Beacon Weekly Report

February 24, 2010

Headlines:

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

• Talk of the Nation; author interview rescheduled for Wednesday, February 24th, live  from 2:30 – 3pm

• Arizona Illustrated (Tucson’s PBS affiliate); author interview aired Monday, February 22nd.

  Click the link below to view the show:

  http://tv.azpm.org/kuat/segments/2010/2/22/kuat-immigration-stories/

Three Plays, Howard Zinn, March 2010, paperback original, $18.00, 978-0-8070-7326-1

• Boston Globe; Jan Gardner wrote a wonderful piece on Howard Zinn in the Shelf Life column on Sunday, February 21st.

  The piece, which is half her column, mentions book and the upcoming Zinn tribute at Suffolk’s C. Walsh Theatre.

  Click the link below to read:

  http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/02/21/a_passion_for_playwriting/

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

• Boston Globe; very nice write up in February 19th issue. 

  “For educators or anyone else interested in city schools, this is essential, provocative reading.”

  Click the link below to read the full review:

  http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/02/19/boston_headmaster_shares_ideas_obstacles_in_urban_education/

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

• Atlanta Journal Constitution; a great author interview ran with cover art in the February 19th issue.

  Click the link below to read:

  http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-events/books-celebrating-black-history-314878.html

• BET’s The Mo’Nique Show;  author interview on February 22nd is now available online.  Author appearance at the 17:10 mark. While Morning Haiku is not mentioned by name, author does recite a haiku.

  Click the link below to view the full video:

  http://www.bet.com/video/885058

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

• Big Think (“a global forum connecting people and ideas”); author interview posted February 22nd   

  Click the link below to view the video:

  http://bigthink.com/ideas/18713

The Lonely Soldier, Helen Benedict, April 2010, paperback, $17.00, 978-0-8070-6149-7

• PBS.com; author is contributing to a series on website about women and war.

  Click the link below to read her first post:

  http://www.pbs.org/pov/regardingwar/conversations/women-and-war/the-lonely-soldier-stories-of-women-at-war.php

Publicity Reviews, and Praise:

Medicine in Translation, Danielle Ofri, January 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7320-9

• Working Nurse, a publication that goes out to 150,000 nurses and students in the Southern California area;  a very nice review. Jacket image is featured in the print version.

  Click the link below to read:

  http://www.workingnurse.com/articles/Medicine-in-Translation-Journeys-With-My-Patients

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

• Ramblings of a Librarian Assistant; a thoughtful review with cover art posted on the blog February 20th

  “Barker seamlessly ties together everyday life against the backdrop of a war-torn nation, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at something only those brave enough to experience it can really comprehend.”

  Click the link below to read:

  http://amyliz2008.blogspot.com/2010/02/not-quite-paradise-american-sojourn-in.html

• Gaijin Mama; Beacon author Suzanne Kamata reviewed Not Quite Paradise on her blog January 18th

  “…she presents a clear portrait of an island nation persevering in the face of challenges.”

  Click the link below to read:

  http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/review-of-not-quite-paradise-an-american-sojourn-in-sri-lanka/

I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine, David Chura, March 2010, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-0064-9

• Above the Law (well-read blog on the legal system); linked to author’s “No Bail? Go to Jail” blog post.  This link gave the post about 900 hits over the weekend.

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

• Feministing.com; book received another great plug on Saturday, February 20th

  “Bottom line is, go read Dispatches from the Abortion Wars. Get angry, and get inspired, and tell the world why you’re pro-choice, too.”           

  Click the link below to read:

  http://community.feministing.com/2010/02/thoughts-on-carole-joffes-new.html

Holy Hullabaloos, Jay Wexler, June 2009, paperback original, $20.00, 978-0-8070-0044-1

• Up to Date, KCUR (Kansas City’s  NPR affiliate); author was on popular program February 18th.

  To download or play the audio, click here: http://archive.kcur.org/kcurViewDirect.asp?PlaylistID=7198

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

• BorderBeat; a local University of Arizona student live blogged author’s talk at Antigone Bookstore.

  Read the live blog at the link below (note: it reads from the bottom of the page to the top)

  http://borderbeat.net/news/1164-live-blog-margaret-regan-reads-from-her-new-book-tonight-at-antigone-books

• Borderdweller; book mentioned. The writer quotes from and talks about the U.S./Mexico coffee co-op that Regan writes about in the book, and makes the decision to only buy their products to help support their economic growth.

   “ I have decided to commit to buying only Cafe Justo for the rest of 2010. It's something I can do, in a very, very small way, to help someone else's life be a little better.”

  Click the link below to read:

  http://borderdweller.blogspot.com/2010/02/coffee-we-can-feel-especially-good.html

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

• The Phoenix, Swarthmore College’s campus paper; covered author’s February 2nd reading of Morning Haiku at Philadelphia’s Free Library. The piece ran on February 18th  

  Click the link below to read:

  http://phoenix.swarthmore.edu/2010/02/18/living/philadelphia-poet-resonates-through-her-haiku

Beacon Acquisition:

Beacon is delighted to announce the acquisition of Defiant Brides of the American Revolution—Nancy Rubin Stuart’s (The Muse of the Revolution) absorbing story of two iconic brides on opposing sides of history. A patriotic and ebullient figure, Lucky Flucker married Henry Knox—the brilliant military strategist remembered for guiding Washington across the icy Delaware. She loyally followed her husband from camp to camp, bearing and losing several children while befriending the Adamses, Hamiltons, and Washingtons. Peggy Shippen, wife of Benedict Arnold, followed a dramatically different path, feeding secret information to the British to become one of the highest paid American spies during the Revolution. Using personal correspondence, letters from contemporaries, diaries, and military records, Stuart elevates these two young wives from mere historical footnotes into vibrant participants, illustrating how they faced their grueling challenges only to discover they had remarkable agency. Fall 2012.

This Week in Beacon Broadside, a project of Beacon Press (www.beaconbroadside.com):

• Be a Part of a People’s Tribute to Howard Zinn: Submit Your Own Video!
• Big Think Interview with Jonathan Metzl
• Dana Sachs: Learning from Past Mistakes: Operation Babylift and the Haitian Orphan Debate
• Sonia Sanchez: 9 Haiku (for Freedom's Sisters)

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