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Beacon Weekly Report

October 23, 2007

 

This Week in Beacon Broadside, a project of Beacon Press (www.beaconbroadside.com):

  • “Of Hoopoes and Hummus: Resisting Pessimism in the West Bank” by Philip C. Winslow
  • “Edna St. Vincent Millay” by Mary Oliver
  • “The Poet Goes to Fenway”
  • “One Boy, One Gene, and The Purpose of Life” by Clare Dunsford

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise

 

The Missing Class, Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen, September 2007, Cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4139-0

  • Bill Moyer’s Journal, interview slated to run Friday, October 26th

 

Victory for Us Is to See You Suffer, Philip C. Winslow, October 2007, Cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-6906-6

  • Library Journal, group review in the October 15th issue:

    “Winslow’s sensitivity and strong writing make this an important volume for libraries.”

  • Leonard Lopate Show/NY Public Radio, live 40 minute interview Wednesday, October 24th at 1:20 p.m. (ET)

60 on Up, Lillian B. Rubin, cloth, September 2007, $23.95, 978-0-8070-2928-2

  • Lenny Lopate/WNYC Radio (NPR New York), Wednesday, November 28th from 1-1:20 p.m., live in studio

Inheriting the Trade, Thomas Norman DeWolf, January 2008, Cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-7281-3

  • Publishers Weekly, review in the October 22nd issue:

    “…thought-provoking discussion of reparations for slavery…DeWolf promotes conversation about ‘truth of the past and its impact on the present.’”

Spelling Love with an X, Clare Dunsford, October 2007, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7279-0


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