Journal of Addictive Diseases; interview to accompany review in the February issue
Word of Mouth/New Hampshire Public Radio; author interview live via remote from NPR New York on Wednesday, January 13th, 12:05-12:25 pm EST
The Bob Edwards Show/Bob Edwards Weekend/Sirius XM Satellite Radio; author interview taped in DC studio on Friday, January 22nd, 10:00 - 10:30am; air date to come
Doctor Radio/Sirius FM; author interview live in NYC studio Wednesday, January 27th at 9:00 am
KVON'S Late Mornings (Napa, CA); author interview live by phone Monday, February 22nd at 7:30am PST ( 10:30 AM EST)
Common Sense MD.com; January 4th; posts excerpt from book and info about New York and DC events
The Lonely Soldier, Helen Benedict, April 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-6147-3
New York Times; book cited in front page article entitled ‘Women at Arms – A Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow GI’s’ in the December 28th issue. Book mentioned on third page.
Arizona Spotlight (KUAZ-FM/AM); radio interview tentatively scheduled for Jan 19th at 3:30pm
Arizona Illustrated (KUAT-TV/PBS); taped TV interview on this nightly newsmagazine, to air on Monday, Febraury 1st at 6:30 pm PST
Upcoming Events:
World Affairs Council of Arizona
Book discussion, January 20th at 6pm
Antigone Bookstore (Tuscon)
Reading and signing, January 29th at 7pm
University of Arizona Bookstore
Reading and signing, February 2, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The Protest Psychosis, Jonathan M. Metzl, January 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8592-9
Publisher’s Weekly; very nice online review on December 21st in ‘Web Exclusive Reviews’ section.
“Metzl puts the imperfect science of diagnosis in historical context with admirable lucidity, moving into the present to examine how a tangle of medical errors and systemic racism that labels “threats to authority as mental illness” influences the diagnosis of black men with schizophrenia.”
San Francisco Chronicle; listed January 3rd in the Sunday Edition in their “Bay Area Bound – new books by local authors” list. It ran in print and online.
Hollowing Out The Middle, Patrick J. Carr And Maria J. Kefalas, October 2009, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-4238-0
Rutgers University; a feature article, with large image of jacket art, has been posted on the "Research Highlights" page of the Rutgers University media relations website:
Focus 520/WILL Radio (NPR Urbana, IL); Patrick Carr will do interview live by phone Wednesday, January 6th, from 12:06-12:57 PM ES
Nebraska Entrepreneurship News, a publication developed by the Nebraska Department of Education; write up headlining book as a “provocative and engaging read.”
KCRW’s To the Point (Los Angeles, NPR); author part of an on-air panel discussion. The show will focus on food assistance during the recession – who needs it, who gets it, what role the federal government plays, and the need for – and potential problems with – charitable giving
Toxic Truth, Lydia Denworth, March 2009, cloth, $27.95, 978-0-8070-0032-8
KPFA Morning Show (Pacifica, Berkeley); author interview December 26th for a story related to the World Health Organization’s new report on lead
Holy Hullabaloos, Jay Wexler, June 2009, paperback original, $20.00, 978-0-8070-0044-1
Church & State; 2 page Q&A in January 2010 issue,with cover art and author image.
A longer version of the piece is available online:
“In The Boys from Little Mexico, Steve Wilson does more than chase the American Dream—he captures it on the move. Through the lens of high school soccer in Oregon, Wilson provides us with a glimpse of the future of sports in America, one that promises to be as rich and compelling as the past.”
—Glenn Stout, author and Series Editor of The Best American Sports Writing
“I hate soccer...but I loved this book. Steve Wilson has written a story where culture, sport and good writing collide.”
—Larry Colton, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and author of Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn
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