Love &
Death, Forrest Church, September 2008, cloth, $22.00, 978-0-8070-7293-6
Inside Track:
NPR’s Fresh Air; author interview; air date to come; taping
September 14th
Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:
The Blue Cotton
Gown, Patricia Harman, October 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7289-9
Kirkus Reviews; review in August 1st issue
“Captivating memoir of the trials and tribulations of a doctor-nurse
team struggling to keep a small West Virginia women’s health center
afloat and their 30-year marriage intact…Harman comes across as a genuinely
caring health professional, writes engagingly of her world and gives a frank
picture of the pressures and strains of a husband-wife team running a small
medical practice.”
Sundays in
America, Suzanne Strempek Shea, April 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7224-0
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
Surprised
by God,
by Danya Ruttenberg, August 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1068-6
Bust; review in August/September issue
“. . . thoughtful and articulate memoir. . . While many of the experiences
are similar to others’ in her generation—love, loss, and identity
struggle—her style of combining personal experience with a wide range
of philosophic responses gives her narrative greater texture. Ruttenberg
is as likely to quote Sufi mystics and Catholic saints as she is to refer
to Jewish writers; she is seeking a truth that transcends doctrine. This
postmodern story of faith is perhaps also indicative of a new generation
of spiritual seeks, who have found a way to connect across religions as
they seek a connection with God.”—Laura Stokes
Lilith; review in Summer 2008 issue
World Jewish Digest; excerpt forthcoming
The Forward; author profile forthcoming
I Dissent,
Mark Tushnet, paperback, June 2008, $16.00, 978-0-8070-0036-6
Library Journal; review in the July 15th issue
"The value of this book is in Tushnet's excellent commentary—worth
a book of its own. Thus, it should be considered by larger public libraries.”
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
Closing the
Food Gap, Mark Winne, January 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070-4730-9
The Nashville City Paper; review posted Friday, July 18th
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