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SPIVA LIBRARY ·3950 E. NEWMAN RD
February 7, 2012
Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Spiva Library Supporters,
It’s been several years since our friend and colleague Art Saltzman passed away. You may recall that a memorial fund for library book purchases was established to honor his memory. To keep you informed, I offer this update of recent activity.
Each year the library purchases the winning publications for various literary awards that were meaningful to Art. The awards Circle Award, the National Book Award, the Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Poetry Series Open Competition Award, the Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award, and the ALA Notable Books Award. Since establishing the Saltzman Memorial Fund, many titles that demonstrate literary excellence in the areas of fiction, noncollection. This is tremendously helpful to the library and very beneficial to oof the most recent titles that have been added to our collection is enclosed.
The annual cost to purchase these awardto consider donating to the Saltzman Memorial Fund so that we mmemory by bringing valuable resources to the library.enclosed.
Thank you for your interest in Sincerely,
Wendy McGrane Library Director
3950 E. NEWMAN RD ·JOPLIN, MO 64804-1595 ·PHONE: 417.625.9386
Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Spiva Library Supporters,
It’s been several years since our friend and colleague Art Saltzman passed away. You may recall fund for library book purchases was established to honor his memory. To keep
you informed, I offer this update of recent activity.
Each year the library purchases the winning publications for various literary awards that were meaningful to Art. The awards are the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Book Award, the Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Poetry Series Open Competition Award, the Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award, and the ALA Notable Books
establishing the Saltzman Memorial Fund, many titles that demonstrate literary excellence in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have been added to the Spiva Library collection. This is tremendously helpful to the library and very beneficial to oof the most recent titles that have been added to our collection is enclosed.
The annual cost to purchase these award-winning titles is approximately $800. I encourage you to consider donating to the Saltzman Memorial Fund so that we may continue to honor Art’s memory by bringing valuable resources to the library. Information about how to contribute is
in and ongoing support of the library!
PHONE: 417.625.9386 ·FAX: 417.625.9734
It’s been several years since our friend and colleague Art Saltzman passed away. You may recall fund for library book purchases was established to honor his memory. To keep
Each year the library purchases the winning publications for various literary awards that were are the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics
Circle Award, the National Book Award, the Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Poetry Series Open Competition Award, the Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award, and the ALA Notable Books
establishing the Saltzman Memorial Fund, many titles that demonstrate literary fiction, and poetry have been added to the Spiva Library
collection. This is tremendously helpful to the library and very beneficial to our students. A list of the most recent titles that have been added to our collection is enclosed.
winning titles is approximately $800. I encourage you ay continue to honor Art’s
Information about how to contribute is
“I can imagine no more prestigious populations than books and those who give them residence. My apologies to Shakespeare's Polonius, but in terms of the library, one should both a borrower and a lender be. In supporting the library, you support my sharper appetitesome of its most precious holdings, you leave a light on for me as well.”
from “Love Among the Stacks
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The Saltzman Memorial Fund has been established to honor Art’s memory and recognize literary contributions appropriate to Art’s work. This is an ongoing fund, maintained by the MSSU Foundation, to which contributions may be made at any time. All contributiMemorial Fund will be designated to the Spiva Library to purchase books that recognize literary accomplishments in a variety of areas. A book plate, shown below, will be placed inside of each book purchased.
Contributions to the Saltzman Memorial Fund may be
3950 E. Newman Rd
�Please specify that your contribution is for the
This book was donated
loving memory of
Arthur Saltzman
English Professor, 1981 –
Missouri Southern State
University
Writer, Teacher, Colleague,
Friend
“To read is to make one’s presence
felt.”
gine no more prestigious populations than books and those who give them residence. My apologies to Shakespeare's Polonius, but in terms of the
a borrower and a lender be. In supporting the library, you support my sharper appetites; in befriending the library, you not only become some of its most precious holdings, you leave a light on for me as well.”
Love Among the Stacks” by Arthur Saltzman
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Saltzman Memorial Fund
The Saltzman Memorial Fund has been established to honor Art’s memory and recognize literary contributions appropriate to Art’s work. This is an ongoing fund, maintained by the MSSU Foundation, to which contributions may be made at any time. All contributiMemorial Fund will be designated to the Spiva Library to purchase books that recognize literary accomplishments in a variety of areas. A book plate, shown below, will be placed inside of each
Award Books
� Man Booker Prize for Fiction � National Book Critics Circle � National Book Award � Nobel Prize in Literature � National Poetry Series Open� Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award � ALA Notable Books
ontributions to the Saltzman Memorial Fund may be sent to the Foundation or Spiva LibraryPayable to:
Missouri Southern Foundation 3950 E. Newman Rd ∙ Joplin, MO 64801
Please specify that your contribution is for the Saltzman Memorial Fund
This book was donated in
Arthur Saltzman
2008
Missouri Southern State
Writer, Teacher, Colleague,
“To read is to make one’s presence
gine no more prestigious populations than books and those who give them residence. My apologies to Shakespeare's Polonius, but in terms of the
a borrower and a lender be. In supporting the library, s; in befriending the library, you not only become
some of its most precious holdings, you leave a light on for me as well.”
Saltzman
The Saltzman Memorial Fund has been established to honor Art’s memory and recognize literary contributions appropriate to Art’s work. This is an ongoing fund, maintained by the MSSU Foundation, to which contributions may be made at any time. All contributions to the Saltzman Memorial Fund will be designated to the Spiva Library to purchase books that recognize literary accomplishments in a variety of areas. A book plate, shown below, will be placed inside of each
Award Books
Man Booker Prize for Fiction National Book Critics Circle Award
National Poetry Series Open Competition Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award
to the Foundation or Spiva Library.
Saltzman Memorial Fund �
Title / Author
Citizens of London : the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest, finest hour / Lynne Olson.
Crooked letter, crooked letter / Tom Franklin.
Freedom / Jonathan Franzen.
Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition / Daniel Okrent.
Matterhorn : a novel of the Vietnam War / Karl Marlantes.
Nashville chrome / Rick Bass.
Next : a novel / James Hynes.
Nothing to envy : ordinary lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick.
Room : a novel / Emma Donoghue.
Skippy dies / Paul Murray.
The hare with amber eyes : a family's century of art and loss / Edmund de Waal.
The last stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn / Nathaniel Philbrick.
The lonely polygamist : a novel / Brady Udall.
The lotus eaters / Tatjana Soli.
The price of altruism : George Price and the search for the origins of kindness / Oren Harman.
The surrendered / Chang-rae Lee.
The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet : a novel / David Mitchell.
The tiger : a true story of vengeance and survival / John Vaillant.
The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel Wilkerson.
Unincorporated persons in the late Honda dynasty : poems / Tony Hoagland.
Wait : [poems] / C.K. Williams.
Washington : a life / Ron Chernow.
A visit from the Goon Squad / Jennifer Egan.
The sense of an ending / Julian Barnes.
Salvage the bones : a novel / Jesmyn Ward.
The swerve : how the world became modern / Stephen Greenblatt.
Head off & split : poems / Nikky Finney.
Title / Author
the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest, finest ALA Notable Book
Crooked letter, crooked letter / Tom Franklin. ALA Notable Book
ALA Notable Book
the rise and fall of Prohibition / Daniel Okrent. ALA Notable Book
Matterhorn : a novel of the Vietnam War / Karl Marlantes. ALA Notable Book
ALA Notable Book
ALA Notable Book
Nothing to envy : ordinary lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick. ALA Notable Book
ALA Notable Book
ALA Notable Book
a family's century of art and loss / Edmund de Waal. ALA Notable Book
The last stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn / ALA Notable Book
The lonely polygamist : a novel / Brady Udall. ALA
ALA Notable Book
The price of altruism : George Price and the search for the origins of kindness / ALA Notable Book
ALA Notable Book
The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet : a novel / David Mitchell. ALA Notable Book
The tiger : a true story of vengeance and survival / John Vaillant. ALA Notable Book
the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel ALA Notable Book
Unincorporated persons in the late Honda dynasty : poems / Tony Hoagland. ALA Notable Book
ALA Notable Book
ALA Notable Book
A visit from the Goon Squad / Jennifer Egan.
ALA Notable Book National Book Critics Circle Award
The sense of an ending / Julian Barnes. Man Booker Prize for
a novel / Jesmyn Ward. National Book Award
The swerve : how the world became modern / Stephen Greenblatt. National Book Award
Head off & split : poems / Nikky Finney. National Book Award
Award Year
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
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ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book 2011
ALA Notable Book National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction 2011
Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011
National Book Award - Fiction 2011
National Book Award - Non-Fiction 2011
National Book Award - Poetry 2011
Inside out & back again / Thanhha Lai.
Half a life / Darin Strauss.
How to live, or, a life of Montaigne :answer / Sarah Bakewell.
Lyric poetry and modern politics : Russia, Poland, and the West / Clare Cavanagh.
A map predetermined and chance / Laura Wetherington.
Exhibit of forking paths : poems / James Grinwis.
The lamp with wings : love sonnets / M.A.
The lifting dress / Lauren Berry.
Model home : a novel / Eric Puchner.
The collected stories of Deborah Eisenberg / Deborah Eisenberg.
Aliens in the prime of their lives : stories / by Brad Watson.
A mercy / Toni Morrison.
Face / Sherman Alexie.
Stitches : a memoir -- / David Small.
The convalescent / by Jessica Anthony.
Tinkers / Paul Harding.
The Finkler question / Howard Jacobson.
Lord of misrule : a novel / by Jaimy Gordon.
Just kids / Patti Smith.
Lighthead / Terrance Hayes.
Charles and Emma : the Darwins' leap of faith / Deborah Heiligman.
Mockingbird / Kathryn Erskine.
ack again / Thanhha Lai.
National Book Award Young People's
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
How to live, or, a life of Montaigne : in one question and twenty attempts at an National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
Lyric poetry and modern politics : Russia, Poland, and the West / Clare Cavanagh.
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
A map predetermined and chance / Laura Wetherington. National Poetry Series
Open Competition
Exhibit of forking paths : poems / James Grinwis. National Poetry Series
Open Competition
The lamp with wings : love sonnets / M.A. Vizsolyi. National Poetry Series
Open Competition
National Poetry Series Open Competition
Model home : a novel / Eric Puchner. Pen / Faulkner Fiction
