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Archive: March 14, 2006

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Publicity, Reviews, and Praise

When the Rivers Run Dry, by Fred Pearce (hardcover, March 2006, $26.95, 0-8070-8572-3)

• Fresh Air/NPR; Tuesday, March 7th; interview from BBC/Broadcast House in London, air date to come

• Salon.com, Wednesday, March 8th; interview with Katherine Mieszkowski, for Q&A to run mid March

• Living On Earth/NPR; pre-interview on Monday, March 13th; tape date to come

• Wisconsin Public Radio/Conversations with Kathleen Dunn, Wednesday, March 15th at 10am central; 4pm Great Britain; one hour live by phone with call-ins,

• On Point/WBUR, Thursday, March 16th, 11:00 -12:00pm; live with calls ins from the BBC in London.

• Worldview/Chicago Public Radio, Friday, March 17th; taped interview from BBC/Broadcast House. Air date to come.

• California Literary Review, interview, posted online.

• Booklist, boxed review with jacket art, March issue
  
  "Former New Science news editor Pearce cogently presents the alarming ways in which this ecological emergency is affecting population centers, human health, food production, wildlife habitats, and species viability. Having crisscrossed the globe to research the economic, scientific, cultural, and political causes and ramifications of this under publicized tragedy, Pearce's powerful imagery, penetrating analyses, and passionate advocacy make this required reading for environmental proponents and civic leaders everywhere." —Carol Haggas

Confessions of the Other Mother, edited by Harlyn Aizley, (paperback original, May 2006, $16.00, 0-8070-7963-4)

• Publishers Weekly, review, March 13th issue
  
  "Aizley's collection of first-person accounts by nonbiological lesbian mothers is a long time coming…These essays explain what it is to be biologically estranged from your spouse and child(ren) and the daily struggle for approval and acceptance that these women face in society and sometimes even in their own homes and hearts."

Flashback, by Penny Coleman, hardcover, May 2006, $23.95, 0-8070-5040-7)

• Publishers Weekly, March 6th issue
  
  "With searing insights, Coleman also discusses the social engineering involved in the Vietnam era draft and its notions, both implicit and explicit, of ‘disposable' men. This passionately felt book poses more questions than it can answer, but it will surely generate further attention to a sadly timely subject."

The Earth Knows My Name, by Patricia Klindienst, (hardcover, April 2006, $26.95, 0-8070-8562-6)

• National Garden Clubs, Inc. website, review to be posted in June
  
  "Readers are bound to develop an appreciation for the gardening traditions that linked the ethnic Americans to their past in this personal journal."

Dark Tide, by Stephen Puleo, (cloth: $23.00, 0-8070-5020-2; paperback $14.00 0-8070-5021-0)

• Patriot Ledger, feature, run date to come