Scientific American; online excerpt posted June 11th, with book cover
and title also featured on the homepage.
The piece includes links within the text to two of the Beacon-produced
YouTube videos the author filmed during his April visit to the press. To
see the first video, click the highlighted word “liberation” on
page one. On page 2, click on the term “baby bust.”
Newsweek; running a story about the Mexican National Soccer team
for which they got a comment from Steve Wilson. Print date to come.
Pornland,
Gail Dines, July 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-4452-0
Mother Jones; posted article June 17th about the anti-porn activists
(author included) who are in D.C. this week speaking to congress about the
importance of strengthening obscenity laws. Author is quoted in the article:
"The days of women wearing a coy smile and not much else are long
gone," Gail Dines explained to the congressional crowd. A women's studies
professor at Boston's Wheelock College and author of the upcoming book Pornland:
How Porn Has Hijacked our Sexuality, Dines has perused Gag Factor, and
she described some of its content to the crowd— .... "Porn is
an industrial product," said Dines, who has studied the industry for
20-plus years. "I cannot believe how brutal it has become so quickly."
Gag Factor and their ilk, she added, are now the main source of sex education
for boys.
Love in a
Headscarf,Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, October 2010, Paperback Original,
$15.00, 978-0-8070-0080-9
“With honesty and humor, Shelina Zahra Janmohamed navigates the complicated
world of being a British Muslim woman in our modern society. Love in a
Headscarf is a rich and full exploration of her choice to uphold her Islamic
traditions, while maintaining her own identity in her search for love and
spirituality. Along the way, Janmohamed enlightens readers and reminds us
all of our common humanity, with, or without, a headscarf. A thoughtful and
captivating read!”
—Gail Tsukiyama, author of Street of a Thousand Blossoms
Publicity Reviews, and Praise:
The Young
and the Digital; S. Craig Watkins, September 2010, Trade Paperback,
$18.00, 978-0-8070-0616-0
London Review of Books; author featured in the article “Always
On” by the wonderful Steven Burt.
The Match,
Beth Whitehouse, April 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7286-8
Mid-Morning (Minnesota Public Radio); author interview June 9th.
She was on for an hour with Jeffrey Kahn, Director of the Center for Bioethics
and professor in the department of medicine at the University of Minnesota
Juvenile Prison Watch; featured on the blog. The site ran cover
art along with this brief mention of the book:
“In language that carries both the grit of the street and the expansiveness
of poetry, Chura breaks down the divisions we so easily erect between us
and them, the keepers and the kept-and shows how, ultimately, we as individuals
and as a society have failed these young people.”
WHMP’s Bill Dwight Show (Northampton, Ma); author interviewed
for the second time on show June 10th in a 40-minute interview. The interview,
cover art, and links to author’s recent article in Solitary Confinement
are all available online.
Flashpoints/KPFA (Berkeley, Ca); author’s radio interview
was taped on June 15th; air date early next week
A House for
Hope, John A. Buehrens and Rebecca Ann Parker, May 2010, cloth,
$25.95, 978-0-8070-7738-2
Faith Works, the Interfaith Worker Justice’s quarterly publication;
listed on ‘Books of Note’ in the Summer 2010 issue
Spirituality and Practice; review ran with cover art and a short
200 word excerpt.
"Unitarian Universalist minister James Buehrens and Rebecca Ann Parker,
president and professor of theology at Starr King School for the Ministry,
have set out to reintroduce people to the riches and bounties of progressive
religion in northern America."
Choice; received a great review in the June 2010 issue.
“This beautiful little book looks into the daily routines of six conservative
Christian families who homeschool their children. Employing the analytical
eye of a former teacher and the balanced, thoughtful wisdom of a seasoned
academic, Kunzman (Indiana Univ. School of Education) not only paints portraits
fairly, but gently questions what he sees (much of which is deeply troubling)…This
book will be useful for students and faculty in education, and may well
become a classic in its field.”
Religion Dispatches; author article about Generation Joshua, the
civic education program for homeschoolers that he writes about in his book.
Book mentioned in the author’s bio.
Fist Stick
Knife Gun, Geoffrey Canada and Jamar Nicholas, October 2010,
paperback original, $14.00, 978-0-8070-4449-0
“Jamar Nicholas is a master of his craft—his drawings are full of
life and truly stunning.”
—Bryan Lee O'Malley, creator of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
American
Plastic, Laurie Essig, December 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-0055-7
“A fascinating, original, and engaging exploration of the connection between
plastic surgery and our economic crisis. Laurie Essig illuminates the dark side
of the promise of perfection and offers inspirational strategies for change.”
—Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., creator of the Killing Us Softly: Advertising's
Image of Women film series and author of Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising
Changes the Way We Think and Feel
"Food Rebels tells the stories of unsung heroes in the food movement—everyday
people who realized that they had the power to change the way food and farming
work in their communities and in the world, and did something about it. With
these stories, Mark Winne inspires us and challenges us to take a stand for
good, clean, fair and affordable food for all."
—Josh Viertel, President of Slow Food USA
Love in a
Headscarf,Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, October 2010, Paperback Original,
$15.00, 978-0-8070-0080-9
“With honesty and humor, Shelina Zahra Janmohamed navigates the complicated
world of being a British Muslim woman in our modern society. Love in a Headscarf
is a rich and full exploration of her choice to uphold her Islamic traditions,
while maintaining her own identity in her search for love and spirituality.
Along the way, Janmohamed enlightens readers and reminds us all of our common
humanity, with, or without, a headscarf. A thoughtful and captivating read!”
—Gail Tsukiyama, author of Street of a Thousand Blossoms
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