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Beacon Weekly Report

July 2, 2008

 

Headlines:

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

  • #13 on Pacific Northwest Book Sense Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List

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

  • #15 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

  • CBS Early Show; co-host Harry Smith interviewed DeWolf and his cousin Katrina Browne; clips of the documentary will be shown; live interview to air July 14th

  • P.O.V. / PBS; Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North, the Sundance selected documentary companion to DeWolf’s book had its national broadcast premiere June 24th

The Blue Cotton Gown, Patricia Harman, October 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-80707289-9

  • A Selection of the SIBA Holiday Gift Catalog

 

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

Surprised by God, by Danya Ruttenberg, August 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1068-6

  • Tikkun; review in July/August issue in “Tikkun Recommends” section

    “Ms. Ruttenberg is sharp in her insights about the world and about herself . . . [she] gives us reason to be hopeful about the future of American Judaism.”

  • World Jewish Digest; excerpt forthcoming

  • The Forward; author profile forthcoming

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

  • The Boston Globe; review in Sunday, June 29th issue with large cover portrait of Mercy Otis Warren

  • http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/06/29/present_at_the_creation/

  • Daily News Tribune (Waltham, MA) & Wicked Local; write up with author interview posted June 30th

  • http://www.wickedlocal.com/dailynewstribune/state/x19927839/Mother-of-the-Revolution-featured-in-new-book

  • Metro Spirit (Augusta, GA); review in June 2nd issue

    http://metrospirit.com/index.php?cat=1993101070610360&ShowArticle_ID=11012506081236652

  • American History; featured excerpt in August issue

  • American Spirit; review in July/August or September/October issue

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

Upcoming Events:

  • Barnstable Court House; author appearance for Mercy Otis Warren Day, 4th of July parade to follow on the Court House laws; Friday, July 4th, 8: 30 a.m., Barnstable, MA

  • Titcomb’s Bookstore; author appearance; Tuesday, July 15th, 7:00 p.m., East Sandwich, MA

Love You to Pieces, Suzanne Kamata, paperback original, June 2008, $17.00, 978-0-8070-0030-4

  • Abilities Magazine; review in summer issue

  • ForeWord; Kamata interviewed for a parenting feature in the July/August issue

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

  • New Hampshire Magazine; write up in June issue

    http://www.nh.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/NHM15/201111180/-1/NHM03

  • Books & Culture: A Christian Review; write up posted June 30th

    http://www.christianitytoday.com/books/features/bookwk/080630.html

  • Presbyterians Today; review in upcoming issue

  • Sun Herald (Biloxi, MI); review forthcoming

  • Religion News Service; Cecile Holmes interviewed author via email for forthcoming story

  • Spartanburg Journal (South Carolina); story forthcoming about author’s visit

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

  • U.S. News and World Report; author interview ran in magazine and posted online on June 25th

    http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/your-money/2008/06/25/are-gen-x-ers-falling-behind.html

Upcoming Broadcast:

  • Thom Hartmann Show/KPOJ Radio; Thursday, July 3rd; 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. EST, live by phone

  • Alex Bennett Program/Sirius Satellite Radio; Tuesday, July 8th; 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. EST, live from New York studio

  • RNN TV (Regional News Network); Wednesday, July 9th; 2:00 – 2:10 p.m. EST, taped in New York studio

Souls in the Hands of a Tender God, Craig Rennebohm with David Paul, May 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070 -0042-7

  • Crosscut Seattle; book excerpt posted June 10th

http://www.crosscut.com/social-services/14831/One+Seattle+chaplain%27s+story+of+homelessness/

Recent Broadcast:

  • John McMullen Show/KNEWS Radio; aired Friday, June 20th at 10:15 a.m. PST; live by phone

Upcoming Broadcast:

  • Grace Matters with Rev. Peter W. Marty / Weekly Radio Program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (broadcasts on nearly 180 stations internationally); 30 minute interview with Craig Rennebohm was taped on June 30th; to air in September, exact air date to come

Love You to Pieces, Suzanne Kamata, paperback original, June 2008, $17.00, 978-0-8070-0030-4

  • Brain, Child!; review in summer issue

  • Abilities Magazine; review in summer issue

  • ForeWord; Kamata interviewed for a parenting feature in the July/August issue

Saving Paradise, Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, July 2008, cloth, $34.95, 978-0-8070-6750-4

Upcoming Broadcast:

  • Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship; author reading and signing, Wednesday, July 2nd; 7 p.m., Bellingham, WA

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

  • Utne Reader; excerpt in July/August issue

    http://www.utne.com/2008-07-01/Politics/Its-Not-a-Gay-Thing.aspx

The Paradise of All These Parts, John Hanson Mitchell, August 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7148-9

  • Yankee Magazine; will post online adapted excerpts of natural histories of Boston landmarks; date to come in August

  • The Post-Gazette; review in August issue

Upcoming Broadcast:

  • Radio Boston / WBUR; Friday, July 4th; 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST, repeated Saturday, July 5th 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

 

Beacon Backlist:

Spelling Love with an X, Clare Dunsford, October 2007, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7279-0

  • Nature Genetics; review in July issue

“She plunges the reader into a phenomenal mélange of genetics, relationships, poetry, faith and humor. . .”

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

  • Why Dissent? by Mark Tushnet

  • Link Roundup: Chaplaincy, New vs. Old Media, and More Basketball

  • What Were They Thinking? United States vs. Williams and Free Speech by Frederick Lane


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