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Beacon Weekly Report

January 23, 2008

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

  • A Positive Conversation About Religion by Jessie Bennett
  • Monday Link Roundup: Tuesday Edition, featuring Tom DeWolf, Kai Wright and Eboo Patel by Jessie Bennett
  • Dare I Ask? by Laila Halaby

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

Acts of Faith, Eboo Patel, cloth, July 2007, $22.95, 978-0-8070-7726-9

  • Good Morning America/ABC TV; two segments featuring Eboo Patel and some of the young people who work with the Interfaith Youth Core; scheduled to air on Wednesday, January 23rd at 8:15 a.m. and on Thursday, January 24th at 8:30 a.m.

Our World, Mary Oliver and Molly Malone Cook, October 2007, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-6880-9

  • Seattle Post Intelligencer; front page interview with Beacon Press Director Helene Atwan regarding Oliver’s upcoming Seattle appearance; scheduled to run on Thursday, January 24th
  • AARP Magazine; interview in March issue
  • Shelf Awareness; Oliver mentioned numerous times in a Q&A interview with bookseller Stanley Hadsell of Market Block Books of Troy, NY

Red Bird, Mary Oliver, April 2008, Cloth, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6892-2

  • Town and Country; brief profile with excerpt of “Mornings at Blackwater”; to run in March or April issue
  • Poets and Writers; highlighting Red Bird with jacket art and author photo, plus excerpt of “Small Bodies”; to run in March/April issue

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

  • P.O.V. / PBS; Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North, the Sundance selected documentary based on DeWolf’s book has been selected for a national broadcast premiere; air date to come
  • The Chet Curtis Report/NECN; live interview aired January 16th
http://www.necn.com/category/1/1421
  • The Spotted Frog Bookstore; author reading, Q & A and panel discussion with members of the Family of Ten, followed by book signing and reception; January 23rd, 4 p.m.
  • The Sundance Film Festival will screen the documentary, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, a companion to DeWolf’s book, 6 times during the festival from January 21st through January 26th
  • Christian Science Monitor; review forthcoming in February issue

Closing the Food Gap, Mark Winne, January 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070-4730-9

  • Santa Fe New Mexican; review in January 22nd issue
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Food/Santa_Fean_combats_poverty_with_food
  • Albuquerque Journal; interview to run in Sunday, Januuary 27th issue
  • KHFM-FM/ Albuquerque, MN; interview to air Sunday, January 27th
  • Journey Home /KSFR-Santa Fe Public radio; January 25th, 4:10 p.m. MST; live in-studio interview
  • Topical Currents /WRLN-Miami/South Florida Public radio; Wednesday, February 6th, 1-2 p.m. EST; live interview
  • Up to Date with Steve Krasne/KCUR-Kansas City Public Radio; Thursday, February 21st, 11 a.m. - Noon CST; live interview

Drifting Toward Love, Kai Wright, January 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7968-3

  • Time Out New York; interview in January 17th issue

“. . . an intimate, at times heart-wrenching look at three young gay men of color who struggle to find a place—a bed to sleep in as well as a scene that allows them to be themselves without fear. . .”

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/lgbt/25613/minority-report
  • XY Magazine; interview forthcoming in February issue, on newsstands February 8th
  • Brian Lehrer Show/ WNYC-New York Public Radio; Monday, February 18th, 11:06 a.m. EST; live interview
  • Housing Works Bookstore Café; author reading; New York City, February 5th, 7 p.m.
  • Barnes & Noble Manhattan; author reading; New York City, February 19th, 6 p.m.
  • Brooklyn Public Library; author reading; New York City, February 24th, 1:30 p.m.

Saviors or Sellouts, Christopher Alan Bracey, cloth, February 2007, $26.95, 978-0-8070-8375-8

  • The Joe Madison Show/XM-169, The Power & WOL-AM 1450 (DC); Monday, January 28th; 8:00 – 8:24 a.m. EST; live by phone
  • The Marc Steiner Show/88.1 WYPR (NPR Baltimore); Monday, January 28th; 1- 2:00 p.m. EST; live via ISDN from Washington University studios
  • Joy Cardin Show/Wisconsin Public Radio; Thursday, January 31th; 9- 10:00 a.m. EST; live by phone with call-ins
  • Culture Shocks with Barry Lynn/WMET Radio (DC and 4 other outlets); Wednesday, February 6th; 4 p.m. EST; taped by phone
  • Morning Edition/KVON Radio (Napa, CA); Wednesday, February 8th; 8:30 – 8:50 a.m. PST; live by phone
  • The Bev Smith Show/American Urban Radio Networks (heard nationally); Friday, February 11th; 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. EST; live by phone

Without a Map, Meredith Hall, cloth, April 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7273-8

  • Curled Up With A Good Book; review posted January 19th
http://www.curledup.com/woutamap.htm

The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, October 2006, $24.95, 978-0-8070-0308-4

  • Charlie Rose / PBS; live interview aired January 16th; click below to watch a clip
http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/01/16/1/a-discussion-about-the-middle-east

Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man, Thomas A. Foster, cloth, September 2006, $28.95, 978-0-8070-5038-5

  • William and Mary Quarterly; review ran in the January issue
http://oieahc.wm.edu/wmq/Jan08/mccurdy.pdf


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