Matt Urmy
Iris Press
64 pages
$15
“Each of Matt Urmy’s poems is a quiet revelation.”
–Marilyn Kallet
Briefly Noted
Orphan Hero
John Babb
Yucca Publishing
452 pages
$24.99
“The reader will be able to feel, touch, smell and taste America as it was. Included in his great-grandfather’s story is an accurate portrayal of the level of medical care available on the frontier during this time period. Don’t miss this trip.”
—Richard Carmona
Jane Austen and the Reformation
Roger E. Moore
Routledge
170 pages
$149.95
“Moore’s beautifully researched, original, and compelling work of scholarship provides a full and nuanced account of the nostalgia for Catholic monasteries evident in Austen’s work. The book is revelatory, and will open the eyes of many a reader to Austen’s deep game of historical and cultural critique.”
–Laura Mooneyham White, University of Nebraska
True Stories at the Smoky View
Jill McCroskey Coupe
She Writes Press
324 pages
$16.95
“With intricate story lines involving murder, library research, road trips, and [a] quest for justice, and motifs including motherhood, love, marriage, betrayal, and true friendship, there is something for everyone in this light/dark Southern novel by a writer to watch.”
–Library Journal
Foreign Agent
Brad Thor
Atria/Emily Bestler Books
352 pages
$27.99
Rocks from page one … I didn’t put it down until the last page. If you are a fan of Brad Thor, this book is one not to miss.”
–Men Reading Books
Making the Unequal Metropolis
Ansley T. Erickson
University Of Chicago Press
416 pages
$40
” Nobody has done more to illuminate these hidden decisions and deceptions than Erickson. And nobody can understand our current educational impasse without reading her meticulous and inspired book.”
–Jonathan Zimmerman, New York University
