“Publication” Class Notes
Caryn Hartman (Grad ’02)
Caryn Hartman (Grad ’02) published a new book, Dorje the Yak. The book, written in Tibetan and English, follows the journey of Dorje, a tiny yak trying to find his place in the world. It tells the story of Dorje’s struggle, and the struggle of Tibet, to assert an identity in a quickly changing world. The book will be available on Amazon and pemapublishing.com in December 2018.
Scott Gerber (Grad ’92, Law ’86)
Scott Douglas Gerber (Law ’86, Grad ’92) published his fourth legal thriller, The Art of the Law (Anaphora Literary Press), in October 2018.
Mary Premo Steele (Col ’89)
Cassie Premo Steele (Col ’89) published a new novel, The ReSisters (All Things That Matter Press) on Sept. 24, 2018. The book is based on current events in the news such as detention centers, the rise of nationalism in the public sphere, and violence against targeted groups spurred on by political rhetoric. But it was written before any of these events took place. In the month since its release, the book became No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller list for new releases of children’s books about prejudice and racism. The ReSisters is available on Amazon.
Jacqueline Toner (Grad ’82)
Jacquie Toner (Grad ’80, ’82) will publish her fifth children’s book in November 2018. Yes I Can! A Girl and her Wheelchair introduces young children to a peer with a physical disability. Written with her daughter, who is a pediatric physical therapist, and a fellow psychologist, this story provides a bridge for understanding and accepting diversity. A section for adults provides suggested answers to children’s common questions and a framework for further discussion.
Karen Foley (Col ’87)
Karen Young Foley (Col ’87, Educ ’08) published Santa’s Sick of Cookies: An Eastern Shore Christmas Tale this fall. Presale is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. A free instructional resource to accompany the picture book will soon be available on teacherspayteachers.com.
William McClain (Com ’76 CM)
Bill McClain (Com ’76 L/M) published a new book, Strategic Planning in the Age of Disruption, which demonstrates how to envision the future and then plan backward. The book encourages readers to look beyond new technologies to consider their ripple effects, as well as ethics and governance issues.
Justin Humphreys (Col ’01)
Justin Humphreys (Col ’01) is publishing a new book, The Dr. Phibes Companion (Bearmanor Media) this fall.
David Williams (Engr ’76)
David Williams (Engr ’76) self-published two e-books. Philly Math: A Teacher’s Daily Stress provides a glimpse at the field of education through the lens of one day in which Williams commuted from the suburbs to teach high school math to inner city kids in Philadelphia. A Liberal’s Search for Truth, Justice and the American Way details his political consciousness through book reviews, analysis and letters to the editor.
Susan Schmidt (Grad ’73)
Susan Schmidt (Grad ’72, ’80) will publish her book, Let Go or Hold Fast, Beaufort Poems (Library Partners), this fall. Her poems celebrate shorebirds and mourn their decline. Schmidt works as a developmental editor, revising books for publication. This is her fourth book. Learn more about her here.
Rich Tarbell (Arch ’89)
Rich Tarbell (Col ’89) published Regarding Charlottesville Music (Richie Heart Publishing). The 300-plus page book of portrait photography covers more than 100 Charlottesville musicians alongside a supplemental oral history compiled from interviews. The timeline begins with The Casuals and Skip Castro and goes through 2018 with chapters on venues such as The Mineshaft and Trax as well as unexpected musical centers of influence like the Corner parking lot. Find out more here.
Robert Hauhart (Grad ’82)
Robert C. Hauhart (Grad ’81), a professor in the department of society and social justice at Saint Martin’s University, has published his fifth book, a co-edited volume of literary essays titled European Writers in Exile (Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefield). His monograph, The Lonely Quest, an analysis of the relation of self and society in the twenty-first century United States, will appear later this year from Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
Gregory Ashe (Col ’88, Law ’95 CM)
Gregory Ashe (Col ’88, Law ’95 L/M) published his first collection of poetry, a chapbook titled Explorations (Finishing Line). The poems are reflections and observations on nature and life. Bookended by the poems Rotunda Dreams and Appalachian Dawn, the poem Western Explorations is a series of poemettes in which the author’s journey through several National Parks in the American West parallels a spiritual journey of the soul.
David Schein (Darden ’75, Educ ’05 CM)
David D. Schein (Darden ’75, Educ ’05 L/M) published The Decline of America: 100 Years of Leadership Failures.
Jason Zeitler (Col ’96)
Jason Zeitler (Col ’96) will publish his novella Like Flesh to the Scalpel (Running Wild Press) in November 2018. It will be sold as part of an anthology through Amazon and Powell’s. His short stories and narrative essays have previously appeared in Midwestern Gothic and other print and online magazines.
Susan Brownell (Col ’82)
Susan Brownell (Col ’82), professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, co-authored The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics (University of California). The book explores how sport both shapes and is shaped by the social, cultural, political and historical contexts in which we live.
Elliott Light (Engr ’70, Law ’73)
Elliott Light (Engr ’70, Law ’73) published The Gene Police in May 2018. The novel follows lawyer Shep Harrington after the DNA of a man long thought dead appears on the scene of a brutal murder. His quest leads down a slippery slope that leads to the subject of eugenics and a confrontation with ‘the gene police.’
John Attanasio (Col ’76 CM)
John Attanasio (Col ’76 L/M) published Politics and Capital: Auctioning the American Dream (Oxford) in May 2018. The book explores five ideas the author considers to be critical to addressing problems besetting the American political and economic systems.
Hibberd Kline (Law ’75)
Hibberd V. B. Kline III (Law ’75) has published For Arms, the second book in his Navy Gray series of the Civil War at sea. Filled with historically accurate characters and events in Liverpool, London and Ireland, the story brings to life the challenges faced by Britons and Americans as they tried to understand and respond to the cataclysm of the American Civil War.
Alison Hillhouse (Com ’99 CM)
Alison Hillhouse (Com ’99 L/M) created Virtual Grandma, a how-to guide on virtually connecting with little ones up to age 5 using FaceTime, Skype and other apps. The guide includes tips on how to construct a virtual cooking lesson, take your little one on house tours and make simple narrated videos. Go here for more information.
Fritz Franke (Com ’83 CM)
Fritz R. Franke (Com ’83 L/M) published his second novel from The Savior Project series, Terlokya. The novel charts the covertly trained existence of Chris Gates from his planned birth in 1966 to childhood to baseball star to U.S. senator, his life unfolds on Earth, guided, shaped, and rescued by “those who have watched over us” — before he is extracted by our protectors to be trained to lead Earth.
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