.

Congratulations to Rudy Favretti, whose book Jacob Weidenmann: Pioneer Landscape Architect was awarded the Ruth Emery Award for 2008 by the Victorian Society of America. The Ruth Emery Award is given for a book that deals with a regional topic during the Victorian era.

Harvey Shaprio can be seen reading from his work at poetryvlog.com.

Congratulations to Jean Valentine, who was named the State Poet of New York for a two-year term (2008-2010). Her latest book, Little Boat, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Previously, Valentine was awarded the 2004 National Book Award for Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems.

Presence and Pleasure: The Funk Grooves of James Brown and Parliament by Anne Danielsen, is the 2008 winner of the Irving Lowens Book Award given by the Society for American Music. The award is given to honor a book that makes an outstanding contribution to American music studies.

Heidi Feldman is the 2007 recipient of the Woody Guthrie Book Prize, given by the US Chapter of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, for her book Black Rhythms of Peru: Reviving African Musical Heritage in the Black Pacific

Rudy Favretti has received a Merit Award from the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society for Landscape Architects for his work as author of Jacob Weidenmann: Pioneer Landscape Architect.

The Bad Wife Handbook, by Rachel Zucker, and Next Life, by Rae Armantrout, were selected as two of the Best Poetry Books of 2007 by Library Journal.

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