The Lonely Soldier, Helen Benedict, April 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-6147-3
ForeWord; review in the April issue
“Benedict’s book, filled with compelling and heartbreaking stories, is a groundbreaking testament to the bravery, resilience, and almost insurmountable obstacles faced by women in stationed in Iraq.”
Tuscon Citizen, review with book image in the Shelf Life section ran in the March 26th issue
Sowing Crisis, Rashid Khalidi, March 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-0310-7
Book Tour/NPR; click to listen to the March 24th feature on Sowing Crisis, which includes an edited airing of Khalidi’s appearance at Politics and Prose in Washington D.C.
“she addresses other mindful yard owners who want to be more careful in their gardening without making a complete lifestyle change, and this book should appeal to those readers. Recommended . . .”
Dating Jesus, Susan Campbell, January 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1066-2
Where We Live/ WNPR; click to listen to the interview, which aired March 27th
“Dating Jesus is a mesmerizing, funny, impressionistic memoir of a spiritual and thoughtful person, one who has spent her life wrestling with religion, the meaning of faith and her feelings for the Divine.”
“The title Dating Jesus evokes a strong feeling inside of me. This could be because it seems so absurd or even a bit sacrilegious. But in a way, it is what every Christian should want to do. They should want to walk beside him, follow in his footsteps, be part of his family.”
Feministing.org, review posted March 26th; “Not Oprah’s Book Club”
“[E]xhaustively researched and fascinating . . . Next time someone asks you, “Is feminism really so necessary anymore?” just hand them Joyce's book and say “Read up, my friend.””
St. Louis Post-Dispatch; click to read this response to the NPR piece on the Quiverful movement; posted March 26th
“it feels like an affront to the idea of the inherent dignity of all persons for people to produce babies like they’re creating an army, lumping all children into this one single all-encompassing purpose, rather than allowing each child their God-given right to discern his or her own purpose over the course of a lifetime.”
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