Thirst,
Mary Oliver, cloth, October 2006, $22.00, 978-0-8070-6896-0
New York Times Book Review, Inside the List section, a long paragraph
about Mary Oliver in the February 18th issue: “…at 71 she is, far
and away, this country’s best selling poet. According to the list on
poetryfoundation.org, the top fifteen bestselling poetry volumes in America
as of mid-January include no fewer than five Mary Oliver titles, all published
by Beacon Press of Boston.” —Dwight Garner
The Iron
Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, October 2006, $24.95, 978-0-8070-0308-4
Publishers Weekly, review in the February 12th issue: “The avian
equivalent in tone and expertise to NPR's Car Talk Magliozzi brothers, O'Connor
should net a wider audience with this amusing collection.”
Shout, Sister,
Shout!, Gayle F. Wald, cloth, February 2007, $25.95, 978-0-8070-0984-0
Entertainment Weekly, review in the February 16th issue
Philadelphia Inquirer, feature interview with author to run on Wednesday,
February 21st in advance of her February 22nd Philly appearance
Widening
the Circle, Mara Sapon-Shevin, paperback original, March 2007, $14.00,
978-0-8070-3280-0
Booklist, review in the March 1st issue: “An insightful look
at inclusion in education.”
Plain Secrets,
Joe Mackall, June 2007, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1064-8
“Joe Mackall's patience, empathy, and dogged curiosity illuminate this
fine, fascinating study of an elusive culture. Plain Secrets is a provocative,
humbling, and soulful book.” —Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Lincoln’s
Melancholy
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