Vera and the Ambassador...and Head Butler

Jesse Kornbluth over at Head Butler is always helpful when it comes to sifting through the vast amount of media available to us and highlighting the best of what's out there. Today, Jesse's written a nice piece on Vera and the Ambassador. Turns out he knew Vera and Donald Blinken long ago and he's taken some time to mention their new memoir, which he calls "highly readable." Thank you, Head Butler, for turning on your readers to our new book.

For more on the book, visit out our website.

Pic of the day

Margaret Wooster, author of Living Waters: Reading the Rivers of the Lower Great Lakes, sent us this great photo of herself with some St. Lawrence pilgrims described in the book.

Margaret has a full schedule of readings coming up, which you can find on our calendar.

And in case you missed it, the book was reviewed in the Buffalo News last week.

Living Waters book review

In Living Waters: Reading the Rivers of the Lower Great Lakes, Margaret Wooster tells a series of intriguing stories based on her exploration of eight rivers in New York and Québec. The book was recently reviewed in the Buffalo News. Here's a tease:

"Margaret Wooster’s Living Waters: Reading the Rivers of the Lower Great Lakes (SUNY Press) is simply wonderful ... [her] near poetic essays make evil deeds at least palatable and the splendid example of her own commitment clearly indicates a brighter future for our living waters."

Eve Pell interview

Eve Pell, author of We Used to Own the Bronx, was recently interviewed on The Forum, on KQED Radio. Listen to it on KQED's website.

Eve also sent us some photos from her reading at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA, which, as you can see, produced a wonderful turnout.

Sartwell's blog, videos, and more

Long-time SUNY Press author Crispin Sartwell has set up his own YouTube channel called crispytheok. Crispin is a philosophy professor at Dickinson College, along with being a self-described amateur magician (check out his magic work in the videos), and professional anarchist.

Speaking of anarchy, Crispin's latest book with the Press, Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory, provides an incisive critique of liberal theories of the state. The working title was Philosophy Bomb!, so you know it's going to be interesting. Crispin expounds on the book's arguments in a series of YouTube videos as well.

For more from Crispin, check out his blog, Eye of the Storm, where he's busy "serving all your concrete slab and abudment needs" on a regular basis.

Review for Vera and the Ambassador

High praise for Vera and the Ambassador from Harriet Klausner at the Full Review.

"Vera and the Ambassador is one of the best autobiographies in recent years, as readers will appreciate the couples' take on the 1990s in East Europe..."

Read the entire review.

Zion in the Desert radio interview

William Miles, author of Zion in the Desert, will be interviewed on the Borders program on WJFF National Public Radio, tomorrow, March 17, at 12 noon. You can listen to the interview live at http://www.wjffradio.org/, or stream it on the station's archives anytime following the broadcast using the "audio archives" link at top of the webpage.