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December 4 , 2008

Headlines:

Love & Death, Forrest Church, September 2008, cloth, $22.00, 978-0-8070-7293-6
  • Diane Rehm Show/NPR; interview with Forrest Church on December 22nd; air date to come

Notes of a Native Son, James Baldwin, paperback, July 1984, $14.00, 978-0-8070-6431-3

  • The New York Review of Books; the October 23rd article entitled "James Baldwin & Barack Obama" by Colm Tóibín that linkes Obama's Dreams of My Father to Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son, will soon be syndicated and it will include cover art from Notes of a Native Son

    Click to read the original NYRB article:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21930

Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, Fred Pearce, cloth, October 2008, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8588-2

  • Audubon Magazine; forthcoming review in the January/February issue; print date to come

  • E - the Environmental Magazine; Eco-Sinner is listed as a book pick (with cover art) in the "Resources for Green Giving" section in the November/December issue

"Pearce's findings raise complex questions... But his discoveries can help all of us make more informed decisions about our own purchases."

Click to read entire post:

http://www.emagazine.com/view/?4432&src=

  • Book TV / C-Span; author reading and discussion aired twice, at 9am and 4pm on Sunday, November 30th

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

The Truro Bear and Other Adventures , Mary Oliver, October 2008, cloth, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6884-7

  • Search Magazine; essay by Stephen Prothero about Mary Oliver (with Truro Bear and At Blackwater Pond mentions) in November/ December issue

http://www.searchmagazine.org/November-December%202008/full-oliveressay.html

Fugitive Days , Bill Ayers, paperback reprint, November 2008, $15.00, 978-0-8070-3277-0

Upcoming Broadcast:

  • Tell Me More/NPR; taped interview with host Michelle Martin, Tuesday, November 18th; air date to come

  • Eye on Books; taped interview Monday November 17th, 5:30pm; air date to come

  • Chicago Public Radio/848; 2:00-2:30pm Central; Tuesday, November 25th; taped interview with host Steve Edwards; air date to come

  • Behind the News/WBAI and KPFA; 3:00-3:20pm Central; Tuesday, November 25th; taped by phone; air date to come

  • Tavis Smiley Show/PRI; 12:00-12:15pm Central; Thursday, December 11th; taped in studio at WBEZ

The Porning of America , Carmine Sarracino and Kevin M. Scott, September 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-6153-4

  • Sacramento News Review; review with cover art ran in the Arts and Culture section in November 26th issue

"What makes [the book] so powerful is the insightful analysis. Choosing to explore the multiple viewpoints that make up this subject, The Porning of America is a discussion, not a diatribe, about wicked ways or sexual salvation."

http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=882091

  • CBC News/ Canada; revie in the November 28th issue

Toxic Truth, Lydia Denworth, March 2009, cloth, $27.95, 978-0-8070-0032-8

  • Plenty Magazine; review forthcoming in the February/ March issue

Beyond Bogotá , Garry Leech, January 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-6145-9

  • NACLA.org; NACLA's excerpt of Beyond Bogotá is on the front page of the website

Click to see: http://nacla.org/

Language is a Place of Struggle; Tram Nguyen, October 2008, cloth, $19.95, 978-0-8070-4800-9

  • American Legacy Magazine; review in Spring 2009 issue

  • Amoi Magazine/Canada; review in January issue

The Lonely Soldier, Helen Benedict, April 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-6147-3

  • Body + Soul; the book will be reviewed in the March issue, out in mid February

Beacon Backlist:

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

  • Alternet; read Mooney's piece on college loans, posted December 2nd

My River Home , Marcus Eriksen, April 2007, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7275-2

  • The Bonnie Hunt Show/ NBC; Marcus Eriksen appeared on the November 28th episode of this syndicated daytime talk show, discussing his "Junk Raft," which he used to sail from California to Hawaii

Awards:

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

  • Drifting Toward Love is one of the recipients of the 2008 Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards; Wright's book is one of ten books that won the 2008 award

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