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image of a woman walking down a cobblestone streetWithout Permission
by Charlotte Taft '72

What would YOU risk for justice? In occupied Paris, Jane Smith risks it all. She is drawn into the world of illegal abortion and loses her heart to an admiral's daughter.First in a trilogy recounting the life of a woman who lives without permission, without authority, without apology. charlottetaft.com

illustration of a group of Black people doing everyday thingsLiving While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance
by Ajuan Mance '88

Vivid illustrations celebrating Black people's small acts of resistance and candid, unsentimental captions convey a powerful message: No matter how strong the forces of oppression, Black people will persist in striving for justice, equality, and joy. chroniclebooks.com

illustration of school children reading and studyingFree Agent Learning: Leveraging Students' Self-Directed Learning to Transform K-12 Education
by Julie A. Evans '79

HOw and why K-12 students use technology to support self-directed learning outside of school–and the potential impact of those experiences on the future of education. a.co/d/i1ng2le

photo of the author in a blue toneNerve
by Dr. Michele Tortora Pato '78

With profound candor and humor, Dr. Pato chronicles her journey through the enormous physical, psychological, and emotional challenges encountered following her traumatic brain injury, treatment, and recovery. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-33433-7

a plain red cover with the title and authors nameWhen poetry Visits
by Jane Rothenberg '03

The poetry in the book is about illness, friendship, family, death, lost innocence, survivor's guilt and transcendence. Laura was in the class of '03. She was a talented young poet who experienced, and endured more in her short life than most people do by old age. bit.ly/3PylOlM

green swirls and the title of book and authors nameRoutes, Interaction and Exchange in the Southern Maya Area
by Eugenia J. Robinson '70 (coedited with Gavin Davies)

This book explores routes of exchange in the Southern Maya area with Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Aztec, colonial and modern peoples. It uses state of the art GIS technologies. Routledge.com/9780367404246

greens and blues watercolor imageSuperorganism
by Peter A. Corning '56 PhD

We live in a world with an increasingly shared fate–a "superorganism." However, the future is in serious jeopardy. Here is a comprehensive prescription. "What an extraordinary, well-researched, and well-expressed book." John Jeavons, Ecology Action. amzn.to/3vCZwZq

red and orange circles with the title and authors nameA History of Letters: Memorable Quotes From a Moribund Art, Volume II
by Mel B. Yoken '61 MAT

Mel Yoken published his 10th book Volume II: A History of Letters: Memorable Quotes from A Moribund Art containing profound insights, intimate revelations and authentic voices of 90 luminaries who corresponded with the author. melyoken.com

large ABC with illustrations of culturally diverse people prayingABCs of the World's Religions
by Rev. Vicki Michela Garlock '86 PhD

Explore basic concepts and similarities/differences across the world's major faith traditions in a non-devotional, age-appropriate way with this Book Excellence Award winner. Promotes religious literacy and cultural competence in kids aged 4-10. amzn.to/43ti36Z

dark blue cover with titleThe Dean of New Things
by John Mogulescu '68

Mogulescu's career demonstrates how change can happen in higher education. His team created two innovative colleges and dozens of programs that increased student success and broadened CUNY's mission to serve NYC. deanofnewthings.com

neurons and the title and authors nameFrom Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It
by Robert Zatorre '78 ScM, '81 PhD

Provides an in-depth understanding of how music generates pleaseure and emotion, based on the author's 40+ years working in music neuroscience. bit.ly/495OCt1

title, and photo of the author on a blue backgroundSPEAK UP: Breaking the Glass Ceiling at CBS News
by Linda S. Mason '64

Speak Up charts Mason's career from her days as a desk assistant to breaking barriers as the first female producer at CBS News and helping other women follow in her footsteps in the television news industry. a.co/d/3Go0MjX ; bit.ly/4cpO3x4

2 intersecting circlesNo Son of Mine: A Memoir
by Jonathan Corcoran '07

Corcoran's story of alienation and his attempts to understand his mother's choice to disown him when she learns he is gay. Through grief, anger, questioning, and growth, he explores the entwined yet separate histories and identities of his mother and himself. buff.ly/3OXFu2x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a stethoscope shaped as a heartTelltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of Story
by Dean-David Schillinger '86 MD

A narrative journey into the medical underground, where healthcare meets social reality in consequential ways. bit.ly/3TOk8HI

picture of a woman in a man's shadowAgainst My Father's Will: A Memoir
by Jane Morgan Barry with Margaret Barry '06

Female activists are often perceived as audacious. In her revealing memoir, Barry shatters that preconception as we eavesdrop on her inner battles. The doubt, the fear, the disillusionment–how many women can relate? bit.ly/3VEiz0b

image of Black menWhat Do Brothas Do All Day?
by Ajuan Mance '88

Brothas listen, laugh, and love. These joyous portraits of Black men engaged in everyday life capture the deep roots and rich cultures of Black communities. The book is perfect for parents and grandparents seeking engaging read-aloud and read-along picture books. chroniclebooks.com

illustration of a WW2 scene with an American flag flyingSecret Agent Gals
by Richard Gid Powers '69 PhD

Laugh your way through World War II as Secret Agents Peggy and Hilla save America from Nazis, Reds, Irishmen, and hostile Indians. Every page is guaranteed to be funny, dirty, and/or stupid. bit.ly/3J8EG7H

image of a woman in the woodsThe Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire
by Lisa Mullins Marchiano '88

Women are discouraged from developing "difficult" qualities such as fierceness, disagreeableness, and shrewdness. This book guides readers in reclaiming their agency, cunning, and assertiveness. lisamarchiano.com

historic painting of chefs in a kitchenCook, Taste, Learn: How the Evolution of Science Transformed the Art of Cooking
by Guy Crosby '69 PhD

Cook, Taste, Learn elegantly intertwines history, chemistry, anthropology, and culinary science to create a captivating guided tour through the arc of human invention. An accessible and inspiring contribution to the history of science. amzn.to/4cortop

image of an older man sitting near treesThe Man Who Loved Trees
by Annaliese Bischoff '74

Frank Waugh, landscape architecture professor and prolific author, turned late in life to creating etchings of the trees he loved. This book presents 30 of his etchings, many recently discovered, and tells the story of the man who made them. bit.ly/497RvcF

picture of a leopard chasing preyEvolution "On Purpose"
by Peter A. Corning '56 PhD et al. eds.

It is now incredibly accepted that living systems exhibit an evolved purposiveness, or teleonomy. It is one of the most important but least understood aspects of living systems. complexsystems.org (MIT Press)

Check out the complete list of books from BAM’s June–August 2023 issue.

Fresh Ink for June–August 2023

By Edward Hardy

Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon ’73 (Knopf)

In his eleventh novel, Mallon throws a spotlight on the faintly known show-biz world of Dick Kallman, a real-life, hustling Broadway and television actor, whose career seemed set to sparkle in the 1950s and 1960s—but by the time of his murder in 1980 he was selling antiques...

Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dreamby Alissa Quart ’94 (Ecco)

Nobody actually pulls themselves up by the bootstraps. That’s the premise of Quart’s persuasively reported new book, one that works to unravel the myth of self-reliance woven into American culture for centuries. Quart (Squeezed) is a journalist, poet, and executive director of the Economic Hardship...

Drinking Games: A Memoirby Sarah Levy ’12 (St. Martin’s Press)

Her first blackout came at a house party near her home in New Jersey when she was 16. For years afterward, through Brown and a move to Brooklyn, the blackouts became more frequent and the drinking began to feel impossible to stop. Then a week after...

Check out the complete list of books from BAM's April–May 2023 issue.

Fresh Ink for April–May 2023

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Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress ’13 (Random House)

It’s 2011, the recession is hanging on, and both Occupy Wall Street and much intrigue are boiling at the fictional Wrynn College of Art, somewhere in New England. Louisa Arceneaux has just transferred from Louisiana on a scholarship and is drawn to her roommate Karina Piontek, the...

Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong ’10 (Catapult)

Reed, a 21-year-old Columbia student, is getting picked up at LAX by his irreverent mom before heading off to visit his Korean grandmother in the hospital. Reed is on academic probation and plans to drop out to become a Black Lives Matter activist. His painfully...

Lifelines: The Traffic of Trauma by Harris Solomon ’07 AM, ’11 PhD (Duke Univ. Press)

Solomon, a professor of cultural anthropology and global health at Duke, spent time in one of Mumbai’s major public hospitals tracking the range of outcomes after someone was involved in a traumatic traffic or train accident. In part the book is an...

Check out the complete list of books from BAM's January–March 2023 issue.

Fresh Ink for January–March 2023

By Edward Hardy

The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A Historyby Brian Jones ’95 (NYU Press)

On April 6, 1968, two days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., hundreds of Tuskegee Institute students briefly held the school’s Board of Trustees hostage, demanding changes that would turn Tuskegee into a “Black university.” The move brought 300 National...

Questions from Outer Spaceby Diane Thiel ’88, ’90 MFA (Red Hen Press)

Thiel’s third full-length poetry collection, and her twelfth book, arrives bristling with navigable strangeness and open-ended questions. The 67 sometimes otherworldly poems here weave through biology, parenting, the pandemic, world travel, life on Zoom, growing up in the South, the multiverse, and...

The Other Motherby Rachel M. Harper ’94 (Counterpoint)

It’s 2015, and on his first day at Brown Jenry Castillo stares up at the Carrie Tower, wondering if the long-stalled clock still worked when his mother Marisa was a student. A gifted pianist from Miami, Jenry is on a quest to learn about his father, Jasper Patterson,...