On Saturday, June 23rd, at an annual gathering of the Unitarian Universalist
Association in Portland, OR, Beacon Press commemorated its 35th anniversary
of the publication of the Pentagon Papers with a panel discussion, which included
Senator Mike Gravel, Daniel Ellsberg, and former UUA President Robert West.
The lively panel was moderated by Amy Goodman in front of a crowd nearing 4,000-5,000
people and garnered praise in media forums outside of the Unitarian gathering:
To watch the panel in its entirety, read a copy of “Beacon Press and
the Pentagon Papers,” or read current blogs on the event, visit the Beacon
Press website at www.beacon.org
Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:
Soaring with
Fidel, David Gessner, cloth, April 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8578-3
Here & Now, NPR, interview aired June 22nd at Noon
The
Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, September 2006, $24.95, 978-0-8070-0308-5
"Solidly recommended for public library current events sections."
Morning Show with Thom Hartmann, KPOJ-AM, Portland, OR, live interview aired
Monday, June 25
Wake Up Call, WBAI-FM, New York City, live interview aired Tuesday, June
26th
Upcoming:
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders (airs nationally via Air America Radio)
Wednesday, June 27th 9:30 PM (EST) LIVE 30 minute interview
RadioActive KRCL-FM, Salt Lake City, UT Monday, July 2, Noon-1 p.m. (MT)
LIVE interview with callers
Morning Show, KPFA-FM, San Francisco, CA Tuesday, July 3 at 8:08 a.m. (PDT)
LIVE 20 minute interview
Radioactivity WMNF-FM, Tampa, FL Tuesday, July 3 at 1:05 p.m. (EST) LIVE
interview
The Roundtable, WAMC-Northeast Public Radio, Friday, July 13, 9:48-9:58
a.m. (EST) LIVE by telephone with hosts Joe Donahue and Julia Taylor
Voices of Our World, (nationally syndicated to 111 stations across U.S.)
Friday, July 13, 11 a.m. (EST)
Weekly Signals, KUCI-FM, Irvine, CA, Tuesday, July 24, 8:30-8:55 (PDT).
The Bone
Gatherers , Nicola Denzey, cloth, July 2007, $27.95, 978-0-8070-1308-3
Library Journal, review in the June 15th issue:
"Unique in its restricted time/place focus, the study probes
in-depth with a 21st Century feminist eye and will be a useful addition to the
academic and women's studies collections."
The Missing
Class , Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen, cloth, September
2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4139-0
Kirkus Reviews, review in the July 1st issue
Plain Secrets,
Joe Mackall, cloth, June 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1064-8
Queer Action Series,Come
Out and Win, Sue Hyde, paperback original, June 2007, $13.00, 978-0-8070-7972-0
and Out Law,
Lisa Keen, paperback original, June 2007, $13.00, 978-0-8070-7966-9
Between the Lines (Michigan LGBT Weekly), Beacon Press praised for
launching series in June 7th issue:
"Interestingly, Beacon is launching the series at the same time many
mass market publishing houses are moving away from LBGT genre books. The national
InsightOut Book Club has been cancelled and recent shuffling in the industry
has left many editors of LBGT genre books looking for work."
"'Beacon actually has, as a part of their mission, to work on social
justice issues. So this very much fits into what Beacon is mandated to do.
They have prioritized this,' Bronski said."
Between the Lines (and online at PrideSource.com), Out Law
reviewed in the June 15th issue:
"Lisa Keen has created an important, vibrant book that will serve as
both a guide for LBGT youth looking to make sure they know their legal rights,
and as an historical document for future generations to mark the community's
growth."
"From a legal perspective, she hits the nail dead on its head in providing
very accurate legal advice while making sure to point out the obvious loopholes
. . . If you're looking for a solid resource on the law for LGBT youth, consider
checking out Out Law. This may be a new survival guide. Knowledge is half
the battle, and Out Law certainly presents ways to be able to utilize the
law to fight bullying and discrimination."
"Polikoff mobilizes an impressive array of legal history and contemporary
court cases to show how marriage, whether same-sex or heterosexual, has ceased
to be the only place where people incur long-term obligations. She argues
vigorously that our society needs to find new ways of determining when legally
enforceable responsibilities and entitlements have accrued in interpersonal
relationships."
—Stephanie Coontz, author, Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered
Marriage
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