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Bobbie Ann Mason '66 has published An Atomic Romance (Random House, 2005). The novel is set in Kentucky at a nuclear power plant, The ordinary characters come up against extra ordinary circumstances to explore the nuclear legacy in America .
The novel was presented the 15th Annual John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence at Centenary College in Shreveport, La. The award is named after Centenary alumnus and author of the short novel "Decoration Day." It is in the form of a bronze medal designed by internationally acclaimed sculpture Clyde Connell. |
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Jack Dann '69 has published a new short story collection called The Fiction Factory (Golden Gryphon Press, 2005) . First dates with Jesus, dinosaurs falling out of the sky, and a famous painting that eats art critics are among the quirky stories found in this collaborative collection. Each piece was written by Jack Dann and one or more coauthors, and the joint creations are 18 highly entertaining and cutting-edge genre stories, many of them award-winning or award-nominated. Employees are drafted by corporations in the Nebula Award-nominated story "High Steel," and the first manned landing on Mars is imagined in "The God of Mars," just two examples of the futuristic flavor of the collection. Short, clever essays by the coauthors, among them Susan Casper, Gardner Dozois, and Gregory Frost, introduce each story and provide insight into the friendships, conflicts, and story conferences involved in collaborative writing.
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Steven Zwickel '71 and William S. Pfeiffer have just published the Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations & Professional Speaking (Prentice Hall, 2005). This Pocket Guide presents clear practical guidelines on how to prepare and deliver all types of professional presentations. Topics covered include how to research your audience and topic, organize informative, persuasive, and occasional speeches, make and use quality graphics to enhance a presentation, deliver a speech with energy, enthusiasm, and clarity, and overcome nervousness. It is packed with information to help you craft and deliver a variety of different types of presentations, run more effective meetings, conduct more effective training sessions, and do better in job interviews. |
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Nathan Naparstek '77 has published his third book, Is Your Child Depressed: Answers to Your Toughest Questions (McGraw-Hill, 2005). It is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide on how you can best parent a child with depression and provides a thorough guide to help you identify and understand childhood depression. This compassionate guide confronts such controversial topics as medications in very young children and adolescents, and offers practical strategies for finding the right professional, disciplining for a depressed child, and how to help your whole family get through the challenges of having a family member with serious depression. |
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Regina Clark '82 has just published Deadlines & Diapers: 65 Tips for Working Moms (Regina Clark, 2005). The author is the founder of Left Brain Leverage and has been designing and delivering keynotes and seminars for corporate audiences. A few years ago, she developed a work/life balance seminar, and after delivering it to many corporations, she picked up a number of tips from her audiences. Many of the tips are included in the book. It's broken down into four sections: managing yourself, managing your time, managing your career, managing your relationships and raising teenagers. The book can be purchased online at www.reginaclark.com . |
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Tabea Alexa Linhard '96 MA , has recently published Fearless Women in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War ( University of Missouri Press , 2005). In this first book-length study of the role women played in two of the most momentous revolutions of the twentieth century, Linhard provides a comparative analysis of works on the Mexican Revolution (circa 1910-1919) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Linhard was inspired by the story of "Trece Rosas," about 13 young women who were executed after the Spanish Civil War ended with the Nationalists' victory. One of the women, Julia Conesa, was particularly influential. In a letter she wrote to her mother a few hours before she faced the firing squad, she said, "Do not allow my name to vanish in history." The book is Linhard's attempt to respond to Julia's last request. |
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