Beacon Weekly Report

Archive: June 7, 2006

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Publicity, Reviews, and Praise

Once in a Promised Land, by Laila Halaby (hardcover, January 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-8390-1)

• "Halaby has created a beautiful, poignant tale about America in a dark time and peopled it with exquisitely crafted characters who wring our hearts."
  —Chitra Divakaruni, author of Queen of Dreams and The Mistress of Spices

The Tent of Abraham, by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Joan Chittister, OSB, Saadi Shakur Chishti (hardcover, July 2006, 0-8070-7728-3)

• Sojourners, a mention of the book will be included in a forthcoming July issue

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

• KPFA Morning show, Berkeley, CA live interview on June 8
   
• Author appearances in San Francisco, Harvey Milk Memorial Library on June 7, Black Oak books, Berkeley, on June 8

The Future of the Wild, Jonathan Adams (hardcover, January 2006, $27.95, 0-8070-8510-3)

• Denver Post, Opinion section, article by Adams ran June 4th

Getting On Message, Rev. Peter Laarman (paperback original, April 2006, $16.00, 0-8070-7721-6)

• Publishers Weekly, Religion Update section, featured May 22. In this piece, Beacon Press senior editor Amy Caldwell is quoted: "Moderate and liberal religious folks are realizing they need to step into the public arena and fight for their vision of America. We're saying, 'if you really want to go back to the Bible, this is what you need to look at.'"
   
• Air America, "State of Belief " radio program, Bill Sinkford, contributor and president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, appeared as a guest on June 4

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

• WAMC, "The Book Show" interview to air on 90 stations on Tuesday, June 13
   
• KPFA, Berkeley, CA, Hard Knock Radio, interview to air Monday, June 12
   
• In These Times, 200-word excerpt featured in the May 2006 issue

Boston Firsts, by Lynda Morgenroth (hardcover, June 2006, $19.95, 0-8070-7130-7)

• Improper Bostonian, interview and author photo to run in upcoming issue, June 14

Awards and Recognition

The Washington Reads program has chosen Ruthanne Lum McCunn's Thousand Pieces of Gold for the winter quarter's Washington Reads program. This year's theme focuses on "Diversity," by guiding readers to discover the "unique culture, history, art, and literature" of Washington state.

Additional News

New and Selected Volume Two: Limited Edition, by Mary Oliver (hardcover, November 2005, $150.00, 0-8070-6890-X)

• Due to a warehouse accident, only 58 copies of this edition were actually made available to the public. Remaining copies will be available on the website shortly at www.beacon.org.