Beacon Press: Weekly Report

Beacon Weekly Report

August 18, 2010

Swan: Poems and Prose Poems, Mary Oliver $23 cloth On Sale September 14, 2010 978-0-8070-6899-1

Booklist (September 1, 2010): “Oliver’s plainspoken yet ringing poems are testimony to joy, prayers, and sermons.”
—Donna Seaman

Nobody Turn Me Around, Charles Euchner, August 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-0059-5

Christian Science Monitor; review posted online August 16th and running in print edition:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2010/0816/Nobody-Turn-Me-Around

From the Closet to the Courtroom, Carlos A. Ball, June 2010, cloth, 978-0-8070-0078-6

Library Journal; reviewed in the August 2010 issue.

“This will be of particular interest as the California gay marriage case wends its way through the courts and “don’t ask, don’t tell” features prominently in the news."

Pornland, Gail Dines, July 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-4452-0

The Huckabee Show– with Mike Huckabee; author appearance August 13th aired locally on WFXT Boston at 10 a.m.

A City So Grand, Stephen Puleo, May 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-5043-9

WBUR’s Radio Boston; author interview on August 16th

http://www.wbur.org/2010/08/16/city-so-grand

White Coat, Black Hat, Carl Elliott, September 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-6142-8

ABC TV; Richard E. Besser, M.D., Senior Health and Medical Editor, working on piece based on book to run on Good Morning America or World News Tonight (or both)
Mother Jones; author article in September/October issue; out soon
American Journal of Bioethics; review assigned for September issue
The Lancet; review assigned
London Review of Books, author article out soon
New Yorker; author article has gone through fact checking and will likely run with in next couple months
Boston Globe; review assigned
The Chronicle of Higher Education; adapted essay by author to run around pub date
New Scientist; review assigned and will run near pub date
KevinMd.com; excerpting four pieces in 3-4 week intervals to run on website
HealthySkepticism.com; review assigned

Nobody Turn Me Around, Charles Euchner, August 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-0059-5

Christian Science Monitor; review posted online August 16th and running in print edition:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2010/0816/Nobody-Turn-Me-Around
BLAC Detroit Magazine; review in August issue
Uprising Radio/KPFK Radio (Pacifica LA); taped by phone to air on August 24th
Madison the Black Eagle/XM Radio 169 The Power (WOL out of DC; National on XM) Friday, August 20th 8:00 – 8:30am EST, author interview live by phone
WORT Radio/Stan Woodard Show; Tuesday, August 24th; 9:10 – 9:30am EST
KPOJ Mornings/AM 620 KPOJ; author interview live by phone Friday, August 27th 9:30 – 9:45am EST (6:30 – 6:45am PST)
KVON'S Late Mornings/ Wine Country Broadcasting; Monday, August 30th; 10:30 – 10:50am EST (7:30 – 7:50am PST)

I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine, David Chura, March 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-0064-9

The Journal News author interview ran in Westchester County’s paper August 16th. Book is mentioned and author speaks in detail about his students and his time spent teaching at Westchester County Jail.

Click the link below to read:
http://www.lohud.com/article/20100816/NEWS02/8160337/Former-Westchester-County-Jail-teacher-shares-experience-with-juveniles-in-adult-institution