The staff of Beacon Press deeply mourns the great loss of Howard Zinn, historian, author, playwright, social activist, and friend, who passed away January 26th.
Talk of the Nation; NPR; author interview on February 22nd from 3-4 pm. NPR.com will include the book and author images and an excerpt from the text on the website
Slate; book mention in an article about the conviction of Scott Roeder for the killing Dr. George Tiller; written by Emily Bazelon.
“Abortion providers already have plenty of reason to worry about their safety, as sociologist Carole Joffe details in her instructive and memorable new book, Dispatches. They didn't need this boost for the vigilantes.”
Morning Haiku, Sonia Sanchez, February 2010, cloth, $19.95, 978-0-8070-6910-3
Philadelphia Tribune; author interview ran in the January 28th issue. The piece highlights the book and promoted the February 2nd author event at the Free Library of Philadelphia
“American soccer is far too often viewed as a country club sport. Steve Wilson spent five years earning the trust of Los Perros in order to put a human face on the young men of America's fastest-growing minority group. With empathy and respect, Wilson reveals their compelling stories.”
—Grant Wahl, senior writer for Sports Illustrated and author of The Beckham Experiment
The Protest Psychosis, Jonathan M. Metzl, January 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8592-9
C-Span/Book TV; pre-recorded author event at the University of Michigan aired on January 30th
Joy Cardin Show/Wisconsin Public Radio; author interview live via ISDN Thursday, February 18th, 8:00 - 9:00am Central Time
Publicity Reviews, and Praise:
Hollowing Out The Middle, Patrick J. Carr And Maria J. Kefalas, October 2009, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-4238-0
Wired.com; Jonathan Liu covers book on his ‘Geekdad’ blog
“There aren’t a lot of easy answers, but Carr and Kefalas do a great job of digging into some of the causes of the hollowing out. I found the writing easy to read and a good mix of the anecdotal and statistical. I highly recommend Hollowing Out the Middle, particularly for those who live in small-town America, but even for those who don’t. This is not a problem that will be solved without support from the majority of the population that lives in metropolitan areas.”
Youth Today; fantastic and detailed review, with cover art, in the February 1st issue of Youth Today. The review is in the print and online issue.
“Today, as U.S. courts send more than 250,000 minors each year into adult prisons (according to a 2008 Juvenile Justice report), Chura’s anguished, incisive depiction of one of those outposts is not merely an indictment of the system. It’s a compelling call to repair our society’s brokenness.”
American Privacy, Frederick S. Lane, November 2009, cloth, 978-0-8070-4441-4
WILL’s Afternoon Magazine; the audio from author interview is now available online
WMNF’s The Woman Show; author interview will tape February 3 at 11 am EST
Not Quite Paradise, Adele Barker, December 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-0061-8
University of Arizona Bookstore; author reading and signing, Tuesday Feb 2nd at 4:30pm
UANews.org, the University of Arizona’s news site; author interview, which promotes the author’s February 2nd university bookstore event, ran with cover art and an author photo
Arizona Spotlight/KUAZ (Tucson’s NPR affiliate station); 12-minute radio interview. The interview first aired February 1st at 8:30am, later that evening at 6:00 pm, and will re-air on Saturday, February 6th at 7:00 pm.
The full interview can be heard on their website, at the link below:
Arizona Illustrated/KUAT (PBS affiliate station); 6-minute television interview—which featured jacket art twice—on Southern Arizona’s nightly newsmagazine. The interview aired last night at 6:30 p.m. and was re-aired at 12:30 a.m. on KUAT 6.
“An important, compelling book about the children who are changing the face of America. Today, one in five children in this nation’s public schools is an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. Steve Wilson takes you inside their fascinating world as no one else has. It is an unvarnished and moving account of the dreams and despair of immigrant boys on a high school soccer team who struggle not only in their quest to win the state championship, but also in their desire to adapt as strangers in a new land. If you want to understand your new next door neighbors, this is the book to read.”
—Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother
“On one level Steve Wilson has written a wonderful book about high school athletes in a community banded together by soccer glory. On another level, he’s written a wonderful book about race, sociology, and the shifting borders within this country. The Boys from Little Mexico will tell you more about the next generation of Americans than census data and politicians ever could.”
—Bill Reynolds, author of Fall River Dreams and ’78
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