 By Judy Nolte Temple Associate Professor Department of English and Women's Studies 2007 Judy Nolte Temple, Department of English and Womens Studies, has a new book coming out in mid-October. "Baby Doe Tabor: The Madwoman in the Cabin" will be published by the University of Oklahoma Press and unravels the psyche of Colorado's most adored adulteress. The story of Baby Doe Tabor has seduced America for more than a century. Long before her body was found frozen in the Leadville shack where for decades she had guarded the Matchless Mine, Elizabeth McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor was the stuff of legend. The stunning divorcée married Colorado's wealthiest mining magnate and became "the Silver Queen of the West." Horace and Baby Doe mesmerized the world with their wealth and extravagance. Blessed with two daughters and with the Matchless Mine's earnings of $2,000 a day, they spent seemingly limitless riches. |
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 By Jason Brown Assistant Professor Department of English 2007 A new collection of stories by Jason Brown, Department of English, will be published in late November. "Why the Devil Chose New England For His Work" contains tales of forbidden love, runaway children, patrimony, alcohol, class, inheritance, and survival. These vivid accounts of troubled lives combine the powerful family drama of Andre Dubus and Russell Banks, the dark wit of Denis Johnson, the lost souls of Charles D'Ambrosio, and the New England gothic of Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
 By Aurelie Sheehan Professor, Creative Writing Department of English Penguin 2007 Aurelie Sheehan’s latest novel, History Lesson for Girls, is now available in paperback with Penguin. Oprah Magazine called the novel "Subtle and moving." The Chicago Tribune, which named the book one of the best of 2006, noted that "Alison Glass, the insightful and lively thirteen-year-old narrator-protagonist of History Lesson for Girls...reminds us once again why girls' voices and stories matter." |
 By Ron Terpening Professor, Italian Department of French & Italian Stuyvesant & Hoagland 2007 Suspense author and professor of Italian Terpening (League of Shadows; Tropic of Fear) gets his latest book off to a slam-bang start in Rome with a botched heist by terrorists. During the robbery, a visiting American professor is wounded and his daughter kidnapped, possibly for ransom. The time is 1988, and competing government security organizations are preparing to welcome both the Soviet premier and the U.S. president. Terpening's complex plot revolves around the wounded professor's attempts to find his child while he is unknowingly trapped in an assassination scheme involving rogue CIA agents, venal U.S. executives, Soviet oligarchs, and corrupt Italian security officials. The reader roots for a weary Italian security officer to do his job better than the villains do theirs. The author's research is evidently extensive, the writing competent, the suspense gripping, and the characterization of beastly adversaries and noble protagonists effective. The sense of place is bolstered with such an abundance of native vocabulary and street and building names that Italophiles will feel right at home. (Library Journal review) |
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