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Blackbird (memoir)
''Blackbird'' is a memoir by the American journalist and author Jennifer Lauck. Published in October 2000, ''Blackbird'' became a ''New York Times'' bestseller and was translated into twenty-two languages, making the bestseller lists in London, Ireland and Spain. In this memoir, Lauck conveys the perceptions, thoughts, and emotions of a frightened child in her account of the six years during which both of her parents died. Lauck was given the Book Sense 76 award and was featured in ''Newsweek'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Talk'', ''People'', ''Glamour'' and ''Writer's Digest''. She was a select ''USA Today'' pick and nominated for two Oregon Book Awards. ''Blackbird'' is used as a source reference by foster parenting organizations nationwide, providing caregivers with inspiration and insight about taking in parentless children. ''Blackbird'' is also used at The Dougy Center, helping children who are grieving the loss of a parent. Lauck has been in collaboration with Yale professo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbird Cover, 2000, Simon & Schuster
Blackbird, blackbirds, black bird or black birds may refer to: Birds Two groups of birds in the parvorder Passerida: * New World blackbirds, family Icteridae * Old World blackbirds, any of several species belonging to the genus ''Turdus'' in the family Turdidae ** Chinese blackbird **Common blackbird **Grey-winged blackbird **Indian blackbird ** Somali thrush or Somali blackbird ** Tibetan blackbird **White-collared blackbird Arts, entertainment, and media Books * ''Black Bird'' (Basilières novel), 2003, by Michel Basilières * ''Blackbird'' (Dibia novel), 2011 * ''Blackbirds'' (Wendig novel), 2012, by Chuck Wendig * ''Blackbird'' (memoir), 2000, by Jennifer Lauck * ''Blackbird'', a 1986 novel by Larry Duplechan * ''Blackbird'' (journal), an online journal of literature and the arts * ''Black Bird'' (manga), 2007, by Kanoko Sakurakoji * Blackbird (comics), an aircraft in the X-Men comics * Blackbird (Femizon), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe * Blackbird (Image Comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Lauck
Jennifer Lauck (born December 15, 1963) is an American fiction and non-fiction author, essayist, speaker and writing instructor. Early life and education Lauck is the American author of four books including the ''New York Times'' best seller '' Blackbird''. Her writing has been published in the U.S. and around the world, translated into several languages. Much of her popularity began when she appeared on the ''Oprah Winfrey Show'' in 2000 and Winfrey held the book up to her audience saying, "This should have been a book of the month book. Read it now." ''Blackbird'' debuted on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list in November 2000, dropping off and then returning in January 2001. Born in Reno, Nevada, Lauck split her early childhood between the states of Nevada and California, with her adoptive family. After her mother died in 1971, Lauck remained with her adoptive father and brother until her father died in 1973. At that time, Lauck was separated from her adoptive brother an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times Best Seller List
''The New York Times'' Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. John Bear, ''The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago'', Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992. Since October 12, 1931, ''The New York Times Book Review'' has published the list weekly. In the 21st century, it has evolved into multiple lists, grouped by genre and format, including fiction and non-fiction, hardcover, paperback and electronic. The list is based on a proprietary method that uses sales figures, other data and internal guidelines that are unpublished—how the ''Times'' compiles the list is a trade secret. In 1983 (as part of a legal argument), the ''Times'' stated that the list is not mathematically objective but rather editorial content. In 2017, a ''Times'' representative said that the goal is that the lists reflect authentic best selle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon Book Awards
The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts to honor the "state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature for young readers." Oregon Book Award was founded in 1987 by Brian Booth and Oregon Institute for Literary Arts (OILA). In 1993, Literary Arts, a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of Oregonians through language and literature, joined with the OILA and continued to support and promote Oregon's authors with the book awards and Oregon Literary Fellowships. Award winners are selected based solely on literary merit by out-of-state judges who change each year. In 2005 the award ceremony was moved from the Scottish Rite Center to the Wonder Ballroom, in an effort to make it more lively and fun. Since 2009, the awards ceremony has been held at the Gerding Theatre at the Armory, the home of Portland Center Stage. Recipients Book Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dougy Center
The Dougy Center, The National Center for Grieving Children & Families is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon that offers support groups and services to grieving children and young adults. Its peer support program and network of children's grief services make the organization the first of its kind in the United States. 500 independent programs around the world are based on its model, more than 300 of which have staff who were trained by the organization's staff. The Dougy Center serves 400 children and 250 adults from the Portland metropolitan area each month, free of charge. Its main building is located in the Creston-Kenilworth, Portland, Oregon, Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, and its satellite locations in Canby, Oregon, Canby and Hillsboro, Oregon, Hillsboro are called The Dougy Center Walker's House and The Dougy Center Linklater Commons, respectively. The organization was founded in 1982 by Beverly Chappell, in tribute to Dougy Turno, who d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |