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Here’s some recommended reading around the web from this past week.
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A look at recent mentions for Beacon authors and books.
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What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine by Danielle Ofri One of the NYTimes most emailed stories this week is from Danielle Ofri, MD: I never told anyone about my lapse — not my intern, not my attending physician, certainly not the patient’s family. I tried to rationalize it: the radiologist had caught…
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Are you in New York for BookExpo America? Here’s the low-down on how to connect with Beacon Press.
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The latest news about Beacon authors and books.
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks gets a rave New York Times review, and author Jeanne Theoharis appears with another civil rights pioneer on Democracy Now.
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Women’s History Month Classics: In the thirty-five years since its publication, Toward a New Psychology of Women by Jean Baker Miller, MD, has become famous for its groundbreaking demonstration of how sexual stereotypes restrict men’s and women’s psychological development. Wendy Strothman, former Beacon director, called it “one of our books that overturn an entire field.” Toward…
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Fifty-Five Years Ago Today… Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin Yes, this publicity hit is from February 26, 1958, but we didn't have a blog (much less the not-to-be-missed Beacon Buzz report) back then … The New York Times published this review of James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son, written by Langston Hughes.…
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If books received Valentine’s Day cards, some of ours would have armfuls of them.
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A look at recent mentions and media for Beacon books and authors.
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