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Archive: August 17, 2006

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Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son, Kevin Jennings, cloth, August 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-7146-3

• Entertainment Weekly, review in August 18th issue:
  "Mama's Boy distinguishes itself from the glut of me-too coming-out memoirs with equal parts humor and gravitas."
   
• Booklist, review in August issue:
  "A refreshingly readable memoir."
   
• People, review to run in August
   
• Newsweek, "Fast Chat" in August 21st issue
   
• Horace, review in September issue
   
• Independent School, review in Fall issue
   
• Genre, review in September issue
   
• New York Blade, feature review, early September
   
• The Washington Blade, feature interview, runs end of August
   
• The Gay & Lesbian Review, review in November/December issue
   
• Salon, interview to run in August
   
• Lambda Book Report, review in Fall issue
   
• Winston-Salem Journal, feature forthcoming
   
• Sirius Radio, John McMullen Show, live interview on Monday, August 14th at 4:30 pm

The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, October 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-0308-5

• Chicago Tribune, article by Khalidi in August 13th issue

The Tent of Abraham, Joan Chittister, Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti, and Rabbi Arthur Waskow, cloth, July 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-7728-3

• Philadelphia Daily News, Rabbi Arthur Washow's Op-Ed ran in the Saturday, August 12th issue
   
• house of breathings blog, review posted on Thursday, August 10th:
  "If you have any concern for peace (particularly in the Middle East ) or for interfaith work (particularly among the three Abrahamic faiths), The Tent of Abraham is a must-read. But as soon as you're done with it, give it away or loan it out. It needs to reach as many people as possible."

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

• Mothering Magazine, book mentioned in July/August issue:
  "These funny, poignant essays illuminate a virtually undiscussed topic while celebrating the joyful chaos of becoming a new parent."
   
• EDGE, review posted on Tuesday, August 8th:
  "It's a timely and illuminating book—the start of something larger, one hopes, and a good start at that."

The New Single Woman, E. Kay Trimberger, paperback, October 2006, $16.00, 0-8070-6523-4

• Contemporary Sociology, review in July issue:
  "Trimberger's...sample size and longitudinal research design permit unparalleled in-depth access to the unfolding of a new identity."

Thirst, Mary Oliver, cloth, October 2006, $22.00, 0-8070-6896-9

• NPR, The Writer's Almanac, Garrison Keillor will read Mary Oliver in August
   
• Utne Magazine, excerpt in September issue
   
• Harvard Divinity Bulletin, excerpt in Autumn 2006 issue
   
• America, running excerpt in September 25th issue
   
• Christian Century, excerpt in September issue

The Engaged Spiritual Life, Donald Rothberg, paperback, October 2006, $16.00, 0-8070-7725-9

• Tikkun, excerpt in September/October issue

Not in Our Classrooms, Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch, paperback, October 2006, $14.00, 0-8070-3278-6

• Teacher Magazine, review in Fall issue
   
• Rethinking Schools, review in September issue

Making Art Together, Mark Cooper with Lisa Sjostrom, cloth, August 2006, $26.95, 0-8070-6618-4

• Perspective (Journal of YMCA Professionals), review in August or September issue
   
• Teacher Magazine, review in Fall/Winter issue