Books
Satchel Paige’s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic
Averell “Ace” Smith
Article on the author and book in the Los Angeles Times:
“While baseball is at the heart of the book, The Pitcher and the Dictator — the pitcher being the legendary Satchel Paige — the story is about much more, including gunboat diplomacy, the blood-drenched history of the Dominican Republic and, not least, the prevalence of racism and repression in mid-20th century America.”
Felipe Alou with Peter Kerasotis
Praise from Publishers Weekly:
“This is a powerful memoir of a remarkable player who made a lasting impact on America’s pastime.”
The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland—Then, Now, Tomorrow
Gil Troy
Review in the Jerusalem Post:
“…shed[s] light on the surprisingly diverse and shared commitments to realizing Israel as a democratic Jewish state.”
A Fur Traded on the Upper Missouri:
The Journal and Description of Jean-Baptiste Truteau, 1794-1796
Edited by DeMaille, Parks, and Vézina
Praise from le Journal:
“Expertly edited by the eminent Plains Indian anthropologists and linguists Douglas R. Parks and Raymond J. DeMallie and by Robert Vézina, a linguist who specializes in historical North American French lexicology, and expertly translated by Vézina, DeMallie, and Mildred Mott Wedel, A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri is an example of what happens when scholars who are masters of their trade team up.”
Regular Haunts: New and Previous Poems
Gerald Costanzo
Review in Carnegie Mellon University Newsletter:
“Called the ‘prophet of American consumer culture,’ Costanzo, professor of English in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, writes in parables, fables and jokes—but with a serious undertone—of a culture where genuine emotion cannot be found yet its semblance can be endlessly marketed.”
The Missouri River Journals of John James Audubon
John James Audubon
Edited and with original commentary by Daniel Patterson
Review in Great Plains Quarterly:
“Patterson uses the guns and the blood as the centerpiece of his larger study of Audubon as a naturalist with a nascent environmental ethic, and he does so in wise scholarly fashion, rooting himself in the primary sources—some of which he helpfully provides in his book.”
The Rebounders: A Division I Basketball Journey
Amanda Ottaway
Excerpt in High Post Hoops.
Authors
Gregory Wallance
Author post for Tikkun Daily Blog.
Michael Fishbane
Author event in Jewish Standard.
Amy Wallen
Author interview on KPBS San Diego.
UNP blog 