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Here are the winners of the 2021 Oregon Book Awards
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Today 8:01 PM
The Oregon Book Awards are given out by the Portland nonprofit Literary Arts. Andrew Proctor, executive director of Literary Arts, speaks at a 2016 event.Stephanie Yao Long/Oregonian file photo
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Literary Arts announced the seven winners of its 2021 Oregon Book Awards during a Sunday night broadcast on OPB Radio.
The winners were chosen from among 173 submitted books, according to Andrew Proctor, executive director of Literary Arts, a Portland nonprofit.
The broadcast, hosted by previous Oregon Book Award winners Omar El Akkad and Elena Passarello, began with a tribute to longtime Oregon author Barry Lopez. A National Book Award finalist and Oregon Book Award winner, he hosted the awards ceremony in 2006 and was a recipient of Literary Arts’ C.E.S. Wood Distinguished Writer Award. Lopez died in December. ....

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