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Print and audiobooks can be submitted by: • Independent publishers • University presses • Hybrid publishers • Association presses • Self-published authors If you are a big five publishing house, you must submit your books to our fall competition, NYCBigBookAward.com, which has a separate committee and entry fee.

Outside of the big five publishing houses, any publisher or author may submit to both competitions, IndependentPressAward.com (every spring); and NYCBigBookAward.com (every fall). See webpages for complete details.

WHEN CAN I ENTER the Independent Press Award?

We are on a rolling submission, approximately every two and a half months, with two hard deadlines: (1) March 2023 to August 30, 2023; (2) September 1, 2023 to December 30, 2023 All entries must be postmarked no later than December 30, 2023. This final deadline will not be extended.

What if I miss the deadline? Enter our fall program NYCBigBookAward.com as we take books until August 30th.

ENTRY FEE $125 per title/per category, plus $75 for any additional category

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS Decide which books (copyright date within the past three years is recommended but not required) to enter into this year’s competition.

2 Calculate the total entry fee.

Choose which categories, https://www.independentpressaward.com/categories, to enter each book into. You may enter a book into as many categories as you’d like. The fee for the first category is $125. Any additional book categories for that same book is $75 per category.

• SINGLE BOOK, MULTIPLE CATEGORIES: One who enters “Book One” in Children’s Educational and Book Cover Design Childrens category, the entry fee is $125 + $75 = $200.

• MULTIPLE BOOKS: One who enters “Book One” in Children’s Educational and Book Cover Design Childrens category, the entry fee is $125 + $75 = $200, and “Book Two” in Mystery and New Fiction (first-time published), the entry fee is $125 + $75 = $200, so $200 + 200 = $400 in total book entry fees.

3 Download a form from this page, https://www.independentpressaward.com/submit-offline-1 OR submit the entry form online on this page, https://www.independentpressaward.com/online-entry-form-1 Complete form 4 Duplicate each Entry Label if you are entering multiple categories.

For print books, a copy of the completed Entry Label must be placed inside the front cover of every book submitted. Up to four physical copies for entry into four or more categories.

Audiobooks, a single copy of the completed Entry Label must be submitted along with either an Audible gift code or Authors’ Direct code.

IF SUBMITTING ONLINE and sending a book directly from Amazon.com or other retailer/printer, NO PAPERWORK IS REQUIRED to accompany the book(s).

5 Pay via PayPal button on the website or mail a check, along with your books and printed entry form, and ship to: 1

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This May Be Difficult to Read

by Claire N. Rubman, PhD

IT’S TIME TO REINVENT READING! Reading is the linchpin of all future learning. It’s time to disrupt an educational paradigm that hasn’t shifted in 50 years.

• One in five college freshmen has to take a remedial reading class.

• 42 million American adults can’t follow the directions on a can of soup.

Not your son or daughter? Are you sure?

You taught your child the letters and sounds.

Maybe your child can even say the words aloud, but can your child comprehend the printed word?

Is your child caught in this silent failure chain? How do you know?

Learn what “the science of reading” can actually do for your child!

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Learn more at www.difficulttoread.com ISBN: 9798987086117

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PUBLISHER’S LETTER This year, give the gift of stories to everyone you know.

Books are timeless treasures that spark imagination, open readers to new worlds, and offer a chance to connect with characters who feel like friends.

Giving a book during the holidays is an act of thoughtfulness and care. Consider the recipient’s interests and find a story that will resonate with them. Whether it’s a classic novel they’ve always wanted to read, a captivating mystery that will keep them guessing, or a heartwarming tale that will leave them feeling warm and fuzzy, the right book can be the perfect holiday gift.

In this issue, I’ve included an assortment of award-winning books from our fall NYC Big Book Award program, with a variety of categories to satisfy even the pickiest of readers. In addition, three amazing GAB TALKS interviews round out this issue.

I thought about those supporting literacy and the arts. This year, I decided to celebrate 35 authors as they chose to be featured on a billboard by the TKTS Broadway ticket booth in the heart of New York City’s Times Square. I thought when I am purchasing a book, I’m not just giving a gift; I’m also supporting authors, illustrators, publishers, and the entire literary community. In my own small way, I’m also promoting literacy and helping to ensure that books remain accessible to everyone.

When choosing books this season, consider these tips: • Ask the recipient for recommendations: This is a great way to find a book they are sure to love.

• Shop at local independent bookstores: These stores offer a curated selection of books and can help you find something unique and special.

• Get the book personalized: Many bookstores offer this service, which adds a special touch to any gift.

• Include a handwritten note: Share why you chose the book and what you hope they will get out of it.

• Give the gift of time: Offer to read the book with the recipient and discuss it together.

• Support literacy organizations: Donate books to children in need or volunteer your time to help others learn to read.

By giving the gift of a book, you’re not just giving an object; you’re giving someone a world of possibilities. So let’s spread the joy of reading and share the magic of books with the ones we love this holiday season.

Ted Olczak Publisher

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Last call for the 2024 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS Publisher’s Letter GAB TALKS with Elaine Bapis Holiday Gift Guide - Award-winning Book Choices GAB TALKS with Judy Lannon GAB TALKS with Kori Reed Ermelino’s article on Kori Reed

No portion of this magazine may be reproduced without express permission from the publisher.

All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system - except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper - without permission in writing from the publisher. To submit your book for review, send to: Printed Word Reviews, 63 Clinton Rd, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028. Allow 8 -12 weeks. Unpaid reviews are not guaranteed. More details available on our website at https://printedwordreviews.com/

Spring 2024 https://www.independentpressaward.com/ Fall 2024:

https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/

(More consumer focused; different judging; allows for all authors and publishers to participate; announced in the fall of every year)

To advertise, please contact Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com or Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com visit our website, https://www.independentpressaward.com/advertise The magazine Independent Press Award and NYC Big Book Award Present is published eight times per year and has been issued the following ISSNs by the U.S. ISSN Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.: Format: Online Format: ISSN 2836-9157; and the Print Format: ISSN 2836-9149.

Any questions or comments, please contact the Publisher Ted Olczak at Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com or Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com

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a. Four issues of BookCamp Magazine included at NO CHARGE with an annual membership. b. BONUS: Want to find the right Master of Fine Arts program?, Learn more about Small Press and Fall Trade Book Fairs? (AUGUST 2024 special supplement) c. Full access to our Publishing Professionals database. You will find literary agents, designers, distributors, editors, marketers, printers, publicity firms, publishers, other publishing professionals. d. Sign up now & receive an ADDITIONAL BONUSES as we add them throughout the year! (Outside of the United States /International digital magazine only). https://www.independentpressaward.com/membership

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Author: VALTER OF SALT LAKE CITY: THE MAGIC OF THE TABLE is the Winner of the 2023 NYC BIG BOOK AWARD for Coffee-table Book.

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laine M. Bapis collaborated with Valter Nassi for five years, ultimately publishing in 2019. Elaine, now retired, was a professor at Westminster College and the University of Utah where she taught literature, history, and film. She is also the author of Camera and Action: American Film as Agent of Social Change, 1965-1975, a cultural history of film. Along with numerous published essays, Elaine contributed a chapter in This Is the Plate: Utah Food Traditions. She received her Bachelor of Arts at Weber State University and her Masters of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of Utah.

Valter Nassi was in the restaurant business for more than half a century. He began his exceptional career in Sardinia Italy. His culinary expertise spanned the world London, Switzerland, Italy, Kenya, and New York City. In the 1990s Valter moved to Salt Lake City. From 2003 to 2012, he was the face of Cucina Toscana; in 2012 he launched his award-winning restaurant, Valter’s Osteria, altering the culinary landscape of Salt Lake City. Valter Nassi died Sept. 20, 2022 at age 76 really reads more like a memoir, yet it is visually stimulating with sensational and appetizing photography. It stunningly captures his life.

GABBY: The story of food is the story of life, this was Valter’s philosophy.

ELAINE: Walter believed that food was not just for nourishment and that we focus so much on the science of food that we forget how transformative it is for our daily lives. Food for him was joy. It was love and it was transformative.

It had the power to transform a night to joy and laughter and camaraderie. So that, for Walter, is the point of food.

ELAINE: Valter’s bigger than life personality had to be captured in something that recognized that part of his essence. So we decided that we had to show the part of Walter that was so unique in the restaurant. That was the spontaneity of the moment. Part of what we did was to present a pretty normal memoir and then to open it up in part to photographs that stressed that spontaneity.

GABBY: VALTER OF SALT LAKE CITY: THE MAGIC OF THE TABLE

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made of. To understand that there’s a process before the food gets to the table. What happens from seed to cultivation to watering, distribution, and then off to the restaurant. The photographs relayed that part of the creative process to him.

GABBY: Valter often said “Salt Lake City, my city”. It seemed to be a match made in heaven.

ELAINE: Salt Lake City gave Valter a chance to present his repertoire and his culinary repertoire as he loved it and with all kinds of passion.

Salt Lake City was also at a point where it was changing its culinary landscape, and Walter influenced that landscape forever. His was probably the original farm to table restaurant.

It was that kind of hospitality and that kind of approach to food on the plate and in the process of food that embraced Walter and that Walter embraced. I think he felt like he was finally there at the place that he’d always wanted to be.

GABBY: How do you think Valter would most like to be remembered?

ELAINE: One thing that he was very adamant about is that you don’t need a recipe to be able to make food from the heart. In fact, he asked you to put the recipe aside, go to your refrigerator, take out some ingredients, find four or five that go together and begin your own culinary adventure and bring family to the table.

Listen to the entire interview on https://www.independentpressaward.com/thegabtalks.

Be sure to visit https://valterofslc.com/ to learn more about Valter Nassi and his legacy and his restaurant site, https://valtersosteria.com/.

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Childrens: Animals & Pets

Sun Signs, Houses & Healing: Build Resilience & Transform Your Life Through Astrology

Please Love Me Like I love You Written by Kip Ullrich Fechner, Illustrated by Janis Ullrich Dillion

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In this adorable book, dogs of all breeds ask children to “Please love me like I love you.” Each dog has a message about how children can show their love in a kind and gentle way. For example, one dog says, “Don’t pull my ears. That hurts! Oh My!” and the facing page shows the three dogs sweetly looking and saying, “Your voice is so special to me like a sweet lullaby.” The book also includes a feature where children can find a heart on every page. This is a fun way for children to interact with the book and learn about kindness and compassion.

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Childrens-Humor Pebble the Penguin

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Tara is a magical dolphin with healing powers who helps people learn that dolphins and animals have feelings.

You will absolutely enjoy the beautiful and heartfelt messages.

About the Author/Illustrator: This wonderful book is written by Shreya Kumar Pradhan, an aspiring new artist and writer with a passion for art, fiction/fantasy, and protecting animals. This book has inspired other children and teens to write and share their stories.

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WINNER in Action/Adventure In the Lair of Legends

by David Buzan Distinguished Favorite in Action/Adventure Aboard Blackbeard’s Queen

by Robin Reams Last Star Standing

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REBELLIOUS SON: A Spy Devils Thriller

by Joe Goldberg

Choosing Life: One man’s journey through alcoholism and depression to wellness and selfdiscovery

by Blue Andrews Resilience - Based on a True Story of Robert J. Moore

by Robert J. Moore WINNER in African American Fiction Still Waters

by Jenna Caldwell WINNER in African American Nonfiction These Broken Roads: Scammed and Vindicated, One Woman’s Story

by Donna Marie Hayes Distinguished Favorite in African American Nonfiction Climbing Together: America’s Journey for Racial Equality

by Michael Smith Leavitt

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Chronological Order: The Fine Print for a Large Life

by Jill B. Yesko, Laurean Kile

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WINNER in Anthology Million Dollar Identity: Experts, CEOs, and Entrepreneurs Share How to Build, Monetize, and Scale Your Market Authority, Profit, and Influence for 7+ Figure Success

by Jamie Wolf, Myron Golden PhD, Victoria Kennedy, Dan Ashburn, Eric Beer, Ryan Stewman, et al WINNER in Arts & Entertainment Love And Murder The Final Days of Vincent van Gogh

by Dr. Irv Arenberg Distinguished Favorite in Arts & Entertainment LOST AND FOUND Assemblage artists of Northern California

by Spencer Brewer and Esther Siegel Ramayana Through Ikebana

by Simran Sadana & Meena Iyer The Beatle Who Vanished

by Jim Berkenstadt WINNER in Audiobook Nonfiction Negotiation Simplified: A Framework and Process for Understanding and Improving Negotiating Results

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A Sky of Infinite Blue: A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self

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Jackson, the agent assigned to Jill, is tasked with keeping her from disturbing the picturesque town she’s moved into. His own colorful past allows him to connect with her, and he works tirelessly to keep her on track. But will it be enough, or will it complicate matters further

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After decades of service, Jill retired and moved to a sleepy suburb. However, her lethal instincts, which made her one of the most sought-after government assets, made it difficult for her to adjust to the quiet life. Her past kept coming back to haunt her, making it hard for her to settle down and enjoy her retirement.

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New Moon’s Family

Erika Adams and Eric Soderstrom

ISBN: 979-8887470252 • $18.95 Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and online bookstores

Inspired by the phases of the moon, New Moon’s Family is a rhyming story about how loved ones are always in your heart, no matter how far away they might feel.

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Paired with an expository section, this whimsical moon story is an enlightening astronomy book for kids and a wonderful gift for long-distance families!

Literary Fiction Winter’s Reckoning, a novel ADELE HOLMES, MD

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Learn about brain development and the 5 comprehension skills that 5, 4 and even 3-year-olds should be focusing on instead of fixating on letters, sounds and rote memorization.

Let’s use our understanding of the human brain to transform your home into a developmentally appropriate ecosystem and make reading part of your household’s daily routine.

ISBN: 979-8987086117 • $19.99 Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and online bookstores difficulttoread.com • facebook.com/claire.rubman/

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A Crisis Is A Terrible Thing to Waste Living While Human

by Kelly Sullivan Walden

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WINNER in Biography: Historical Einstein: The Man and His Mind

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In the dying Southern Appalachian town of Jamesville, 46-year-old Madeline Fairbanks has no use for ideas like “separation of the races” or “men as the superior sex.” challenges the status quo with her socially progressive views. She takes on a Black apprentice, Ren Morgan, and continues to practice herbalistic medicine despite threats from the KKK. When a new reverend arrives and begins preaching about racial segregation, Maddie must decide whether to bow to the KKK’s demands or fight to keep her home and protect the future of the people she loves, both Black and White.

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Khuda Buksh: The Pioneer of Life Insurance in Bangladeshce in Bangladeshce in Bangladesh

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Charlie’s Encore

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WINNER in Book Cover DesignChildrens Picture Books Zen & The Ten Oxherding Pictures

by Demi Distinguished Favorite in Book Cover Design-Childrens Picture Books Little Bear: An Inuit Folktale

by Dawn Casey

Distinguished Favorite in Book Cover Design-Fiction The Time Travelers

by Richard C Brusca WINNER in Book Cover DesignNonfiction Of Dirt and Wildflowers, A Memoir: On Growing the Courage to Bloom

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Lannon Author: Nine Days Nine Days, a 2023 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in Death & Dying, is author Judy Lannon’s debut novel. Raised on the south shore of Massachusetts with idyllic summers spent in Cape Cod, Judy joins us from Orleans, Cape Cod where she resides with her husband and their two poodles.

GABBY: What does the title Nine Days signify?

JUDY: It’s about family. No matter how much we bring to the table or how much is brought by somebody else, we’re family. Family comes together when they need to. I made sure that the Austin family, even though they had so many things going on with each sibling, came together as a united front for their mother.

JUDY: The title signifies the actual nine days that I spent with my mother when she was in Cape Cod Hospital. She was 94 years old. She was actually there much longer, but I spent nine days with her there while they tried to figure out what her diagnosis was.

GABBY: How has writing Nine Days changed or altered your perspective about aging parents and our role as caregivers?

GABBY: Is that what inspired you to write Nine Days?

JUDY: I think it’s opened my eyes. I’m more respectful of older people.

I’m finding that they are not invisible, that they should still be given respect and courtesy.

JUDY: It did. I had no intentions of ever writing a book. The book is fiction. I’ve been told that it reads like a memoir. I took parts of what had actually happened to me and my mother in the hospital and then created a family and a fictional story around that.

GABBY: Please give us a preview of your new novel, The Making of Genevieve.

I ran into an acquaintance a little bit less than a year after my mother had passed. Her father was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. I advised her about all the great stuff my mother had done for us.

JUDY: She’s the narcissistic mother in Nine Days. This story begins when she’s 16 and it goes right up to when she’s 94. It focuses on how she became the person that she became and what made Genevieve be who she was.

She had a will, she had a trust, she had the health care proxy, all that minutia. Then I told her some funny things that happened because I just feel in life you need to laugh.

I just started writing the words nine days, nine days for a daughter to be with her mother, nine days for a mother to be with her daughter.

To learn more about Judy and her debut work, Nine Days, listen to the entire interview at https://www.independentpressaward.com/thegabtalks.

GABBY: The story deals with many different issues. Death and dying, forgiveness, self-esteem, and parenting. What do you think is the most important theme?

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WINNER in Book Interior Design WINNER in BusinessFiction Entrepreneurship & Small Business The Clever Wife: A Kyrgyz Folktale

by Rukhsana Khan Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World’s Most Enduring, Distinguished Favorite in Book Employee-Focused Organizations Interior Design Fiction

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by Nanette J. Davis, Ph.D. Ichiro and the Great Mountain

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Sustainability is for Everyone: Beginning Steps to Creating a Sustainability Program for Your Business

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Finding Your Brand True North

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Sweating Together: How Peloton Built A Billion Dollar Venture and Created Community in a Digital World

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Preparing for Battle: How to Overcome Life’s Challenges, Unlock Your Full Potential, and Build a Successful Business

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I Didn’t See It Coming: Scenes of Love, Loss and Lewy Body Dementia

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In Search of Sparkle: A Faerie Fairy by Michael Dow, RN, MS Tale The Answer is a Question: The The Psychological Safety

by Donna E. Lane Distinguished Favorite in Missing Superpower that Changes Playbook: Lead More Powerfully Childrens-Educational Everything and Will Transform be Being More Human WINNER in Chick-Lit Your Impact as a Manager and

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by Laura Ashley-Timms & Dominic Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn’t by Casey Dembowski

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Growing Up Harris

By Brooke Harris Wolff, Geoff Harris, James Harris, Jonathan Harris Set against the vibrant backdrop of West Los Angeles during the 50s and 60s, Growing Up Harris tells the story of four siblings — a sister and three brothers — dealing with a mother, a well-known L.A. poet, who day by day was drinking and drugging herself to death; a loving father who was unable to turn the tide of tragedy; a grandmother whose solutions were offered in non sequitur proverbs; and a galaxy of cousins and friends who ran wild with them in their suburban neighborhood. The descendants of Hollywood storytellers, each of the Harrises narrates their own childhood journey in this nonfiction book with a Rashomon-like effect.

Available on Amazon.

https://www.theumpy.com/growingupharris ISBN 979-8483284963 Purchase Price: Kindle: $8.99; Hardcover: $25.99; Paperback: $18.98

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Vietnam Combat: Firefights and Writing History Robin Bartlett More than 50 years after the Vietnam War, Bartlett’s vivid combat experiences are brought to light in a fastmoving, well-written, first-person narrative expressing the horror, fear, anguish, and sometimes illogical humor of that war. “For readers who want to learn what it was like for a twenty-two-year-old lieutenant to lead even younger Americans in combat, in miserable conditions, in a war no one understood, and where no one wanted to be the last man to die, there is no better place to begin than Vietnam Combat” (from review in On Point: The Journal of American Army History).

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The Roots That Clutch tells the haunting true-story of how a young woman discovered through her PhD research on T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound that her grandmother had had an affair with the other great American Modernist, William Carlos Williams.

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ori Reed is the author of Men-in-the-Middle: Conversations to Gain Momentum with Gender Equity’s Silent Majority. Men-in-the-Middle: earned a Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 NYC Big Book Award for both the Career and Cultural/Social Issues categories.

Kori spent 15 years in corporate communications at various Fortune 500 companies and an additional 10 years as a corporate Vice President at ConAgra Foods. She is an expert on domestic hunger, corporate philanthropy, and cause branding.

Kori has been honored with the CEO Award, Chairman-Award, and Spirit Award at the respective companies where she worked. She is now a strategic communicator, author, speaker and facilitator.

Kori is originally from Chicago. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri–Columbia and a master’s in Communication from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She is a mom to four adult children, two men and two women. Kori resides in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband Mike. conversation that’s happening where we get the business case.

What’s happening below the surface is there is some fear, there’s some uncertainty, and there’s a lot of ambiguity. In a very general sense, that has made men uncomfortable from speaking up.

GABBY: You interviewed men across corporate America about gender equity in the workplace. Who are men in the middle?

KORI: Right after MeToo we had extreme views in the media. It was great to have people raising the bar on normalizing this conversation.

Then I noticed that we heard the stories of men in the news that were doing egregious behaviors.

GABBY: Kori, you said something very interesting, “To get men to be part of the solution, we might have to acknowledge that they face issues too”. I think many of us, specifically women, are really surprised to hear that.

Then we had some men that were advocating for women. But really, this majority of men, men that I worked with every day, were silent. The men in the middle were not saying much at all.

In the interviews I learned they actually had a lot to say.

KORI: This is the part that’s fascinating. Since doing this, I’ve talked to women friends who are like, my gosh, Corey, why are you even saying this? We’ve been oppressed for years. I’ve talked to men who said, Corey, you’re not a man. You can’t speak for us. It really is that point of acknowledging that we all want to be seen, heard, and acknowledged right at the end of the day. Men are just not socialized to talk about these issues. We know that men commit suicide three times more than women do. There’s a lot of pressure that’s happening on men and the stereotype of what a man should be. If we don’t acknowledge those issues, then we can’t open up and have those conversations and really change the narrative that this is not just a women’s issue, this is for men and women.

GABBY: Why do you think that men are so reticent to speak up about gender and gender equity?

KORI: Men told me when I interviewed them that they thought gender equity was a women’s issue. What I was fascinated by at the end of the day is that these men actually believed in the business case for diversity. They totally understood that the more diversity in the leadership positions, in particular, women, would increase innovation, financial returns.

Listen to the entire interview on www.TheGabTalks.com. Learn more about Kori and Men-In-The-Middle at https://www. korireed.com/

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Men-in-the-Middle Pure Ink Press

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ori Reed is a passionate advocate for gender equity, only too aware that people put limitations on gender. In her first non-fiction book, Men-in-the-Middle, Reed, who has degrees in Journalism and Communication Studies, with 25 years of experience speaking and consulting at Fortune 500 companies, takes on the question of where men fit into the equation. Deciding to research rather than assume, she created an interview guide, tapped into her expansive network, and reached out to 100 men who were managers and above, to find some answers. Thirty men responded—Reed notes that the responses were fascinating-- and combining these conversations with secondary research (the book has a bibliography of over 20 pages), she’s written an engaging book that is both informative, comprehensive, and a practical guide. Each chapter introduces a man (first names only) with a quote that defines his position on men and women in the workplace.

Reed became interested in the project when she notices that after the #MeToo movement, women were speaking out but the men were silent. She began working on the book in 2018 and says it took about 18 months. The conversations ranged from an hour to an hour and a half. What she learned was that while the men might be silent in the office, they had a lot to say. One man surprised her when he said, “I am so glad to talk about this; I’ve been wanting to for the longest time.” Another was quite happy to have the pendulum swing to the side of women and wait for the balance. Mostly, Reed concludes, there’s an element of awkwardness, men afraid they will say or do something offensive. The root cause of issues, she says, is “not being able to talk about them because it doesn’t feel safe. And she adds, “the F-word has eight letters; feelings!”

Reed encourages us to acknowledge that men face issues and challenges and we should engage them in conversation, open conversations that look at new and creative ways to reach gender equity. Toward that goal, Reed ends each chapter with two sections titled: Key Takeaways and Questions to Ask or Ponder. The book, Reed states, is “primarily geared toward people who work in a corporate environment and want to give voice to the male perspective to freshen the dialogue on creating an inclusive culture.

“RUN”, Reed advises—”reframe the issue, understand perspectives, and negotiate to find common goals—together in healthy, open dialogue that values leading with curiosity, asking questions, and listening actively.”

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Thriller Guidance to Death Daniel V. Meier Jr. The night was cold and rainy, with low visibility. The perfect conditions for sabotage. All he had to do was disable the guidance system of the Amertec Electronics company jet, and no one would suspect him. No one would even think it was murder.

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Adams soon uncovered mounting evidence that the crash was no accident. He also learned that the victim had been involved in a bitter corporate rivalry. And then, another former Amertec employee was murdered. Adams was convinced that there was indeed foul play, and he was determined to find the killer.

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This Time Tomorrow: A Novel

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Leadership Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis John Baldoni

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Through Carrie’s struggles, readers are drawn into the historical setting of Sleepy Hollow, NY, the author’s hometown. Every small detail is believable and rooted in Dullaghan’s lived experiences.

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Home Is Within You: A Memoir of Recovery and Redemption

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I Got It From Here: A Memoir of Awakening to the Power Within

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A micro-autobiography and a call for sustainable living and preserving nature. Kaur narrates her life as an immigrant from India, her travels, and her rejection of mainstream living. She also argues that humans are not as smart as we think and that a simple, accessible answer solves many of the problems we face.

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Leaders benefit from the strategies, language and tools of CEOs who know how to speak the right language at the right time. But Words That Work does more than that. It calls on leaders to challenge the ‘usual’ business conversations.

Val Wright turns a number of familiar communication approaches on their head, and shows the reader how to question, contest and change traditional language skilfully and persuasively.

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