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Monday, 18 January 2010 14:06

. to Linda Beatrice Brown.  Her novel Black Angels has been honored as one of the Best of the Best Books of the Year 2009 by the Chicago Public Library. The notice reads: “The Chicago Public Library selects books that meet high standards of writing and illustration and that have a significant curriculum link. The Best of the Best list is presented in workshops to hundreds of public and school librarians from across Chicago, distributed to bookstores and put into wide release in the Chicago media.”  Brown is the Willa B. Player Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC.  Black Angels is published by Penguin Putnam; you can learn more at www.lindabeatricebrown.com.