A 2010 Indie Next List Top Ten Poetry Pick: Many Miles is #2 on the list!
National Poetry Month Digital Promo Kit to be available from www.beacon.org with an audio download of Mary reading Many Miles, the essay ”Performance Notes” and an author photo. Kit will be promoted through Advance Access and Indie Bound email
New Yorker ads each week of National Poetry Month (little ones, like with the guy selling berets)
New York Times; author was quoted in a piece on February 27th that was a follow-up on their article about the anti-abortion billboards in Atlanta.
Author’s quote:
“Some male African-American leaders were so furious about what they perceived as genocidal intentions that in one case they burned down a clinic,” said Carole Joffe, the author of “Dispatches From the Abortion Wars.” “But women were very resolute, saying, ‘We want birth control.’ ”
Salon.com; book mention in Broadsheet section, in a story that dealt with the tragic story of an abortion clinic in Philadelphia. Author is quoted as the expert in this issue toward the end of the article.
“Hawthorne presents many issues facing the average liberal who seeks to be politically active but is often overwhelmed by the daunting challenges created by informed choice… this [book] is a solid choice for those willing to dive into the complexity of living with a social conscious in the 21st century.”
Broadside Bookstore Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00pm
Northampton, MA
Book Launch
Barnes & Noble Tuesday, March 23rd at 7:00pm
White Plains, NY
Reading & Signing
The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza
Thursday, March 25th at 7:00pm
Albany, NY
Reading & Signing
Times Union (Albany, NY); a wonderful piece by David Kaczynski ran in the March 3rd issue. The piece, which also mentions Chura’s upcoming event in the area, ran in the City Brights section, which features essays/commentaries from prominent local citizens.
“If you are looking for life perspective, then this is one book you ought to read…If you want to restore your faith in humanity, you will appreciate the way David Chura illuminates hope, connection and dignity enduring in the most unlikely of places…Read this book. I imagine it will be an experience you’ll never forget. You can meet the author when he comes to the Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza on March 25 for a book signing. Maybe I’ll see you there.”
“A keen-eyed perspective of how questionable public policy has resulted in far too much preventable loss of life, The Death of Josselineis highly recommended.”
Phoenix New Times; author mentioned February 26th in an extensive article about migrant deaths. She is mentioned on page 5, though her work and conversations with the journalist informed much of the story.
There have been mentions of Margaret’s book, and even a link to the NPR piece, in the comments section for this article.
Beacon Blurbs:
Nobody Turn Me Around, Charles Euchner, August 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-0059-5
“On the Mall in Washington, on a beautiful but blazing hot day in August 1963, an outpouring of thousands gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The people who were speaking were Christians and Jews and labor and civil rights leaders, black and white together. The message to the administration and the American people was that the problem wasn't limited to lunch counters or integrated schools. The March on Washington was a demand to make the Constitution of the United States work for black people—to cash the blank check as Dr. King put it that day in the best speech of his life. NobodyTurn Me Around—Charles Euchner's superb book—brings it all back in vivid detail.”
—Roger Wilkins, author of Jefferson's Pillow: the Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism
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