This Week in Beacon Broadside, a project of Beacon Press (www.beaconbroadside.com):
? Making it a Movie by Martin Moran
Caroline Healey Dall by Helen Deese
The Psychological Trauma of War by Margot Adler
Link Roundup: Margaret Seltzer a Sociopath? The Sexing of Science. Lowlights
of the Presidential Race.
Media, Technology and Bullying: New Partners in Nastiness
Link Roundup: Seed Vaults, Marriage, Reproduction, Updates
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
Pacific Northwest Independent Booksellers Association; #7 ranking on the
Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list for the week of March 9th
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
Thirst,
Mary Oliver, cloth, October 2006, $22.00, 978-0-8070-6896-0
Book Sense; #2 ranking on the 2008 Book Sense Poetry Top Ten List; title
will appear with jacket image, author bio and full bookseller quote on the
Top Ten list PDF and print-out as well as inclusion in the “April is
National Poetry Month” displays
Why I Wake Early,
Mary Oliver, cloth, April 2004, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6876-4
New York Times; review on Ron Perera’s chorus performance, which
included musical renditions of eight Mary Oliver poems
“. . . she gives an excellent analysis of the problems facing the large
and important professional middle class.”
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 Advocate; excerpt in April 8th issue; on newsstands March 26th
Upcoming Events:
Center for New Words; book lecture at Simmons College at the Kotzen Meeting
Center, in Lefavour Hall; Boston, March 13th, 7 p.m.; click on link for more
information
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