“Publication” Class Notes

David Black (Educ ’64, ’67 L/M) has published his fourth collection of poetry, Aspects of a Crosscut Saw & Other Poems (Persimmon Tree Press).

Leo Hirrel (Grad ’81, ’89) published a book, Supporting the Doughboys: U.S. Army Logistics and Personnel During World War I (Ft. Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute, 2017). The book is available online for free from the Army University Press. Mr. Hirrel also retired as the U.S. Army Quartermaster School historian in February 2017.

Brendan Mathews (Grad ’05) published a book, The World of Tomorrow (Little, Brown & Co.), on Sept. 5, 2017. The book has received starred reviews from several outlets, including Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and was included on “best of fall books” lists in publications including The New York Post, Wall Street Journal and O, The Oprah Magazine. It also received a full-page review in The New York Times Book Review, which also named the book to an editors’ choice list. More information is available at www.brendanmathews.com. More information is available at www.brendanmathews.com.

Rafael X. Zahralddin-Aravena (Arch ’89 L/M), director, shareholder and chair of the commercial bankruptcy and restructuring practice with Elliott Greenleaf, is the co-editor for the newly released American Bar Association’s third revised edition of Reorganizing Failing Businesses. This two volume treatise analyzes key situations from the perspective of the varied constituencies within a restructuring process. Mr. Zahralddin-Aravena is also an author for several chapters in the book. More information is available here.

Michael Blanchard (Col ’73 L/M) has published Naming the Silence: New & Selected Poems. The new collection is a sampling of poetry written and published by Mr. Blanchard over five decades. While a student at the University, he was an Echols Scholar, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and twice won the University Union Fine Arts Award for Poetry. He also earned a master’s degree from Indiana University and completed additional graduate study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught literature and creative writing at Troy University, where he served as editor of the university’s literary magazine and was presented the Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and the University of Louisiana. For over 20 years, he has also been an advocate for compassionate care of the dying through his work with hospice organizations in Louisiana and North Carolina. Now retired, he lives and writes in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Ted Weihe (Arch ’79) has published his eighth book, a memoir titled Transitions: American Values of Democracy and Free Markets in the Post-Cold War World. The book details how cooperatives and people-to-people assistance elevated the economic and social lives of millions in the diverse fields of telecommunications, agriculture, micro-insurance and health as the U.S. tried to export its vision of free markets and democracy following the Cold War. Mr. Weihe was present during this transition, a time he calls a “magic moment with much hope and new opportunities,” and began projects in countries around the world.

David Black (Educ ’64, ’67 L/M) has announced the reprinting of his first book of poetry, Some Task, Long Forgotten and Other Poems (Persimmon Tree Press, 2017). He is also the author of The Clown in the Tent and Shortcomings: Around the Grounds & Corner.

Alison Millett McCartney (Grad ’94, ’00) was one of four editors of a new publication, Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines, which was featured at the American Political Science Association annual conference in San Francisco in September.

Mark Rosenberg (Col ’96) wrote a book of poetry, “I Can’t Shut My Eyes,” which was published online in 2007 by UMass ScholarWorks Press. It has been downloaded nearly 1,000 times and taught in reading groups at Cambridge University. He now owns a tutoring company in Seattle, where he lives.

Sally Mabelle (Col ’82) published a new book, The Voice of Leadership: Six Keys to Presence, Influence, and Creative Confidence, in September 2017. Ms. Mabelle resides in Auckland, New Zealand.

Hayden Saunier (Col ’79 L/M) has published her third collection of poetry, How To Wear This Body, from Terrapin Books. She is the author of Tips for Domestic Travel and Say Luck, which won the 2013 Gell Poetry Prize. Ms. Saunier’s has appeared in journals and periodicals, and her poetry has been awarded the Pablo Neruda Prize, the Rattle Poetry Prize, the Keystone Award and the Robert Fraser Award.

Christa Avampato (Darden ’07) has written a young adult urban fantasy novel, Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters, which will be published by Possibilities Publishing Co. on November 1, 2017. It tells the story of a teenage girl who visits a rare bookstore that causes her to embark on a journey to discover the answers about her mother’s mysterious death at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Deep below the streets of New York City, she finds herself on a dangerous adventure into a magical world of books. The book can be found in several formats here.

J. Michael McNealy (Col ’92 L/M) recently published his first book, Skeleton Horse, available on Amazon paperback and Kindle. The novel is book 1 of a series he conceptualized during his second combat tour of Iraq. The series follows the lives of several characters as they fight the global war on terrorism both overseas and at home, capturing their struggles and triumphs as they endure for one moment more. It’s part biography, part therapy, and part imagination at work for someone who tries to find the humor in the darkest of times and knows the joy that life has to offer.

Judithe Linse Little (Col ’87, Law ’90) has written a historical novel, Wickwythe Hall, which was released in Sept. 2017 by Black Opal Books. One of the novel’s main characters was inspired by a Virginian who grew up in Greenwood just outside of Charlottesville. Set against the backdrop of World War II, Wickwythe Hall takes place in a country house in England in 1940 where Prime Minister Winston Churchill is a guest. Foreword Reviews calls the novel “a riveting and enlightening mix of history and fiction that puts a human face on the costs of war.”

To learn more about Wickwythe Hall, visit judithelittle.com.

Baylor “Giles” Cromwell (Col ’63 L/M) has written a new book, The Cromwell Collection: Virginia Weapons and Other Materiel of the American Revolution. After years of research and collecting, the author records important 18th century Virginia-related weapons, documents, accoutrements and other related military artifacts. Each photograph is accompanied by a detailed description that defines its place in the state’s history during the war. This hard cover, full color book will serve as a reference for both identification and future research and will be recognized as the first concerted effort to focus on many scarce examples associated with the revolution. Orders can be made by mail: Shenandoah Muse, P. O. Box 2097, Staunton, VA, 24401.