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Beacon Weekly Report

April 2, 2008

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

  • American Dreamers : Analyzing Dreams of Hilary and Barack by Kelly Bulkeley
  • Single Women and the US Women’s Movement: Insights From India by E. Kay Trimberger


Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

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

  • Book Sense Hardcover Fiction Bestseller lists for week ending 3/30:
    #11 on National List
    #3 Pacific Northwest List
    #6 New England List
    #12 Mountain and Plains List
    #9 Southern California
  • Denver Post; #10 on Hardcover Fiction list
  • New York Times Book Review; ad in the April 6th issue
  • Town and Country; brief profile with excerpt of "Mornings at Blackwater" from Red Bird; to run in June issue
  • Poets and Writers; highlighting Red Bird with jacket art and author photo, plus excerpt of "Small Bodies;" to run in March/April issue

Upcoming Events:

  • Poetry Center & Poetry Foundation; reading and book signing; book sales through Museum Shop; Chicago, IL; Wednesday, April 2nd
  • Friends of the Central Library Poetry Center; evening poetry reading and reception; Syracuse, NY; Tuesday, April 15th
  • Pacific Lutheran University; evening poetry reading with commentary, Q&A, and book signing, as well as pre-reading reception, plus an additional one hour Q&A with students; book sales through Garfield Book Co. at Pacific Lutheran Univ.; Tacoma, WA; Tuesday, April 22nd
  • Book Passage/Dominican University, Santa Sabina Center; evening reading and book signing; book sales through Book Passage; San Rafael, CA; Thursday, April 24th
  • Island Bound; reading and book signing; book sales through Island Bound; Block Island, RI; May 2nd - 4th
  • Valley Bookstore; reading and book signing; book sales through Valley Bookstore; Jackson, WY; May 8th & 9th
  • Boise Egyptian Theater; reading and book signing; book sales through The Rediscovered Bookshop; Boise, ID; September 23rd
  • Sun Valley Bookstore; reading and book signing; book sales through Iconoclast Books; Sun Valley, ID; September 25th
  • Philadelphia Hall; reading and book signing; book sales through Joseph Fox Bookshop; Philadelphia, PA; November 18th
  • Santa Rosa Hall; reading and book signing; book sales through Copperfield's; Santa Rosa, CA; December 1st
  • Herbst Theater; reading and book signing; book sales through Books Inc; San Francisco, CA; December 3rd


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

  • AARP Magazine; interview in March issue

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

  • Beliefnet; review posted last week, click to read: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/230/story_23089_1.html

  • Idol Chatter; Beliefnet blog on the book posted Friday, March 28th, click to read:
    http://blog.beliefnet.com/idolchatter/2008/03/spring-break-reading-an-act-of.html

Queen of the Oil Club, Anna Rubino, June 2008, cloth, $29.95, 978-0-8070-7277-6

  • Booklist; review in upcoming April 15th issue

“Rubino, who worked with Jablonski on her innovative industry newsletter, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, has written the first major biography of this irresistible trailblazer and it is galvanizing in its revelations.”—Donna Seaman

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

  • #14 on this week’s Book Sense NEIBA Bestseller List for paperback non-fiction

Upcoming Events:

  • Gibson's Bookstore; reading; Concord, NH; Tuesday, April 8th, 7:00pm
  • The Cambridge Center for Adult Education; Panel Discussion in collaboration with the National Writers Union; Cambridge, MA; Wednesday, April 9th, 8:00pm
  • River Run Bookstore; reading; Portsmouth, NH; Thursday, April 10th, 7:00pm
  • Ruskin Art Club; reading; Los Angeles, CA; Sunday, April 13th, 2:00pm
  • Porter Square Books; reading; Cambridge; MA; Thursday, April 17th, 7:00pm
  • Books Etc; reading; Falmouth, ME; Thursday, April 24th, 6:30pm
  • Odyssey Bookstore; reading; Hadley, MA; Wednesday, April 30th; 7:00pm
  • Andover Bookstore; reading; Andover, MA; Thursday, May 1st, 7:00pm
  • Jabberwocky Bookshop; reading; Newburyport, MA; Friday, May 2nd; 7:00pm

Sundays in America, Suzanne Strempek Shea, April 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7224-0

  • Yankee Magazine; brief mention with jacket art; book called “compulsively readable;” to run in March / April issue

Upcoming Events:

  • Palmer Public Library; author talk; Palmer, MA; Thursday, April 3rd, 6:30 p.m.
  • Hampden Town Library; author talk; Hampden, MA; Saturday, April 5th, 10 a.m.
  • Odyssey Books; author talk; South Hadley, MA; Tuesday April 8, 7 p.m.
  • King's Chapel; author talk; Thursday, Boston, MA; April 10th, 6:30 p.m.
  • Hyannis Golf Club; Cape Cod Writers Series "Breakfast with the Authors;" Hyannis, MA; Friday, April 11th, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

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

  • Philadelphia City Paper; author interview and piece on book and film; to run April 3rd
  • 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:

  • Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel; White Privilege Conference; screening of the documentary and book signing; Springfield, MA; April 2nd - 5th
  • The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum; reading, book signing and Q&A; New Bedford, MA; April 6th; 3 p.m.
  • Four Corners Art Center; reading, book signing, Q&A; Tiverton, RI; April 6th, 7 p.m.
  • A Novel Idea Bookstore; reading, book signing, Q&A; Bristol, RI; April 7th, 6 p.m.
  • Albertus Magnus College; reading; New Haven, CT; April 8th, 1 p.m.
  • Harvard Coop; reading, discussion, book signing; Cambridge, MA; April 14th, 7 p.m.
  • Independence Mall, National Constitution Center documentary screening, Q&A and book signing; Philadelphia, PA; April 24th, 6:30 p.m.
  • Baltimore Convention Center; Episcopal Diocese of Maryland annual convention; Baltimore, MD; May 2nd-3rd
  • Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center; Council on Foundations Philanthropy Summit; National Harbor, MD; May 6th-7th
  • Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church; reading, discussion, book signing; Campa Springs, MD; May 10th, 6 p.m.
  • Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center; workshop led by DeWolf to examine the complicated legacy of slavery, a fresh look at history and tools to overcome racism, followed by book signing; Fort Lauderdale, FL; June 28th, 1:30pm

Not Keeping Up With Our Parents, Nan Mooney, May 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1138-6

  • AARP Bulletin; excerpt plus jacket art will run in the monthly bulletin which goes out to 28 million households nationwide

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

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=is_aids_research_back_to_square_one
  • Barnes and Noble/Upper West Side; author event in celebration of Gay Pride Month; New York City, June 9th, 7 p.m.

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage, Nancy D. Polikoff, February 2008, Cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4432-2

Upcoming Broadcast:

  • Women-Stirred/WGDR-Plainfield, Vermont; Thursday, April 3rd, 5 p.m. ET; taped phone interview
  • Sunday Journal with Stu Levitan/WXXM-Madison, Wisconsin; Saturday, April 5th, noon ET; 15-30 minute taped phone interview
  • Olympia Community Radio/KAOS-Evergreen, Washington; Tuesday, April 8th, 3 p.m. ET; 30 minute taped interview
  • Feminist Magazine/KPFK-Los Angeles, California; Wednesday, April 23rd, 10:05 p.m. ET; taped interview
  • Prime Time Live/AARP Radio; Wednesday, April 23rd, 11:30 a.m. ET; taped in-studio interview; syndicated to 85 stations
  • Peace and Social Justice/KZFR-Chico, California; Friday, May 9th, 3:30 p.m. ET; live phone interview

 

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

  • Vegetarian Times; interview to come in April issue

Upcoming Broadcast:

 

  • Dr. Mehmet Oz/Oprah and Friends/XM Radio; April 11th; 7:30 a.m. in-studio interview
  • 207 / evening news magazine/WCSH6 Portland, ME NBC affiliate; April 14th. 3:30 p.m.; 5-6 minute in-studio taping with host Rob Caldwell
  • State of the State /Time Warner Cable Ch 9, Greater Portland Community Television Ch 4, Bath Community TV Ch 14, and Brunswick TV 3; television show produced by The Maine Center for Economic Justice; April 14th; noon; 45 minutes in studio taping

Upcoming Events:

  • Tufts University-Boston Campus/The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy/Jaharis Auditorium; author talk; Boston, April 16th; noon-1 p.m.
  • Rabelais Books; Portland Maine; April 14th 7 p.m.
  • RJ Julia Booksellers; Madison, CT; April 17th 7 p.m.

The Muse of the Revolution, Nancy Rubin Stuart, July 2008, cloth, $27.95, 978-0-8070-5516-8

  • The Wilson Quarterly; review to run in summer issue; date to come

Upcoming Events:

  • Colony Club of New York; author talk; New York City, June 5th
  • Bostonian Society; author talk; Boston at the Old State House; June 17th
  • Frances Tavern Museum; author talk; New York City, June 19th

Uncertain Peril, Claire Hope Cummings, March 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8580-6

  • Utne Magazine; review forthcoming
  • Alternet; excerpt forthcoming

Upcoming Events:

  • Borders; reading; Lihue, Kaua'i, Hawaii; Thursday, April 10th, 7 p.m.
  • The Bay Area Bluestocking Festival of Authors; reading; Pleasant Hill, CA; Saturday, April 19th
  • Toby's Feedbarn; reading; Point Reyes Station, CA; Saturday, May 3rd

Upcoming Broadcast:

  • Against the Grain/KPFA-FM, Northern California; aired Monday, March 31st, noon- 1 p.m.
  • For Love of Produce/KSVY 91.3-FM, Sonoma Valley, California; aired Tuesday April 1st, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Caroline Casey/KPFA-FM, Northern California; Thursday April 3rd, 2 p.m

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