Congratulations to Anneliese Abbott. Her book Malabar Farm: Louis Bromfield, Freinds of the Land, and the Rise of Sustainable Agriculture was named finalist in the 2022 Ohioana Book Awards. She’s competing in the About Ohio or an Ohioan category.
“The Ohioana Library is pleased to announce the finalists for the 81st annual Ohioana Book Awards. First […]

We’re pleased to learn that Peter Grybauskas has been nominated for a Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies for his book A Sense of Tales Untold: Exploring the Edges of Tolkien’s Literary Canvas. Congratulations and good luck Peter!
“Your first glance at this essential book will make you wonder how you managed without it for so […]

Don’t miss Cold War Secrets author Eileen Welsome in this riveting interview on the True Crime Reporter podcast. “Was it a case of cloak and dagger among spies? Or was it a plain old case of murder driven by lust and the desire for money?”
https://www.truecrimereporter.com/episodes/cold-war-secrets-a-cyanide-murder-mystery-involving-the-fbi-and-cia/

Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association looks at Amber Lehning’s “The Map of Wilderland: Ecocritical Reflections on Tolkien’s Myth of Wilderness.”

Through insightful close readings of Tolkien’s texts, Lehning’s work complements existing inquiries in ecocritical Tolkien studies and bolsters the general critical agreement that Tolkien’s work presents positive environmental themes and a harmonious, inspiring vision.

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Congratulations to George R. Dekle Sr.! His book, The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare has won a 2022 Bronze IPPY Award in the US Northeast–Best Regional Non-Fiction. 
“Dekle’s vast criminal trial experience and very dedicated research put his readers at the scene and in the courtroom as he explains the events of […]

“Dr. John Rosegrant, a practicing psychoanalyst, offers a view of Tolkien and his writings through the frame of psychology… The result is an interesting and sometimes startling departure from the familiar paths of Tolkien scholarship, and yet one which provides readers with rich new insights into the familiar themes of enchantment and loss which shape […]

Jeffrey Brown sits down with Naomi Shihab Nye, an author, editor and current Young People’s Poet Laureate, to talk about coediting Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic and the outpouring of interest from people who don’t necessarily identify as poets.
Find out more about Dear Vaccine.

Catch David Hassler and Naomi Shihab Nye on CBC Radio’s The Current where they discuss their new book Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic. Hosted by Matt Galloway. Segment begins at 51:46.

City Books hosts a conversation with coeditors Tyler Meier and David Hassler regarding their new book Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic.
“In this one-hour conversation, we discuss the origins of the Global Vaccine Poem Project, the submission & editing process, and the effect of the project on the editors.”—City Books

The Civil War Talk Radio interview with Jim Downs, editor of Civil War History journal, is now available. Jim talks about his latest book Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine.
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