Shambhala Sun, review in the October/November issue:
“This is a fascinating story about the mundane struggles of modern
military service, the dehumanizing effects of war, and the courage of one
young man to live by his conscience.”
60 on Up,
Lillian B. Rubin, cloth, September 2007, $23.95, 978-0-8070-2928-2
Prime Time Radio/AARP; Wednesday, October 10th; 9:00 - 9:30am PST; taped
in studio at KQED Radio; air date to come
Library Journal, review in the September 15th issue:
“touching and poignant literary memoir . . . Through vivid descriptions
of her relationship with J.P., readers can glimpse the parental highs and
lows of life with a child who has developmental delays.”
Big-Box Swindle,
Stacy Mitchell, paperback, October 2007, $15.00, 978-0-8070-3501-6
October Book Sense, book featured as “Now in Paperback”
Publishers Weekly, Mitchell compared to Naomi Klein in an October
1st blog:
“Like some other terrific writers and activists at work now - Rebecca
Solnit in all sorts of ways, and Stacy Mitchell (Big-Box Swindle), to name
but two of a good number - Klein seems able to get people to see approaches
and solutions for their own selves, rather than offering some quick prescriptive
answer herself…”
Working Life, a blog by the Labor Research Association, Q&A with author:
Soaring with
Fidel, David Gessner, cloth, April 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8578-3
10,000 Birds blog, review posted September 28th
Shelf Awareness, author quoted on the closing of Cabbages and Kings
in Chatham, MA in the September 27th issue:
“David Gessner, author of Soaring With Fidel, said, "There
will be a huge hole in the Cape literary community. I have done a brunch for
every one of my books and had planned on doing them for each future book.
Each time Jack and Bess made it a personal celebration. It was a great way
to interact with Cape people, and Cabbages and Kings will be deeply missed."
Drifting
Toward Love, Kai Wright, January 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7968-3
“Blessed with the ability to connect emotional stories with factual information,
Kai Wright creates an artistic and humanizing portrayal of self-realization
that draws the reader into an often unseen and underexposed community. This
book is sure to touch young men and women everywhere who are still negotiating
their sexuality, and most importantly, it reassures them that they are not alone.
But Drifting Toward Love is not only an important resource for young
people. It's also a valuable tool for anyone who wants to understand the difficult
choices we all make in coming of age.”
—Keith Boykin, author of Beyond The Down Low: Sex, Lies and Denial
in Black America
AAUP, Books for Understanding Race Relations in the U.S.:
The Association of American University Presses has revised its bibliography
for Race Relations in the U.S. Beacon Press submitted 57 titles to the list
that has doubled to nearly 1,500 book and journal titles. Shelf Awareness noted,
in its September 28th issue, the new list and highlighted four titles. Among
the short list was Beacon’s On the Courthouse Lawn by Sherrilyn A. Ifill
($25.95, 978-0-8070-0987-1).
Beacon Press is a department of the