The Presidential Nomination Process: Time for Reform by Jane Eisner
The Relevance of Nooses and Lynching in the Age of Obama by Sherrilyn A.
Ifill
Link Roundup: Israeli Soldiers Speak, UUs in Kenya
Obama’s Mixed Heritage: A Mother’s Perspective by Barbara Katz
Rothman
Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:
Our World,
Mary Oliver and Molly Malone Cook, October 2007, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-6880-9
AARP Magazine; interview in March issue
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
Christian Science Monitor; review ran in February 19th issue
“And it is that spirit of honesty and the willingness to confront the
ugly parts of human experience that give Inheriting the Trade its value. Nowhere
in the book does DeWolf find any real answers to their questions about redressing
the wrongs of their ancestors. But honest self-examination remains an excellent
place to start.”—Marjorie Kehe
America Magazine; review ran in February 18th issue
“DeWolf’s memoir merits inclusion on reading lists for students
of American history, race relations and spiritual growth.”
—Mary Donnarumma Sharnick
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
Upcoming Events:
First Christian Church; book discussion; California; Saturday, February
23rd, 10 a.m.
Colony Club of New York; author talk; New York City, June 5th
Bostonian Society; author talk; Boston at the Old State House; June 17th
Fraunces Tavern Museum; author talk; New York City, June 19th
Beacon Rights Deals:
The New Media Monopoly, Ben Baghdikian, May 2004, paperback,
$19.00, 978-0-8070-6187-5
Vietnamese rights sold to VNN Publishing
Red Bird, Mary Oliver, April 2008, cloth, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6892-2
UK rights sold to Blood Axe
The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, October 2006, $24.95,
978-0-8070-0308-4
Turkish rights sold to Daktylos Basim Yayin, Ltd.
Resurrecting Empire, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, May 2004, $23.00,
978-0-8070-0234-8
Turkish rights sold to Daktylos Basim Yayin, Ltd.
Is Inequality Bad for Our Health?, Norman Daniels, Bruce Kennedy,
and Ichiro Kawachi, paperback, October 2000, $16.00, 978-08070-0447-2
Japanese rights sold to Keiso Shobo
Poetic Justice, Martha C. Nussbaum, paperback, April 1997,
$18.00, 978-0-8070-0447-2
Chinese rights sold to Peking University Press
Victory for Us Is to See You Suffer, Philip C. Winslow, October
2007, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-6906-6
Arabic rights sold to Dar Al-Hadi Publishing
Fugitive Days, Bill Ayers, September 2001, cloth, $24.00,
978-0-8070-7124-3
Turkish rights sold to Abis Basim Yayin, Ltd.
Hip Hop Matters, S. Craig Watkins, August 2005, cloth, $24.95,
978-0-8070-0982-6
Japanese rights sold to Film Art-sha Ltd
Beacon Acquisition:
The advances in technology that allow for convenience in our everyday life
are often come at the detriment of our privacy. This is the central conceit
of a new book we have acquired from legal journalist Frederick Lane, author
of the forthcoming THE COURT AND THE CROSS: The Religious Right's Crusade
to Reshape the Supreme Court (July 2008). In his new book, Lane will
use accessible, jargon-free language to trace the history of technological developments
that have increased our shared interests, starting with the camera in the late
19th century, through the legal questions each development has presented. This
history will take us through developments such as Social Security numbers, credit
cards, and of course, the many uses of the internet, to show the ways in which
we have sacrificed our privacy for the benefit of the technology. At this point,
we now see ads online targeted to emails we have written or Google searches
we have performed. Lane will ultimately explain the need for legislation that
protects our privacy in the face of these new everyday technologies. We will
publish this exciting new book in the Fall of 2009.
Beacon Press is a department of the