“Publication” Class Notes
Nicholas Biniaris (Col ’87, Grad ’91)
Nicholas Biniaris (Col ’87, Grad ’91) has published the English translation of his historical novel The Call of the Desert (CreateSpace, 2016). Mr. Biniaris works and lives in Athens, Greece, where he has taught philosophy, political theory and international relations and writes articles for various Greek daily newspapers and blogs. He is married with two children.
Elah Murphy (Grad ’99)
Elah Murphy (Grad ’99) has published The Art of Survival: France and the Great War Picaresque (Yale University Press, August 2016). The book shows how French soldiers in World War I drew upon a long-standing European tradition to imagine themselves as survivors, rather than heroes or victims. Ms. Murphy is chair and associate professor of French at Oberlin College.
Martin Gallivan (Grad ’95, Grad ’99)
Martin Gallivan (Grad ’95, Grad ’99) has published The Powhatan Landscape: An Archaeological History of the Algonquian Chesapeake (University Press of Florida). The book traces native place-making in the Chesapeake from the Algonquian arrival to the Powhatan’s clashes with the English. The book is the first in the University Press of Florida’s Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology series, which focuses on how people came to live along coastlines in the past and present.
Stuart Smith (Grad ’93 CM)
Stuart Smith (Grad ’93 CM) has written a book, Finding Your Financial Path: A Guide for Women Through Life’s Twists and Turns (Amazon Digital Services, October 2016). The book serves as a practical guide for women to gain control of their finances when going through life’s major transitions, like divorce, death of a spouse, retirement or marriage. Ms. Smith, a professional wealth adviser, is giving away her book to young women looking to launch their independent lives; she is also selling the Kindle edition online. She and her husband, Stephen T. Smith (Grad ’94 L/M), live in Austin, Texas.
Deborah Hammond (Arch ’82 CM)
Deborah Hammond (Arch ’82 CM) has released the second edition of her ninth novel, In the Eye of the Storm, and her 10th, As Time Goes By. Two of the main characters in As Time Goes By are based on fellow graduates of the University’s class of 1982.
Daryl Dance (Grad ’71)
Daryl Dance (Grad ’71) has published In Search of Annie Drew: Jamaica Kincaid’s Mother and Muse (University of Virginia Press). This is her ninth book. Ms. Dance is professor emerita of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond.
Dennis Unkovic (Col ’70)
Dennis Unkovic (Col ’70) has published a new book, Face: How Saving Face Changes Everything (Amazon Kindle Single, August 2016). Condensing more than three decades of experience from traveling to 59 countries, Mr. Unkovic provides anecdotes and practical advice to describe the pitfalls of conversation, showing that how you express yourself can be more critical than what you say.
Arthur Levy (Grad ’66)
Arthur Levy (Grad ’66) published his second book on October 1, 2016. Coda: A Tale of Tchaikovsky’s Secret Love (Koehler Books) is a fictional account of a secret between Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his lover, Ivan, that was encoded in sheet music that was given decades later to a man in New York named Fred, putting him at risk and sending him on an unexpected adventure.
Rei Magosaki (Grad ’08)
Rei Magosaki (Grad ’08) has published Tricksters and Cosmopolitans: Cross-Cultural Collaborations in Asian American Literary Production (Fordham University Press, 2016). This book is the first sustained exploration into the history of cross-cultural collaborations between Asian-American writers and their non-Asian-American editors and publishers.
Sara James (Grad ’94 CM)
Sara James (Grad ’94 CM) has published a book, Art in England: Saxons to the Tudors, 600–1600 (Oxbow/Casemate Group, 2016). The book’s broad, contextual and chronological approach reveals ongoing trends and achievements. After 25 years of service, Ms. James has retired from her professorship in art history at Mary Baldwin University. She is now a lecturer for Smithsonian Journeys.
John Ragosta (Col ’08 CM)
John Ragosta (Col ’08 CM) has published his third book, Patrick Henry: Proclaiming a Revolution (Routledge Historical Americans, August 2016). Mr. Ragosta is a visiting assistant professor of history at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and a fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
James Cocola (Grad ’09)
James Cocola (Grad ’09) has released Places in the Making: A Cultural Geography of American Poetry (University of Iowa Press). The book maps a range of 20th- and 21st-century American poets who have used language to evoke the world at various scales. The poetics under consideration, distinct from related traditions such as landscape, nature and pastoral poetry, centers on particular engagements with actual places.
Donald Prudlo (Grad ’04)
Donald Prudlo (Grad ’04) has released Certain Sainthood: Canonization and the Origins of Papal Infallibility in the Medieval Church (Cornell University Press). The book traces the development of the Catholic doctrine of papal infallibility to the church’s struggle with heresy in the 12th and 13th centuries. Mr. Prudlo is an associate professor of history at Jacksonville State University.
Robert Emmett (Col ’01)
Robert Emmett (Col ’01) has released Cultivating Environmental Justice: A Literary History of U.S. Garden Writing (University of Massachusetts Press), an analysis of mid-20th-century garden writing. Drawing on ecocriticism, environmental history, landscape architecture and recent work in environmental justice and food studies, the book explores how the language of environmental justice emerged in descriptions of gardening across a variety of literary forms. Mr. Emmett is visiting assistant professor of environmental studies at Roanoke College.
Mary Morony (Col ’97)
Mary Morony (Col ’97) has published Done Growed Up (Westropp Press), the second book in her “Apron Strings” trilogy. The series is based on the hard truths of life in the late 1950s and early ’60s, touching on family dysfunction, addiction and racism. Ms. Morony lives in Orange County, Virginia.
Ravi Shankar (Col ’96 CM)
Ravi Shankar (Col ’96 CM) and his co-translator Priya Sarrukai Chabria have published their translation of Andal: The Autobiography of a Goddess (Zubaan Books), the collected works of the eighth-century Tamil poet and saint Andal. Mr. Shankar is a poet, translator and founding editor of Drunken Boat. His books include Language for a New Century, Deepening Groove and What Else Could It Be.
James Nolan (Grad ’92, Grad ’95)
James Nolan (Grad ’92, Grad ’95) released What They Saw in America (Cambridge University Press) in May 2016. The book discusses the visits of four outside observers—Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, G.K. Chesterton and Sayyid Qutb—to the United States, comparing their insights on American culture and its features that have persisted over time. Mr. Nolan is a professor of sociology at Williams College.
Delia Howard (Col ’85 CM)
Delia Howard (Col ’85 CM) has released a children’s novel, Finding Fortune (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); this is her fifth novel. It focuses on a 12-year-old who runs away to a largely deserted former shell-harvesting town on the Mississippi River, where she meets the few remaining inhabitants and searches for a forgotten treasure. Ms. Ray lives in Iowa City.
Stan Haynes (Law ’83)
Stan Haynes (Law ’83) has published President-Making in the Gilded Age: The Nominating Conventions of 1876–1900 (McFarland & Co.). The book analyzes the U.S. presidential nominating conventions at the turn of the 20th century, discussing their pageantry, drama, deal-making and often surprising outcomes. Mr. Haynes practices law at Semmes, Bowen & Semmes and lives in Ellicott City, Maryland.
David Massey (Col ’81, Law ’84 CM)
David Massey (Col ’81, Law ’84 CM) recently released his third album of original Americana songs, Until the Day Is Done. The record reached No. 169 on the Americana Music Association’s chart, and in May debuted at No. 11 on the Roots Music Report’s folk-rock album chart. Two songs from the album also debuted on the Roots Music Report’s folk-rock song chart, one at No. 2 and one at No. 3. Mr. Massey is a mergers and acquisitions partner at the Washington, D.C., office of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan.
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