Upstate selected as one of twenty books in Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley’s “Battle of the Book” competition

Upstate selected as one of twenty books in Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley’s “Battle of the Book” competition

UPSTATE has been nominated for the 2006 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Debut Fiction

Upstate wins a 2006 American Library Association ALEX Award” (hey, I was excited when I got my first award, what can I say)

Upstate Audio Book winner of the 2006 Audie Award in the Category of Literary Fiction

Terry McMillan selects Kalisha for the inaugural Terry McMillan Young Author Award

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to read an article in the Chicago Suntimes on how Buckhanon brings new insight to teen motherhood in 'Conception'

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to read an interview of Kalisha with Urban Reviews,
on her new novel "Conception"

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to read an interview with Kalisha at mediabistro.com

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to listen to Kalisha converse about the literary and publishing
world with Writing Professional Tara Coyt

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to listen to Kalisha's Interview with
Vanessa Bush on Chicago’s National Public Radio’s
“Eight Forty Eight” Talk Show

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to read a Profile of Kalisha in
Rolling Out magazine

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