Harpsong
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Harpsong is a novel by Rilla Askew
published in 2007
. It is volume one in Oklahoma Stories and Storytellers, from University of Oklahoma Press
Harpsong received the Oklahoma Book Award, the Western Heritage Award, the WILLA Literary Award from Women Writing the West
, and the Violet Crown Award from the Writers' League of Texas
in 2008.
Harpsong tells the story of Harlan Singer and his teenage wife Sharon, on the road in the midwest during the depression.
ISBN 978-0-8061-3823-7
Rilla Askew
Rilla Askew is an American novelist and short story writer who was born in the Sans Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma, and grew up in the town of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She graduated from the University of Tulsa with a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance in 1980 and went on to study creative...
published in 2007
2007 in literature
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. It is volume one in Oklahoma Stories and Storytellers, from University of Oklahoma Press
University of Oklahoma Press
The University of Oklahoma Press is the publishing arm of the University of Oklahoma. It has been in operation for over seventy-five years, and was the first university press established in the American Southwest. It was founded by William Bennett Bizzell, the fifth president of the University of...
Harpsong received the Oklahoma Book Award, the Western Heritage Award, the WILLA Literary Award from Women Writing the West
Willa Literary Award
WILLA Literary Award honors outstanding literature featuring women's stories, set in the Western United States, published each year. Women Writing the West , a non-profit association of writers and other professionals writing and promoting the Women's West, underwrites and presents the nationally...
, and the Violet Crown Award from the Writers' League of Texas
Writers' League of Texas
The Writers' League of Texas was established in 1981 as the Austin Writers' League in Austin, Texas. It is a nonprofit professional organization whose primary purpose is to provide a forum for information, support, and sharing among writers, to help members improve and market their writing skills,...
in 2008.
Harpsong tells the story of Harlan Singer and his teenage wife Sharon, on the road in the midwest during the depression.
ISBN 978-0-8061-3823-7