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New Releases
English professor and writing consultant Janis Bell (attended '72 - '74) highlights
only the most prevalent mistakes in American sentences -- nothing more -- in "Clean,
Well-Lighted Sentences: A Guide to Avoiding the Most Common Errors in Grammar
and Punctuation" (W.W. Norton & Co.).
Paul Hoover, professor of creative
writing, edited and translated with the Vietnamese poet Nguyen Do "Black Dog,
Black Night: Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry" (Milkweed Editions, '08), an anthology
that includes the poetry of fellow faculty member Truong Tran (M.F.A., '95).
Author and photographer Jennifer Sauer (B.A., '84) invites readers to sit
down for tea with experts whose traditions span the globe in "The Way to Tea:
Your Adventure Guide to San Francisco Tea Culture" (Earth Aware Editions, '07).
Poet Gillian Conoley has praised Maxine Chernoff, professor and chair of creative
writing, for bringing "supreme humanity, ferocity, intelligence, wit, honesty"
to her eighth collection of poetry, "The Turning" (Apogee Press, '08).
"Maiden
USA: Girl Icons Come of Age" (Peter Lang Publishing, '08) by Kathleen Sweeney (M.A., '96) explores the powerful and often contradictory pop cultural representations
of teenage girls during the past decade.
Ignoring her mother's prophetic words,
"Running off with a foreigner will bring you nothing but trouble," a Japanese
woman follows her fiancé to the United States in "Midori by Moonlight" (St.
Martin's Griffin, '07), a novel by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga (B.A., '79).
Assistant
Professor of Creative Writing Peter Orner edited "Underground America: Narratives
of Undocumented Lives" (McSweeney's, '08), true stories of those who have risked
deportation and imprisonment by living in the United States without legal status.
How can a new grandmother stay on the parents' good side? "Don't say anything,
ever," advises Adair Lara (B.A., '76) in "The Granny Diaries: An Insider's
Guide for New Grandmothers" (Chronicle Books, '07), a collection of witty words
of wisdom for those who have hit the "big G."
Dan Kleinman (B.A., '68; M.A., '75) is the author of "All Star Sales
Teams" (Career Press, '08), a practical and comprehensive blueprint for
achieving a dynamic sales environment and a satisfied and productive sales
team.
"Sweet Man is Gone" (Five Star/Gale/Cengage, '08), a mystery
by Peggy Ehrhart (M.A., '70), introduces readers to blues-singer bandleader
Maxx Maxwell, who sets out to find the killer of the dashing guitar player
responsible for her band's success.
Jessica
Barksdale-Inclan (M.A., '87) is
the author of "Being With Him" (Kensington, '08). The novel tells
the story of Mila Adams, a Mission District bohemian artist who has the ability
to shift time, and the connection she forges with a man who shares her unique
power.
Sherie Pitman Ellington (M.A., '05) is the co-author of "The Super Antioxidant Diet & Nutrition
Guide: A Health Plan for the Body, Mind, and Spirit" (Hampton Roads Publishing,
'08).
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