Nancy Rawles Explained

Nancy Rawles is an American playwright, novelist, and teacher. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award.

Life

Rawles grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism. Rawles studied play writing in Chicago with Linda Walsh Jenkins and Steven Carter. She later studied with C. Bernard Jackson of the Los Angeles (Inner City) Cultural Center and Valerie Curtis Newton of The Hansberry Project. She is a contributor to the Female Sexual Ethics Project at Brandeis University under the direction of Bernadette Brooten, Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies.^[1]

Awards

In 2005, Booklist included My Jim on their list of year's the best "Adult Books for Young Adults".^[2]

In 2007, Rawles received an Artist Trust Fellowship in Fiction.

Awards for Rawles's writing!Year!Work!Award!Result!

2009	My Jim	Seattle Reads
1998	Love Like Gumbo	American Book Award	Winner
1998		Washington State Governor's Writers Award
2000		Astraea Foundation, Claire of the Moon Award for Fiction
2006	My Jim	Alex Awards	Winner	^[3] ^[4]
2006	My Jim	Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction	Winner	^[5] ^[6]

Works

Novels

• Book: Love Like Gumbo. Fjord Press. 1997. 978-0-940242-75-3 .
• Book: Crawfish Dreams. Random House, Inc.. 2003. 978-0-385-50418-8.
• Book: My Jim . Crown Publishers . 2005 . 978-1-4000-5400-8 .

Criticism

• News: Chains of Madness. July 10, 2005. The Washington Post . Nancy . Rawles . May 19, 2010.

External links

• "Nancy Rawles Revisits a Twain Character for 'My Jim'", NPR, Alan Cheuse, February 22, 2005
• News: "Seattle Reads:" Huck Finn's adventure, Jim's ordeal. Barbara Lloyd McMichael. The Seattle Times. May 3, 2009 .
• News: Author Nancy Rawles retells Twain classic in 'My Jim'. Frances Dinger. May 27, 2009. The Seattle University Spectator. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091001022014/http://www.su-spectator.com/2.2663/author-nancy-rawles-retells-twain-classic-in-my-jim-1.241697. October 1, 2009.
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=yOkN0biH6AUC&q=Nancy+Rawles&pg=PA169 . I Try to Write Rhythmically. The Very Telling: Conversations with American Writers . Sarah Anne Johnson. UPNE. 2006 . 169. 978-1-58465-594-7 .
• News: 'My Jim' adds slave's insight to Huck's story. April 4, 2005. Erin Texeira. The Los Angeles Times.
• "The Importance of Place: Lisa Albers talks with prominent local authors about their writing", Seattle Woman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nancy Rawles Beyond Slavery Feminist Sexual Ethics Project Brandeis University Brandeis University. www.brandeis.edu. 2019-01-02. 2021-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206143752/https://www.brandeis.edu/projects/fse/conferences/beyond-slavery/presenters/nancy-rawles.html. live.
2. Web site: 2006-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2005 . 2024-04-30 . . 2024-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240501023157/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=2832899 . live .
3. Web site: 2006 Alex Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130823192227/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/alexawards/annotations/06alex . August 23, 2013 . 2013-05-05.
4. Web site: 2006-03-01 . Alex Awards: 2006 . 2024-04-30 . . 2024-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240501023203/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=1583639 . live .
5. Web site: 2006-11-07 . Awards: Goncourt, Hurston/Wright, Thurber . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001224947/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=316 . October 1, 2017 . 2024-04-29 . Shelf Awareness.
6. Web site: The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331061640/https://aalbc.com/books/hw-award-winning-books.php . March 31, 2023 . 2024-04-29 . . en.