{"id":46,"date":"2008-05-01T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T19:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/2008\/05\/01\/the-bellwether-prize\/"},"modified":"2008-05-01T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T19:23:00","slug":"the-bellwether-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/the-bellwether-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bellwether Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I stumbled across an intriguing book list recently: winners of the Bellwether Prize. I love to read, and one of my favorite authors is Barbara Kingsolver. So when I read that she had founded a prize for literature, I immediately looked it up. Here are the introductory sentences from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellwetherprize.org\/\">Bellwether Prize web site<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fiction has a unique capacity to bring difficult issues to a broad readership on a personal level, creating empathy in a reader\u2019s heart for the theoretical stranger. Its capacity for invoking moral and social responsibility is enormous. Throughout history, every movement toward a more peaceful and humane world has begun with those who imagined the possibilities. The Bellwether Prize seeks to support the imagination of humane possibilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What a delightful surprise! A list of novels, recommended by a favorite author, that address social justice issues! It&#8217;s so satisfying when different aspects of one&#8217;s interests intersect. I am hopeful that some of these books will be another resource for starting conversation and reflection about hunger&#8217;s root causes.<\/p>\n<p>I admit I haven&#8217;t read any of the winning books (is it embarrassing to admit I haven&#8217;t even heard of them?). It&#8217;s possible that the concept will outshine the reality and I&#8217;ll regret this blog later. But I&#8217;m sure looking forward to finding out!<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">-Nancy Michaelis<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stumbled across an intriguing book list recently: winners of the Bellwether Prize. I love to read, and one of my favorite authors is Barbara Kingsolver. So when I read that she had founded a prize for literature, I immediately looked it up. 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