George Zebrowski '69 received a glowing review for Swift Thoughts (Golden Gryphon Press, 2002), his new collection of short fiction, in Publishers Weekly, Feb. 11, 2002.

"The 24 highly regarded stories of this brilliant collection span 30 years of John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner Zebrowski's (Brute Orbits) career in fundamentally philosophical hard SF," reads the review. "Convinced that the genre best 'rehearses possible futures,' Zebrowski succinctly exhibits a wide range of gritty, postmodern, impeccably disciplined glimpses into futures far and near, as well as alternative histories, like the intriguing 'Number of the Sand' and 'Let Time Shape' from the History Machine series he began in the early 1970s. All probe the innermost reaches of human frailty. Like Kafka, Zebrowski follows each wrenching 'what if' opener with remorseless logic to a closing as stark and inevitable as the utter cold of outer space, often a direct result of humanity's violent and spiritually fatal pursuit of power."

For the complete review and more information about the book, including the full text of Zebrowski's story "Wound the Wind," go to http://www.goldengryphon.com/swift-frame.html .

Gail Hennessey '73, sixth-grade social studies teacher at Harpursville Central School in Harpursville, N.Y., has published a new book for teachers and students, Will the Real Paul Revere Please Stand Up? (Scholastic, 2002). The book contains 15 biographical plays based on the television game show To Tell The Truth.

Hennessey's other books for teachers and students, Will the Real Notable Women Please Stand Up? (Cottonwood Press, 1994) and Will the Real American Authors Please Stand Up? (Cottonwood Press, 1994), are also collections of biographical plays. You may read the full text of one of her plays at Hennessey's website, http://www.gailhennessey.com.

Gail has been writing professionally since 1980 and her work has appeared in most children's publications, including Highlights for Children, National Geographic World, Ranger Rick, Girls' Life, Boys' Life, American Girl, Time for Kids and Scholastic News.

Nicholas Montemarano '96, who just published his first novel, A Fine Place (Context Books, 2002), was awarded a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. "The sensational 1989 murder of a black teen-ager in Brooklyn provides the background for Montemarano's first novel, a kaleidoscopic picture of a family and a community still living with loss, pain, anger and guilt," reads a review in Publishers Weekly. "The mundane routines of Vera and Sal Santangelo's lives assume a tragic shade after their grandson, Tony, is imprisoned because of his involvement with the crime." Montemarano, who is assistant professor of English at Franklin & Marshall College, was profiled in the January/February 2002 issue of Poets & Writers magazine ("The Journey to A Fine Place" by Joanna Smith Rakoff). The Library Journal hailed A Fine Place as "powerful, unflinching," and the Chicago Tribune called it "a fine and important book. . . . Montemarano's novel is tight and well-crafted - a fine place, small and transparent, like a paperweight, self-contained and compact, not a word wasted."

Singer, songwriter and performer Mara Hitner '98 has signed an agreement with City Block Productions to feature two tracks -- "Don't Let Me Run" and "Eternally" -- from her debut CD, It's Who I Am (Flying Coaster Records, 2002) in a new horror film, Infested, starring Amy Jo Johnson from TV's Felicity. Listen to Hitner's sound at http://www.intimations.com/mara. Mara was nominated "Best Female Singer/Songwriter" at the LA Music Awards 2001 and secured a spot on Music Connection Magazine's "Hot 100 Unsigned Artists" list.

Aaron Mair '84 was featured in the November/December 2001 issue of Sierra Magazine (http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra) for his commitment to raising awareness of contaminated fish in New York's Hudson Valley.

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