ONE BOOK, ONE NEBRASKA, ONE TUESDAY TRIVIA!

Restoring the Burnt Child, by William Kloefkorn is the fourth installment in his highly regarded  memoir, that when completed, will cover the four elements of Water, Fire, Earth, and Air (and no he has no affiliation with Captain Planet). Winner of the One Book, One Nebraska award, Kloefkorn is no stranger to praise from the Great Plains literati. In this installment of Tuesday Trivia we will be taking a look at him and other  former winners of One Book, One Nebraska to see if you, our readers, have  been paying attention to these local legends.

Match the two quirky facts with their equally eccentric (Ahem,  genius) counterparts!
1.    Mari Sandoz
2.    Willa Cather
3.    William Kloefkorn
4.    Alex Kava

A)    This author was incredibly private, so much so that before her death she burned all her personal letters and papers, then tailored her will to prevent scholars from quoting her directly from what few papers remained

B)    Talk about a national sensation! This author’s books have made national bestsellers lists in Poland, Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom.  Guess you’d have to be “Bloody” stupid not to check them out!

C)    In 1978 which author won first place in the Nebraska Hog-Calling Championship? Giving up hog-calling for writing, what ever happened to ideals, people?

D)    In 1919, at the age of 18, this author made the bold move to divorce her husband citing “extreme marital cruelty” and travel, alone, to Lincoln, Nebraska.

E)    To pay for her life as a struggling writer, this author refinanced her home, maxed out her credit cards and took up the prestigious job of a paper boy (or paper person).

F)    Though celebrated for writing in the tongue of the “ordinary” person, this author was occasionally criticized for doing just that in place of activism to alter their often harsh conditions.  I mean really, who wants to read about successful people?

G)    This author was appointed the State Poet of Nebraska (very comparable to the Poet Laureate) in 1982. So you can just take that, Mr. Ted Kooser!

H)    This author’s first book was a memoir chronicling her father’ life. This dutiful daughter endured a whole heck of a lot of rejection before seeing Old Jules published in 1935
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Well readers, if you combine the powers of the rings of the five planeteers and call upon Captain Planet….then you will have wasted your time, as he probably cannot help you solve this quiz. On the other hand, you could just check out The University of Nebraska Press and take closer look at Restoring the Burnt Child by William Kloefkorn.