Link Roundup: Immigration, High Food Prices, Loving Memorial
Who’s Your Mama? by Harlyn Aizley
The Porning of Miley Cyrus by Kevin M. Scott
Publicity, Reviews, Praise, and Upcoming Events:
Red Bird,
Mary Oliver, April 2008, Cloth, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6892-2
Book Sense Hardcover Fiction bestseller lists(46 total):
#14 National (7 weeks and running)
#9 New England
#9 Pacific Northwest
#10 Mountain and Plains
Town and Country; brief profile with excerpt of “Mornings at
Blackwater” from Red Bird; to run in June issue
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
Inheriting
the Trade,Thomas Norman DeWolf, January 2008, Cloth,
$25.95, 978-0-8070-7281-3
Upcoming Broadcast:
CBS Early Show; co-host Harry Smith will interview DeWolf and his cousin
Katrina Browne; clips of the documentary will be shown; air date to come
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; coming June 24th
Upcoming Events:
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
The New England Quarterly; review in the March 2008 issue
“The Boston Italians will appeal to a diverse audience, including
historians, sociologists, history of Boston enthusiasts, and the general public.
In many ways, Boston’s Italians will find this book most rewarding because,
for the first time, they have a thorough and professional history of which to
be proud. More important, the story of the city’s Italian community will
be better known and appreciated because of Puleo’s efforts.”
The Wimp
Factor, Stephen J. Ducat, September 2005, paperback, $16.00,
978-0-8070-4345-1
Huffington Post; Stephen Ducat is back on the blog, now with an article
that’s a clear reference to his book
Beacon is happy to announce the acquisition of Steve Wilson’s PERROS
ON THE PITCH: A Season Playing the Immigrant’s Game—the
story of a high school soccer team comprised of the sons of Hispanic migrant
workers as they take on privileged middle-class white teams in a quest for
their first state championship. Woodburn High’s Bulldogs started their
2005 fall soccer season with eight undocumented student-athletes, one midfielder
who had been groomed to play for a professional Mexican team, a wing player
who had moved to the small Oregon town to escape L.A. gang life, and three
boys who spoke almost no English. Like many young immigrants across the country,
these players were caught between a Mexico they barely remembered and an America
they hardly knew, as they struggled to negotiate not only their own transnational
lives, but the hopes and fears of the community around them. Spring 2010.
Given its history of publishing progressive and queer-themed books, Beacon
is delighted to announce the acquisition of its first graphic book—a
nonfiction project based on the lives of gay transsexual men interviewed by
cartoonist Dylan Edwards, creator of the long-running strips, “The
Outfield” and “Politically InQueerect.” Fun Home author
Alison Bechdel has praised Edwards’ work: “There’s something
extremely kinetic about Dylan Edwards’ comics. The subtlety of both the
drawing and the writing make his characters leap off the page.” Spring
2010.
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