[LM_NET] ALA'S ALMOST BEST LIST, 2010

[Bob Hicks <bob.hicks@USD470.COM>]

I just received my 3/1/10 copy of "Booklist" which has ALA's 2010 Best  
Lists.

Does anyone notice a major fiction genre missing from ALA's 2010 genre  
lists?  Here is a hint. What is  the only literary genre to have  
originated in the United States or fill in the blank within the  
following statement:

"Jazz and the _________ are the only truly unique American art forms."
Clint Eastwood

Of course, the answer is the WESTERN.

Why would a national organization such as the American Library  
Association make the conscious decision to exclude the best 2010  
titles of our national genre?  East coast/west coast bias? Surely not  
anti-American?  I and many librarians who have collections of  
Westerns, purchase Westerns, and have numerous patrons/students who  
read Westerns would like an answer.

If, by some miracle I get an actual answer, I will post it.

Bob Hicks
Arkansas City High School Library
Arkansas City, KS 67005
bob.hicks@usd470.com 
    

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