GU graduate releasing 2nd political book
One of the more interesting political books of 2004 was put together by a couple of Gonzaga University students.
“What We Think: Young Voters Speak” (Book Publishers Network, 286 pages, $16.95 paper), by Dean Robbins and Rob Grabow, was a collection of essays from 90-some students across the country, representing all sides of the political spectrum.
Now comes word that one of the authors of that book, 26-year-old GU graduate Grabow, has been working on a second book that might prove of equal interest. Or even more.
Grabow says he’s on the verge of presenting a book titled “Voting with Our Pants Down: Why 44 Million Young Voters Have the Power to Begin the World over Again.” The book, which will sell for $13.95, should be available by Wednesday through Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
The book is divided into three sections. 1, Who are young voters? 2, How do young voters think? 3, Why should anyone care?
More specifically, Grabow tries to explain why, he says, “young voters overwhelmingly support Barack Obama (by nearly 24 points over John McCain),” how young voter turnout can be increased, why some young voters choose to remain uninvolved and how the Internet will affect global political changes during the coming decade.
“I try to make a persuasive case for the political clout of the under-30 generation, not just in the United States but across the globe,” Grabow said in an e-mail.
More Gurian
Michael Gurian has a new book out. In an e-mail, the Spokane-based author explained that “Leadership and the Sexes: Using Gender Science to Create Success in Business” (Jossey-Bass, 272 pages, $27.95), which Gurian wrote with Barbara Annis, “provides men and women in the workplace with greater understanding of one another in leadership, from a scientific point of view.”
“Though a front-loaded density of neuroscience may deter the casual browser,” wrote a reviewer for Publishers Weekly, “readers with a genuine interest and a desire to improve workplace gender relations will do well with this pragmatic and well-intentioned guide.”
Rock en español
Former Spokane resident Marshall Peterson, whose photos of the Sundance Film Festival have on occasion graced my blog, is the subject of a magazine article in his adopted home of Guadalajara, Mexico. The article, printed in the magazine Mural, talks about Peterson’s forthcoming book, “El Escenario Tapatio … Rifa,” which is a compilation of the photographs that Peterson has taken of the Guadalajara music scene over the past several years.
According to the article, Peterson’s 300-page book, which at the moment available only in Mexico, boasts about 500 photos.
“It’s a big deal,” Peterson said by e-mail. “It’s been years in the making and it just came about organically, so that’s cool.” He added that two other books – “an update of the original and an ‘on tour with Marshall’ book as well” – should be coming out in about three years.
Poetry wanted
Lost Horse Press is looking for a few good poems to include in a planned anthology to be edited by M.L. Smoker and Melissa Kwasny. The anthology’s theme is violations of human rights.
According to a Lost Horse Press e-mail, “What do our instincts tell us and what is our response to these violations? What is our vision of a future wherein human rights are not only respected but expanded?” The call for submissions requests “poetry by and for those who have undergone such violations as well as for poems that present a larger vision of human rights.”
All submissions must be postmarked by Jan. 30, 2009. Include a self-addressed/stamped envelope and cover letter. Send no more than three poems to: Human Rights Anthology, Lost Horse Press, 105 Lost Horse Lane, Sandpoint, ID 83864.
Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public.
Book talk
•Dark City Book Group (“Act of Treason,” by Vince Flynn), 7 p.m. Monday, Auntie’s Bookstore, Main and Washington. Call (509) 838-0206.
•Inland Northwest Writers Guild, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Auntie’s Bookstore. Drop-in welcome.
The reader board
•Poetry reading (featuring Jim Lipp), 6 p.m. today, Mootsy’s Tavern, 406 W. Sprague Ave. Open mike to follow. Call Tom Davis at (509) 624-1281.
•Susan Nipp (“Mudgy and Millie”), reading, 11 a.m. Saturday, Auntie’s Bookstore.
•C.K. Crigger (“Black Crossing: A Novel of the American West”), signing, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Valleyfest, Mirabeau Point Park, 13500 E. Mirabeau Parkway, Spokane Valley. For information about this and other literacy-theme events at Valleyfest, call (509) 922-3299.