Talk of the Nation; author interviewed on February 22nd at 3pm
Morning Haiku, Sonia Sanchez, February 2010, cloth, $19.95, 978-0-8070-6910-3
The Mo’Nique Show/BET; taped interview honoring Sonia Sanchez, Ruby Dee, Jasmine Guy, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who have been honored by The National Visionary Leadership Project will air on February 22nd at 11:00pm for Black History Month
Kirkus Reviews; nice write-up in the February 15th issue
“Sure to arouse controversy and debate, the book raises important and timely questions about the wisdom of and motivation behind humanitarian efforts to remove children from nations embroiled in strife.”
Talk of the Nation; author interviewed on February 22nd at 3pm
TheTucson Weekly; running a cover story featuring an excerpt from book. The front page features original art work depicting a scene from the book, and the excerpt includes pictures and additional materials to help promote Regan and her work.
The Tucson Weekly; blog post by one of the writers titled: Go Buy Margaret Regan's "The Death of Josseline”. The post plugs upcoming events.
“I've been reading Margaret's work for close to two decades now. She's blessed with a sharp eye, a good heart and spine of steel. Her border stories have captured the complexity and heartache that runs so deeply in our borderlands. Would that we had more of her in the biz.”
Morning Haiku, Sonia Sanchez, February 2010, cloth, $19.95, 978-0-8070-6910-3
The Mo’Nique Show/BET; taped interview honoring Sonia Sanchez, Ruby Dee, Jasmine Guy, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who have been honored by The National Visionary Leadership Project will air on February 22nd at 11:00pm for Black History Month
Philadelphia Weekly; great, in-depth author interview in the February 16th issue.
Visions 2010 (Philadelphia’s ABC program); author interview. Sonia, along with other African American leaders in the Philadelphia community, reflect on President Obama’s first year in office.
Click the link below to watch the video. Author appears on 2:05 minute mark, the 5:48 minute mark and the 7:10 minute mark
Not Quite Paradise, Adele Barker, December 2009, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-0061-8
The Women’s International Perspective (WIP); posted a detailed author interview, which features much of her photography from Sri Lanka.
“In Not Quite Paradise: An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka she offers a profound historical reflection written with accessible prose and a desire to present an evenhanded look at the country’s precarious past…”
Sacramento News and Review; ran a short piece with cover art in advance of a local author event
“Joffe’s book reveals the stigma associated with abortion, toward women and physicians—even in cases of rape or threat to a mother’s life. It’s a discussion that shouldn’t be avoided, even in a post-Roe v. Wade world.”
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“…Dispatches from the Abortion Wars is often riveting. Joffe’s insights into popular culture, alongside her analysis of the recent barrage of ballot initiatives, are spot on in explaining the growth of negative attitudes about abortion.”
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American Privacy, Frederick S. Lane, November 2009, cloth, 978-0-8070-4441-4
Sacramento Book Review; a nice review with book image
“ Lane patiently and thoroughly narrates the development of personal privacy as an idea in the States and how it’s been challenged again and again, not only by Government, but corporations, criminals, and even us.”
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