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Crossover to yet another genre
Published: 8/11/2008 11:18 AM
Last Modified: 8/11/2008 11:18 AM

Michael Chabon's novel "The Yiddish Policeman's Union" was named the winner of the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel this weekend.

The Hugos are one of the top prizes in science fiction, and this may be the first time that a Pulitzer Prize winner (for "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay") has won a Hugo.

Chabon's alternative history -- positing that in the wake of World War II Alaska became a refuge for Jews fleeing the Nazis -- was also nominated for several crime fiction awards, including the Edgar and the Hammett Prize.

Chabon has long been a proponent that the conventions of a genre -- detective stories, speculative fiction, pulp adventure tales -- and what people like to call "literature" are not mutually exclusive.

Tell a good story, and people will read it.

Tulsans will get the chance to talk with Chabon about his work Dec. 5-6 when he is in town to accept the 2008 Peggy V. Helmerich Award from the Tulsa City-County Library.

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Sue (5 years ago)

I'm so excited Michael Chabon is coming to Tulsa!! Thank you, thank you, thank you to the Tulsa Library for bringing so many wonderful authors to Tulsa for us to enjoy!

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