Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune; all papers ran a piece about the book by columnist Carl Steward with cover art on April 24th; Steward also conducted a live chat with the author that same day
“In short, Until It Hurts is a compact, compelling read that has received much praise in just its first two weeks of release.”
KVON /Late Mornings (Napa, CA), Monday, April 27th, 8:30am PST; live interview by phone
WILL AM Radio (NPR Urbana); Tuesday, April 28th; 11:00 – 11: 58 am EST; live interview by phone
1300 ESPN Radio (Baltimore); Friday, March 24th; live by phone
The Chip Howard Show /1150 The Zone/KZNE/ESPN Radio (College Station, TX); Friday May 8th at 5:10 CT; live interview by phone
Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:
Worst Instincts, Wendy Kaminer, May 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4430-8
On Point/WBUR/NPR; Wendy Kaminer was interviewed Tuesday, April 28th, following David France who wrote the New YorkMagazine story about the breakdown at the ACLU, and was joined by Tim Butz, the former executive editor of the ACLU in Nebraska
The Lonely Soldier, Helen Benedict, April 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-6147-3
Ms.; full review with cover image in the Spring issue
“. . . The Lonely Soldier has strong merit as an account of women’s military experience in this long and reckless war.”
I Told You So, Kate Clinton, May 2009, cloth, $22.00, 978-0-8070-4442-1
Ms.; listed as a “great read for spring” in the Bookmarks section of the Spring issue
“Clinton proves in these essays—which cover topics from the inherent lesbianism of Sex and the City to three-dimensional thesauri—that she still ranks among the sharpest, funniest working comedians.”
The Daddy Shift, Jeremy Adam Smith, June 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-2120-0
San Francisco Chronicle; feature story will run in the Style section in early June
Mothering; a special pull-out of review of book in June issue
Cookie; book will be mentioned in June Father’s Day package for our June issue featuring quotes from fathers with new books
Body + Soul Magazine; review in the June issue
The Sloan Work and Family Research Network (clearinghouse for family-related research); will run an online Q&A with Jeremy in June
A Final Arc of Sky, Jennifer Culkin, April 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7285-1
Bellingham Herald, The Kitsap Sun, The Olympian and The Sequim Gazette; a nice review ran April 26th in the western Washington papers
“ “A Final Arc of Sky” tackles that toughest of subjects — our own mortality — with grit, compassion, and humor. This book is a meditation on human fragility, and a celebration of human resilience.”
“Using rich and vivid examples, presented with passion and candor, Linda Nathan shows what it really means to go ‘back to basics’ in American urban education.”
—Howard Gardner, author of Multiple Intelligences
“Linda Nathan’s wonderful account of piloting the Boston Arts Academy is personal, anecdotal, and yet focused on the critical Big Questions. Through stories of how these questions play out in hallways and classrooms, Nathan articulates a vision of how urban schools can flourish. For one thing, Nathan makes it so clear why having a team of teachers over time makes such a difference and builds an adult culture that kids so badly need. These are adults one wants kids to keep company with for years. I want to send this book to everyone who should be speaking up about new directions in public education.”
—Deborah Meier, The Power of Their Ideas
“Linda Nathan takes a courageous look at our deteriorating educational system, and offers innovative solutions. Our “teaching for the test” system, designed to even the playing field for our young people, has instead so often marginalized those who don’t fit into the “multiple choice” scenario. Linda makes a case for reaching each student on his or her own terms, using an arts-based curriculum that unlocks the creative thinking and capacity for self-expression that such an approach nurture. The results are thought-provoking and inspiring.”
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