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Not Your Idea of a Kodak Moment

A new book explores the photo industry’s dark past. Read More

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The Depth of Autumn book coverThe Depth of Autumn
by Wenqing Chen ’24 ScM

Fei Feng dreams of becoming a government astronomer. However, at her best age, life cheats her, getting her into the lost days.
Let’s see how she twists her fate and contributes to humanity after her successes. bit.ly/46iPcEx

Native American Pottery of the Southwest book coverNative American Pottery of the Southwest
by Stephen Isaacs ’61, with Ava Swartz

The book showcases luminous photographs of pottery from the authors’ collection and provides commentary on each piece, Southwestern history, Native American pottery-making techniques, and how to build a collection. store.bookbaby.com

After the War book coverAfter the War
by H. Camp Gordinier '63

Witness the confusion of post-war Germany through the eyes of the Bruggermann family, as neo-Nazi forces work to sabotage democracy. A deeply moving story of courage and faith. Available at Barnes & Noble, on Amazon, and at afterthewarhcg.com.
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Writing with Research: A Practical Guide book coverWriting with Research: A Practical Guide
by Kristen B. Neuschel ’82 PhD & Ann Marie Rasmussen

“You will think differently after reading this book,” says Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Fenn. Writing with Research offers practical advice for combining writing and research, whether as a student, scholar, or professional. kristenneuschel.com

Irresistible Calling: A Memoir of Journalism and the Arts book coverIrresistible Calling: A Memoir of Journalism and the Arts
by Sean Mitchell ’70

Four chapters about Brown in the late 1960s (with photos) inform this memoir by a journalist from Dallas who won national awards en route to writing about Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times. tcupress.tcu.edu/9780875659312

The Science, Success Stories and Recipes for a Plant Based Lifestyle book coverThe Science, Success Stories and Recipes for a Plant Based Lifestyle
by Elizabeth George ’73, ’76 MD

Learn how the Standard American Diet has caused the majority of today’s chronic illnesses. Reawaken taste buds and get rid of salt, sugar, and fat addictions with delicious plant-based recipes. healthyeatingadventure.org; amzn.to/4plG6iY

REFRAME: How Curiosity  & Literacy  Can Redefine Us book coverREFRAME: How Curiosity & Literacy Can Redefine Us
by Tinsley Galyean ’91 ScM

Through personal stories, Galyean presents a radical blueprint for eradicating illiteracy. REFRAME challenges entrenched beliefs about how we learn, proving that curiosity can unlock transformation in education, leadership, and society. curiouslearning.org

The Accident: A YA Novel book coverThe Accident: A YA Novel
by Lori Miller Kase ’85

When Hannah discovers her boyfriend and brother may be responsible for a hit-and-run accident that killed a beloved teen in her small Connecticut town, she vows to protect them both—until different versions of the truth emerge, forcing her to decide where her loyalties lie. lorimillerkase.com

You Say, I Say book coverYou Say, I Say
by Robert Waxler ’66 & David Beckman ’66

Letters exploring how great authors from Dante and Shakespeare to Beckett and Joyce can transform, challenge, disturb, and inspire us. “A touching anthology of correspondence between two friends that’s also a love letter to literature.”—Kirkus Reviews. tinyurl.com/5jrkkfyn

The Hereafter Wulff book coverThe Hereafter Wulff
by Carder Jones ’21 ScM

In this literary fiction, a nomadic K9 crosses paths with a menagerie of misfit animals, weaving psychology, metaphysics, and absurdist storytelling into a meditation on fate and permanence. Learn more at valkwich.com

Fission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak book coverFission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak
by Leslie Schover ’74

Doris marries Rob in 1941 and follows him to Oak Ridge with a sickly baby. Both spouses are told about the atomic bomb at the outset. Doris falls for an army engineer, then realizes he may be a Soviet spy. Should she turn him in and risk ruining her marriage? mybook.to/fissionnovel 

Rom-Com for Dummies book coverRom-Com for Dummies
by Tom Diggs ’83

Boy meets boy. Boy loses boy. Boy gets more than he bargained for when fake dates, small-town drama, and a dying soap opera collide. Rom-Com for Dummies is a witty, queer romance with heart, heat, and heirloom tomatoes. bit.ly/45wmhMQ

Proverbs of Earth book coverProverbs of Earth
by Lance Newman ’93 AM, ’98 PhD

In Proverbs of Earth, Lance Newman remixes Thoreau’s Walden into a series of aphorisms that explore labor, memory, grief, home, and nature. In this meditative collection of poems, the wisdom of the past meets the uncertainties of the present. spuytenduyvil.net; amazon.com

Hidden Suicides and Fatal Overdoses book coverHidden Suicides and Fatal Overdoses
by Ian Rockett ’78 PhD

Critically examines the chronic undercounting of suicide and proposes a groundbreaking framework for fatal self-injury that would enhance policy, prevention, and mental health treatment. bit.ly/46uG54K

Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds book coverNarrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds
by Eve Makoff ’95 MD, Coeditor

The practice of narrative medicine, which grew out of health humanities, bioethics, and the literature and medicine movement, has been shown to enhance compassion, improve team functioning, imbue self-knowledge, and decrease bias. routledge.com; amazon.com

A-Maze-In Me: Activities for Tweens and Teens to Experience Connection IRL book coverA-Maze-In Me: Activities for Tweens and Teens to Experience Connection IRL
by Ashley M. Blanco '09 AM

This activity book and visual organizer for strategic thinking helps kids build self-worth, communication, and decision-making. Adults also benefit from its engaging activities. risewhereyouare.com/products

Curly Sue and the Beetle book coverCurly Sue and the Beetle
by Chad Billmyer ’01

A dog searches her yard for the perfect gift to show her nature-loving boy how much she loves him. An illustrated book for parents and grandparents who want to gift a child a fresh perspective and invite them to observe the present moment. (Luminare Press) curlysueandthebeetle.com

Walking Into Enlightenment book coverWalking Into Enlightenment
by Denise Forest ’82

Here’s how walking has the potential to have even further healing properties: The mere act of walking may bring us from the state of thinking into the state of being, which is to walk right into the state of enlightenment. streamofwisdompress.com/Walking.php

Check out the complete list of books from BAM’s April–May 2024 issue.

Fresh Ink for April–May 2024

By Edward Hardy

Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood by Jessica Grose ’04 (Mariner Books)

If you’re feeling like a bad mother, overwhelmed by guilt and everyone else’s expectations of what motherhood should be—it’s not your fault. That’s because, as Grose writes in this fierce, witty, and companionable book, our society, with its minimal and often leaky...

Struggle and Solidarity: Seven Stories of How Americans Fought for Their Mental Health Through Federal Legislation edited by Michael Compton and Marc Manseau ’02, ’06 MPH (American Psychiatric Association Publishing)

Helpful origin stories of seven pieces of federal legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, that all...

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv ’04 (Picador)

With moving, sometimes haunting prose Aviv, a New Yorker staff writer, deftly hikes into the hinterlands of psychiatry, looking at how the narratives attached to a diagnosis can shape a person’s sense of self. This nuanced, deeply researched debut centers on case studies...

Check out the complete list of books from BAM's January–March 2024 issue.

Fresh Ink for January–March 2024

by Edward Hardy

The Daughter Ship by Boo Trundle ’89 (Pantheon)

In this debut you’ll meet Katherine Burns, who lives in the suburbs with her teenagers, Emily and Zack, and her largely absent husband, Phil. Katherine is circling the edge after growing up in a deeply dysfunctional family. She’s also fighting for narrative space with three warring inner voices—Truitt, Smooshed...

American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration by Benjamin Weber ’08 MAT (The New Press)

Weber, a University of California Davis professor of African American studies, does a convincing job of confronting and considering our history of incarceration and how that has played a role in the expansion of American power. He details the...

Speak Up: Breaking the Glass Ceiling at CBS News by Linda Mason ’64 (Rowan & Littlefield)

Plenty of newsroom firsts in this memoir as Mason, who worked at CBS for 47 years, details her climb from a CBS Radio desk assistant in 1966 to being the first woman producer for The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and finally...

Check out the complete list of books from BAM's November–December 2023 issue.

Fresh Ink for November–December 2023

By Edward Hardy

Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly ’97 (Harper Collins)

It’s 2020 and Alice and Pete flee Manhattan with their young daughters, Iris and Sophie, escaping to their oceanfront second home near Blue Hill. For Alice, whose writerly hopes have been flattened by parenting, this seems a safe course. Pete, who toils in finance and has...

The Museum of Human History by Rebekah Bergman ’11 (Tin House)

Eight-year-old Maeve Wilhelm survived a near drowning, but it left her in an odd coma where as the years pass she does not age. Then Maeve’s mom, Naomi, a researcher for a biotech company that is bent on releasing a cure for aging, drowns. Her death...

Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams ’10 (Little Brown for Young Readers)

Harriet Douglass is a Black Louisiana high school senior living on a former sugarcane plantation that her parents have turned into a museum highlighting the stories of the families who were enslaved there. Harriet has been a Westwood tour guide since she...