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Renowned Kentucky author Silas House has received\nTransylvania University\u2019s 2019 Judy Gaines Young Book Award for his novel,\n\u201cSouthernmost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual award<\/a> recognizes\noutstanding recent works by writers in the Appalachian region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

House will give a free, public reading from \u201cSouthernmost<\/a>\u201d on March 19 at 7:30 p.m. during an awards ceremony in Transylvania\u2019s Carrick Theater. Reserve tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New York Times bestselling author, House\u2019s novels include\n\u201cClay’s Quilt\u201d and \u201cA Parchment of Leaves.\u201d His many other writing honors\ninclude Nautilus and EB White awards. For his social justice work, he received\nthe Intellectual Freedom Prize from the National Council of English Teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSouthernmost\u201d was one of the top picks of 2018 for magazines such as The Advocate, Southern Living, Booklist, Paste and Garden and Gun. Additionally, the American Library Association selected it as one of the 10 best book club books of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this stunning novel about judgment, courage, heartbreak,\nand change, author Silas House wrestles with the limits of belief and the\ninfinite ways to love,\u201d according to publisher Algonquin Books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A major theme explored in \u201cSouthernmost\u201d is tolerance, which\ncomes up after a major flood inundates a small Tennessee town and an evangelical\npreacher gives shelter to two gay men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maurice Manning, professor of English and Transylvania\nwriter in residence, said the novel \u201casks a brave question: Is there a limit to\nlove or to faith? Quietly and in beautiful prose the novel answers the\nquestion. This is simply the kind of writer Silas is\u2014courageous, open, curious.\nHis novels are sources of discovery and wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to House\u2019s recognition, the university each year\npresents a Judy Gaines Young Student Writing Award. The 2019 winner is senior\nRebecca Blankenship, a writer of weird fiction and documentary films including\n“The Moral Center: Chapter Two of the Poor People’s Campaign.\u201d She is news\neditor for The Rambler student newspaper and has worked on WEKU\u2019s \u201cEastern\nStandard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both House and Blankenship live in Berea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transylvania\u2019s book award is funded by Byron Young, who graduated in 1961, in honor if his late wife Judy Gaines Young, a \u201962 graduate. In 2015, House selected the inaugural winner, \u201cThe Next Time You See Me\u201d by North Carolina author Holly Goddard Jones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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