EDITOR'S PICKS

TARA DAIRMAN '01

All Four Stars

Putnam Juvenile

Novelist and playwright Dairman tells the humorous story of 11-year- old gourmet cook Gladys, who is contacted by a New York City newspaper editor, who thinks her much older, to write a restaurant review. It's an "entertaining story about the joy of following one's bliss," according to Kirkus Reviews.

DINESH D'SOUZA '83

America: Imagine a World

Without Her

Regnery Publishing

Political commentator D'Souza examines the progressive critique of America—that it is a colonialist, plundering empire—and asks if those at the bottom of the economic ladder would have been better off had America ceased to exist.

ERIC DEZENHALL '84

Glass Jaw

Grand Central Publishing

In an age when scandal can destroy a company's brand or anyone's reputation in an instant, crisis management expert Dezenhall explains the changing nature of controversy and scandal. He demystifies the paper tiger "spin" industry, offering lessons learned, crucial corrective measures and counterintuitive insights.

YANNA YANNAKAKIS '89

Indigenous Intellectuals

Duke University Press

Yannakakis, an associate history professor at Emory University, taps scholars of history, anthropology, literature and art history to reveal new facets of the colonial experience in Mexico and the Andes. As coeditor of this collection of essays she highlights the role indigenous intellectuals played in the vast array of knowledge that circulated via military conquest. Catholic evangelization and intercultural engagement.

DIANA (SABOT) WHITNEY '95

Wanting It

Harbor Mountain Press

Whitney weaves tales of self-discovery through love and desire, confessing secrets and offering a passion for the natural world in her debut poetry collection. She shares more insights, most of them irreverent, into her other passions—among them yoga and parenting—at her blog, "Spilt Milk" (spiltmilkvt.com).

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