Soaring with
Fidel, David Gessner, cloth, April 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8578-3
Boston Globe Magazine, excerpt forthcoming in April issue
Big-Box Swindle,
Stacy Mitchell, cloth, November 2006, $25.95, 978-0-8070-3500-9
Maine Sunday Telegram, Q & A with author in the Sunday, January
7th issue
Not in Our
Classrooms, Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch, paperback original,
October 2006, $14.00, 0-8070-3278-6
Washington Monthly, review in the January/February issue: “Not
in Our Classrooms makes its case well, underscoring the fatuousness of
creationist science on every level: constitutional, educational and scientific…At
its core, the evolution ‘debate’ is a local one, and it’s at
that level that the daily battles happen. Thanks to this collection, winning
them might become a little easier.”
Rethinking Schools, review in the Winter issue with accompanying
advertisement for the book: “This book provides substantial background
information and perspective…such information and analysis can only help
social justice educators.”
“In this masterful work, Chris Finan deftly chronicles the challenges
to free speech in the twentieth century; an accessible, thought provoking
history that not only informs, but also engages the reader.” —Joyce
Meskis, Owner Tattered Cover Bookstore, Denver
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Shout, Sister,
Shout!, Gayle F. Wald, cloth, February 2007, $25.95, 978-0-8070-0984-0
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Backstage with Barry Nolan/Comcast Network; CN8; taped interview Wed. Jan.
10th; segment airs Monday, January 15th between 8-9pm
Gospel Memories/WLUW (Chicago); taped phone interview on Friday, January
19 at 11:00 a.m. Central Time (12pm EST); Show airs Sunday, February 4th
Too Much Information/XM Radio; live by phone, Monday, January 29th; 12:15-1:00am
WBAI Radio/The Morning Show (New York); 90 minute documentary interview
to air over three days; date to come
Here and Now/NPR, taped interview via ISDN on February 13th; air date to
come.
Wake Up Call/WGNU Radio (St. Louis), taped phone interview on February 15th;
air date to come.
Booklist, review in the January 1st issue: “Ward’s illuminating
biography brings the deliciously flamboyant singer to life as gospel’s
first superstar and a seminal figure defying musical categorization.”
Library Journal, review in the November 15th issue: “Wald digs
deeply into sensitive personal, cultural, and artistic issues to capture the
essence of both the individual and the performer while deftly examining a
variety of elements that impacted Tharpe's life and work-from the challenges
of being an African American woman to the strictures of the religious environment
that gave rise to her gospel sound. This candid and thorough biography will
certainly appeal to those familiar with this accomplished performer and will
inspire others to seek out her recordings.”
Publishers Weekly, review in the November 13th issue: “With
the publication of this entertaining and enlightening biography, Tharpe—who
reputedly played her electric guitar ‘like a man,’ withstood failed
marriages, racial and sexual discrimination plus economic hardships—should
receive the recognition she deserves.”
Kirkus, review in November 15th issue
Essence, review in February issue
Harp Magazine, review in March issue
Today's Black Woman, review in February/March issue
Reviews forthcoming in DownBeat, Living Blues, Time Out
Chicago, Black Issues Book Review, Los Angeles Magazine,
African American Review, Sing Out!, and MOJO
Author appearances:
Philadelphia: Art Santuary/City Hall Brown Bag Lunch Series,
Thursday, February 22nd at noon
Washington: Politics and Prose Bookstore, Saturday, February
24th at 1:00 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, Wednesday, March 7th at 6:30 p.m.
Los Angeles: EsoWon Books, Wednesday, February 28th at 7:00 p.m.
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