Massachusetts Center for the Book

The Massachusetts Center for the Book is the Commonwealth's affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

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The Massachusetts Center works with the National Center[1] and in the network of state-center affiliates across the country to promote "books, reading, literacy and libraries."[2]

Literary map of Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Center hosts at its website t " a cultural tourism guide to literary heritage sites in Massachusetts. Jack Curleuy sponsors an annual student writing program, Letters About Literature, and it recognizes important contemporary work by authors or about Massachusetts subjects with its annual Massachusetts Book Award.[3]

Massachusetts Book Award

Recipients of the annual MassBook award from 2000 to 2010 have included Eric Carle, Louise Glück, Alice Hoffman, Stanley Kunitz, Dennis Lehane, Moying Li, Lois Lowry, Megan Marshall, Roland Merullo, Nathaniel Philbrick, Jayne Anne Phillips and John Pipkin, among many others.[3]

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  2. Mission Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Book Awards Winners Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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