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Book Riot features Civic Minded
There are few book sites as valuable as Book Riot, which does great coverage of upcoming releases. Yesterday the site posted a great article highlighting my upcoming Civic Minded as one of three civics books recommended for young adults. An excerpt: How do different government processes work? Where and how did they originate and where […]
Animal Husbandry on AWP bookshelf
I attended the AWP conference in Philadelphia in 2022 and Seattle in 2023 (skipped this year to attend a wedding), and will be there in Los Angeles in 2025. And this time, I’ll have a fiction book to celebrate. Animal Husbandry (and Other Fictions) is now part of AWP’s member bookshelf along with lots of […]
Civic Minded launch getting some mentions
As noted earlier, the Chicago launch event for Civic Minded has moved to October 2, 2024, at 57th Street Books at 6 p.m. (Join us if you can.) The event has gotten some mentions lately, including the following: The University of ChicagoThe Chicago ReaderPatch If your school, bookstore, or library is interested in an event […]
Alicia Patterson highlights my 2008 Tuvalu project
Back in 2008, I spent a year reporting abroad about the island nation of Tuvalu and how climate change was already changing people’s lives there. (The introduction to my book A Hot Mess draws on this experience.) The Alicia Patterson Foundation was instrumental in funding that research project, and has been highlighting notable pieces as […]
Animal Husbandry launch at Book Cellar
On September 18, I’ll have my first-ever solo live fiction event, at The Book Cellar in Chicago’s Lincoln Square at 7 p.m. I’ve previously launched multiple editions of Votes of Confidence there and it’s one of my favorite local shops. You can RSVP here in advance if you’d like.
Kirkus publishes first review of Civic Minded
The new issue of Kirkus Reviews dropped today, and the magazine had a very nice review of my new book Civic Minded: What Everyone Should Know about the US Government. And it was a very nice review; when a top review magazine says every American should read your book, that’s pretty great. An excerpt: The […]
Junior Library Guild highlights Civic Minded
It’s always cool when one of my books is featured by the Junior Library Guild, which selects and recommends top books for young readers. And Civic Minded is one of its highlighted books for 2024.
