The Lonely Soldier, Helen Benedict, April 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-6147-3
The Diane Rehm Show; author interview confirmed; air date April 1st
Dramatic Performance of The Lonely Soldier Monologues directed by William Electric Black at Theater for the New City, New York March 5-22; La Mama March 17
Until It Hurts, Mark Hyman, April 2009, cloth, 978-0-8070-2118-7
Sports Illustrated; Hyman will contribute an opinion-piece essay for the “Players” section of the magazine; the piece will likely be partly adapted from the book; print date to come
I Told You So, Kate Clinton, May 2009, cloth, $22.00, 978-0-8070-4442-1
The Rachel Maddow Show/MSNBC; Kate Clinton was interviewed on the Friday, January 16th show; the book was mentioned and the book jacket was shown
Inside/Out Book Club; the book was selected as an alternate for this LGBT book club and will be featured in the June catalog , which mails May 2009
Fugitive Days, William Ayers, paperback reprint, November 2008, $15.00, 978-0-8070-3277-0
New York Times; read Thomas Freidman’s mention of Ayers in his January 20th op-ed piece
“Indeed, dare I say, I hope Obama really has been palling around all these years with that old Chicago radical Bill Ayers. I hope Obama really is a closet radical”
The Lonely American, Jacqueline Olds, M.D. and Richard S. Schwartz, M.D., February 2009, cloth, 978-0-8070-0034-2
O Magazine; a very nice, large review by Philip Lopate in the “Reading Room” section of the February issue
“. . . a thought-provoking, engagingly lucid book....a wise, balanced and evocative inquiry; their finger is on the pulse of something very real . . .”
Tikkun; review in the “Recommended” section, in the February issue
Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:
Love & Death, Forrest Church, September 2008, cloth, $22.00, 978-0-8070-7293-6
AARP; Forrest Church’s AARP radio interview and online “multi media special” will run next week; air dates and links to come; Forrest has been invited to make regular appearances over the next few months
A Final Arc of Sky, Jennifer Culkin, April 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7285-1
Kirkus; review in the February 1st issue:
“. . . Absorbing debut collection…warmth and clarity…both powerful and lucid…moving…enthralling. . . ”
Quiverfull, Kathryn Joyce, March 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1070-9
Ms. Magazine; Quiverfull is mentioned in “Great Reads for Winter 2009” section in the January issue
Alternet; read Joyce’s article, “Women's 'Liberation Through Submission: An Evangelical Anti-Feminism Is Born” (reposted from Religion Dispatches); posted January 22nd; Joyce’s article on the patriarchy movement has already prompted a lively discussion of over 48 comments.
Caterwaul with Ed McKeon / WWUH; live author interview, aired Wednesday, January 21st, 7:30 a.m.
Publicity Roundup :
Sowing Crisis, Rashid Khalidi, January 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-0310-7
Commentary; review assigned; date to come
American Prospect; review assigned; April issue, out mid March.
The Boston Globe; review assigned, date to come
The Chronicle Review; feature interview to run in forthcoming issue; date to come
Charlie Rose Show/PBS; author interview, Friday, March 6th, 4:45 – 6:00 pm; in studio taping
Diane Rehm Show/WAMU (National Public Radio); author interview, March 5th; 11:00 – 12 noon, live in studio
Worldview/Chicago Public Radio; taped interview in studio, Tuesday, March 10th; 1:30 – 2:30pm; to air Wednesday, March 11th at 12:00 pm Central; re-airs at 9:00pm
Beacon Acquisition:
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of a new volume of poetry by Sonia Sanchez. Morning Haiku is music to the ears: a collection of haiku that celebrates the gifts of life and mourns the death of revered African American figures in the worlds of music, art, and activism. Often arranged in strings of 12 or more, the poems flow one into the other in a steady song. Sanchez is innovative, composing some haiku in new forms, including a section of two line poems, powerful verses that reflect on the long wake of 9/11. Including a previously unpublished essay on the special relevance of haiku in the 21st century, as well as the poem she was invited to write as a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. for Barack Obama’s inaugural festivities, Morning Haiku contains a very powerful load of emotion and meaning. Fall 2009
Beacon Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of Not Quite Paradise: An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka (tentative title) by Adele Barker. A captivating memoir of the year and a half Barker spent living and teaching in Sri Lanka, Not Quite Paradise combines personal narrative, reporting, and travelogue to provide an in-depth look at Sri Lanka, ravaged by a thirty-year war between the government and the famous Tamil Tigers, both before and immediately after the 2004 tsunami. Poignant and comprehensive, it will offer American readers an eye-opening account of a beautiful and deeply troubled place. Fall 2009
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