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University Boulevard at the Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma awards banquet, part of the state’s Centennial Celebration.https://alanhollingsworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/24-2007-book-club.jpg24 -- 2007 book clubSix years after the publication of <b>Flatbellies</b>, then University Boulevard, author A.B. Hollingsworth continued to address book clubs about the writing process and his experiences. https://alanhollingsworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017-06-12-13-44-40.jpg2017-06-12 13.44.40https://alanhollingsworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/19-top-ten.jpg19 -- Top TenIn October 2001, <b>Flatbellies</b> was named “One of the Top Ten Golf Books of All Time” by a panel of 12 east coast sportswriters, published in the Washington Times. The accompanying article pointed out that author A. B. Hollingsworth was the only one of the 10 who was neither a professional golfer nor a professional writer. In fact, he had stopped playing golf after high school.https://alanhollingsworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20-derby-h-s-talk.jpg20 -- Derby H.S. talkDerby High School (near Wichita) Language Arts Instructor, Carolyn McCown, created a study guide for Flatbellies to use in her Honors English classes. Along with Shirley Wells and Elizabeth Miller, the three teachers used the novel for instruction in their classes for several years. At the end of each semester, author A.B. Hollingsworth would travel to Kansas to speak with the students who had studied <b>Flatbellies</b> over the course of the semester, answering questions about the writing process in general, and the characters from the book specifically.https://alanhollingsworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/21-derby-newspaper.jpg21 -- Derby NewspaperAfter the general session with Honors English students at Derby High School, the author would meet with smaller groups and book clubs to discuss <b>Flatbellies</b>.https://alanhollingsworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/22-ub-review.jpg22 -- UB reviewBook review of University Boulevard, the “serious” sequel of <b>Flatbellies</b>. Although the ending of the first book was conclusively drawn, A. B. 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