Fly on Wings of Desire, by Christian Rogowski, the G. Armour Craig Professor in Language and Literature (Camden House). Then fall into Camille in October, by Mireille Best, translated by Stephanie Schechner ’90 (University of Chicago Press).
Try Reassessing U.S. Nuclear Strategy, by David W. Kearn Jr. ’95 (Cambria Press), or Thinking Race: Social Myths and Biological Realities, by Richard A. Goldsby, the Thomas B. Walton Jr. Memorial Professor of Biology, Emeritus, and Mary Catherine Bateson, former professor of anthropology (Rowman & Littlefield). Then Martin Lowy ’61 will sell Capitalism for Democrats: Why the Country Needs It Now (independently published).
Allie Kirschner illustrates Alliecats: 53 Graphic Tales & Fun Puns About Cats, written by Ben Stoltzfus ’49 (39 West Press), and George Amabile ’57 undertakes Operation Stealth Seed (Signature Editions).
Stephen Mitchell ’64 shows you Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness: A Biblical Tale Retold (St. Martin’s Essentials). Phillip Maciak ’05 watches The Disappearing Christ: Secularism in the Silent Era (Columbia University Press). Soon all that’s left is Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne, an album by musician Amy Speace ’90 (Windbone).
Josh Garrett-Davis ’02 asks What Is a Western?: Region, Genre, Imagination (University of Oklahoma Press). While you’re out west, take in Tucson: A Drama in Time, by John Warnock ’63. With Vincent Guidroz, Warnock also brings you Beauty: The Making of a Custom Guitar (Wheatmark).
Go Jumping the Median into poetry by D.E. Green ’77 (Encircle Publications). Elizabeth Knapp ’96 recites a Requiem with an Amulet in Its Beak (Washington Writers’ Publishing House). Listen to Io’s Song, by Murat Nemet-Nejat ’61 (Chax Press), once fellow poet David McCann ’66 runs Out of Words (Moon Pie Press).
Illustration by Katherine Streeter