Holy Hullabaloos, Jay Wexler, June 2009, paperback original, $20.00, 978-0-8070-0044-1
Publisher’s Weekly; a superb starred review in this weeks issue
“Wexler’s lucid explications of difficult constitutional concepts and the vagaries of Supreme Court rulings are superb, providing readers a deeper understanding of the First Amendment and Supreme Court jurisprudence. But that’s only half the story. Wexler is laugh-out-loud funny as he narrates his odyssey through battleground sites . . . a rare treat, a combination of thoughtful analysis and quirky humor that illuminates an issue that rarely elicits a laugh—and that is central to the American body politic.”
Worst Instincts, Wendy Kaminer, May 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4430-8
Quiverfull, Kathryn Joyce, cloth, $25.95, March 2009, 978-0-8070-1070-9
The American Prospect; Sarah Posner wrote a great review in the Friday, April 17th issue
“Beyond being an indispensable guide to this landscape, Joyce's cultural reporting is the standout of this book, as she travels the country visiting some of the movement's leading lights, entrepreneurs selling their ideal of domesticated, godly bliss.”
Lexington Herald-Leader ran a great review/interview of A Weed by Any Other Name that was picked up by the Miami Herald, the Sacramento Bee and other McClatchy-owned dailies
Original article featured a short slideshow of the cover, Nancy and a few choice weeds.
“Whenever she speaks publicly about loving lawns that have a healthy population of weeds, she feels as if she is giving some people permission to do what they already are doing.”
“A lot of people will come up and say, 'I've had a lawn like that for a while,' but it's like they feel guilty about it," Gift said. "It's like they had the ethic but didn't really have the chops to say, 'This is what I want to do.”
The Student Loan Scam, Alan Michael Collinge, February 2009, cloth, $22.95, 978-0-8070-4229-8
Joy Cardin Show/Wisconsin Public Radio; click to listen to Alan Collinge’s interview, which aired Wednesday, April 22nd
Evidence, Mary Oliver, April 2009, cloth, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6898-4
Bay Area Reporter; a nice write-up with jacket art
Dark Tide, Stephen Puleo, September 2004, paperback, $15.00, 978-0-8070-5021-7
Dark Tide was selected as the citywide book for the first-ever “Woburn Reads” program—8 communities total have selected Dark Tide as a community reads pick
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