Welcome back! While we were out on break, quite a lot happened. Here’s a quick round up of the news that you may have missed over the holidays:

 

In Scoreboard, Baby, Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry undercover the true and shocking story about the University of Washington’s 2000 football season and what some players got away with off the field. Krystina Lucido from PressBox reviewed Scoreboard, Baby saying that it  “is not only a closer look into a system that has failed victims who have suffered at the hands of star athletes, but is a call to the court system and society as a whole.”

 

Beneficial Bombing by Mark Clodfelter, which takes a look at the progressive age of American air power, was discussed and debated in the Hidden Cause blog.

 

Sleep in Me, in which author Jon Pineda recounts his sister Rica’s sudden transformation from a vibrant high school cheerleader to a girl wheelchair-bound and unable to talk, was listed among the "small press highlights" 2010 list, for the National Book Critics Circle's blog.

 

 

Final Innings by Dean Sullivan was listed number 9 on the Baseball America’s 2010 Top Ten list. It is the fourth and final installment in a series of books documenting the history of baseball. Final Innings chronicles American baseball from 1972 to 2008.

 

Toni Jensen, the author of From the Hilltop, was featured on The Story Prize Blog describing how one of her stories came about. In From the Hilltop, Jensen explores the tragedy and disconnection often found in narratives of American Indian life.

 

Also on The Story Prize Blog was Ted Gilley, author of Bliss, who discussed the process, feedback and influences in his writing.  Bliss is a collection of collection of nine stories introduces readers to an edgy vision and a world in which certainties are tested and found wanting.

 

And last, but not least, Quotidiana by Patrick Madden was on a list of best books from 2010 by Robert Birnbaum, from the Morning News. In Quotidiana, Madden takes everyday experiences and, in describing them, turns them into things beautiful and thought-provoking.