Beacon Press: Weekly Report

Beacon Weekly Report

December 18, 2009

Morning Haiku, Sonia Sanchez, February 2010, cloth, $19.95, 978-0-8070-6910-3

Beyond the Miracle Worker, Kim E. Nielsen, March 2010, paperback, $19.00, 978-0-8070-5050-7

Evidence, Mary Oliver, April 2009, cloth, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6898-4

The Huffington Post; article on December 14th announced the Poetry Foundation’s Best Seller List 2009; Evidence is #3

The Protest Psychosis, Jonathan M. Metzl, January 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8592-9

Booklist; review in January 1st issue

“An enlightening look at how those in power define aberrant behavior and evade self-analysis.”

Dispatches from the Abortion Wars, Carole Joffe, January 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-3502-3

Booklist; review in January 1st issue

“This scholarly yet clear and well-paced reportage from the front will stir as it encourages debate.”

The Death of Josseline, Margaret Regan, February 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-4227-4

Booklist; review in January 1st issue

“Regan…has compiled a compelling chronicle of the flow of migrants from northern Mexico into the “Tucson Sector” of Arizona, distilling the many facets of this phenomenon into an enlightening account.”

Not Quite Paradise, Adele Barker, December 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-0061-8

Booklist; review in ‘Advance Reviews’ section of January 1st issue
“Rich in the tales of Sri Lanka under colonial British rule as well as coverage of the current civil war, Barker’s memoir is an enlightening and captivating read.”

Hollowing Out The Middle, Patrick J. Carr And Maria J. Kefalas, October 2009, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-4238-0

Midwest Book Review; book review in current issue. Review was also posted on amazon.com as a 5-star read

“An interesting discussion of the fate of small town America and what could truly be the cause, "Hollowing Out the Middle" is a fascinating and highly recommended read.”
Eight Forty-Eight/Chicago Public Radio; Aired Monday, December 14th:

Click below to read:

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=38789

Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage, Nancy D. Polikoff, February 2008, Cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4432-2

The Progressive; named on list of “Favorite Books of 2009” by magazine contributor, Kate Clinton

The Hardest Questions Aren’t on the Test, Linda Nathan, October 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-3274-9

Horace (the magazine of the Coalition of Essential Schools):; book is covered in the latest issue

Click the link below to read:

http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/640

Quiverfull, Kathryn Joyce, May 2010, paperback, $20.00, 978-0-8070-1073-0

Religion Dispatches; author article about abortion in the military. It is a wonderful companion piece for Helen Benedict’s The Lonely Soldier, as well as Carole Joffe’s forthcoming Dispatches from the Abortion Wars.

Click the link below to read:
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2111/military_abortion_ban:_female_soldiers_not_protected_by_constitution_they_defend/?page=1

Write These Laws on Your Children, Robert Kunzman, August 2009, cloth, $27.95, 978-0-8070-3291-6

The Janet Memford Show/KWRD (Dallas); Rob Kunzman will do a live interview on Monday afternoon, 4:06-4:30pm CST
Teachers College Record/Columbia University; a thorough and thoughtful review ran in the November 17th issue of the journal

“This is the best observation of instructional processes in homeschool families that we currently have available, and is an essential reference for those interested in the homeschool population.”
Good Reads/blog; review with cover art posted December 8th

Click the link below to read:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69596112