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A Family of Carpenters: The Williamsons of Long Island, New York During the Industrial Revolution
Edward Fix BA ’76 and Marsha Rooney explore the dynamics of an Old World trade through the lens of family during a time of economic transition in America. The book is dedicated to former L&C history professor Irene Hecht. Self-published, 2021. 273 pages.
A Longing for Impossible Things
David Borofka BA ’76 pens a powerful short story collection that charts the yearning inherent in imperfect lives.The book received the American Fiction Award for Short Story Fiction from the American Book Fest. John Hopkins University Press, 2022. 208 pages.
A Panoply of Polygons
Roger Nelsen, professor emeritus of mathematics, coauthors a text that presents and organizes hundreds of beautiful, surprising, and intriguing results about polygons with more than four sides. It can be used as a supplement to a high school or college geometry course and is accessible to anyone with an interest in plane geometry. American Mathematical Society, 2023. 267 pages.
A View From the Porch: Observations About Life From a Baby Boomer
Ray Matlock Smythe MAT ’75 pens a series of short compositions on his observations about the world today. It is his hope that the book will motivate and inspire others to find more meaning, hope, and clarity in their own lives.
An Unlikely Conversation
Mary Anker MAT ’76 coauthors a chapbook that she describes as “fun, deep, and tender.” A collaboration between an English teacher and a former student, it features short poems exchanged over six years and includes artwork from two other former students. Piscataqua Press, 2021. 45 pages.
Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a Life in Nature
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 illustrates a children’s book about Ansel Adams, a restless boy who eventually became an iconic nature photographer.
Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life
Zeb Larson BA ’10 coedits George B. Nesbitt’s immersive multigenerational memoir that recounts the hopes, injustices, and triumphs of a Black family fighting for access to the American dream in the 20th century. University of Chicago Press, 2021. 360 pages.
Between Here and Home
Matt Daly BA ’93 has written Between Here and Home, a collection of poems that stitches together a narrative from the soliloquies of nine characters struggling to hold onto community despite tragedy in an imagined rural town in the American West.
Black Stones in My Pocket Black Stars in My Heart
Allen Reel JD ’74 pens this personal, historical exploration of race in the United States, in Oregon, and in his own family. Reel Publishing, 2020. 285 pages.
Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, and the International Law of Discovery
Micheline D’Angelis JD ’09 is the coauthor of “Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, and the International Law of Discovery,” which traces how Portugal, from the 15th century to the Brazilian independence in 1822, colonized Brazil by using the International Law Doctrine of Discovery. This article demonstrates each of the 10 elements of the Doctrine of Discovery and how they were used by Portugal to subjugate the Indigenous populations of what would come to be known as the territory of Brazil.
Building Community: Rural Voices for Hope and Change: An Oregon Perspective
Neal Lemery BS ʼ75, in his latest writing, asks the question: “How are rural American communities working to build a better world?” Lemery highlights stories of the resurgence of diverse talents and the work in progress in rural Oregon to improve community services, foster relationships, and further collective values and organizations. Numerous community members offer diverse perspectives and experiences, and describe their work to build better, more vibrant communities that are meeting the difficult challenges of rural America in the 21st century.
Call This Room a Station
John Willson BA ʼ76 authors this full-length collection of largely biographical poems written over many years. Their topics include the death of a father, a wife’s battle with breast cancer, and experiences from a one-and-a-half-year stay in Japan. Counting Theodore Roethke and Gary Snyder as primary influences, Willson considers himself a poet of nature whose work reflects lyric and narrative modes. Themes emerging in his poems revolve around man, nature, religion, technology, art, love, memory, and death. Willson is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Artist Trust of Washington, and the King County Arts Commission. A two-time finalist in the National Poetry Series, Willson lives with his wife, Kimberly Anicker BA ʼ98, on Bainbridge Island, Washington, where he has been designated an Island Treasure for outstanding contributions to arts in the community. “John Willson’s poems are guides for wanderers. Such great tenderness and delicacy live in these lines, a softness of presence/absence in the rich fabric of birds, skies, highly attuned relationships woven through time. Mysterious maps of ancestral legacy vibrate as a low hum—people who birthed us, poets who birthed our souls, and the infinite winding roads—with so many meaningful points on the compass, so many homes.” —Naomi Shihab Nye
Coping With Grief: My Personal Journey of Learning to Overcome Sorrow
Ray Smythe MAT ’75 reflects on how to navigate sorrow following the death of a loving partner. He hopes to motivate readers to live a full life after loss.Self-published, 2022. 92 pages.
Creative Teaching: A Guide to Success in the Classroom
Creative Teaching A Guide to Success in the Classroom is a book full of ideas for teachers in all grades. It gives educators successful strategies, hints and tips to use in their classrooms all year long. Mr Smythe discusses everything from grades, teaching packets and having rewarding parent teacher conferences. Every instructor whether they are new or a veteran will find this book extremely helpful. Ray Matlock Smythe taught for 39 years and earned Teacher of the Year several times.
Disability and Life Writing in Post-Independence Ireland
Elizabeth Grubgeld BA ’74 authors the first book to examine life writing and disability in the context of Irish culture. Ranging from childhood memoir to contemporary blogging practices, the book analyzes a century of autobiographical writing about the social, psychological, economic, and physical dimensions of living with disabilities. It won the 2020 Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature from the American Conference for Irish Studies.Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 181 pages.
Earth Warriors: Protecting the Planet Through Love, Knowledge & Action
Leah Shuyler MA ’09 coauthors an environmental education curriculum and a path for children (and their adult counterparts) to become loving stewards of our planet. The book offers experiential activities that honor and encourage children’s imagination as a vital source of inspiration toward solving current environmental challenges. Still Moving Yoga, 2021. 176 pages.
Entering a Place of Fire: Motivations for Christian Rehabilitation Ministry inside Paraguay’s Tacumbu Penitentiary
Tim Revett BA ’00 has published an article in the latest issue of the journal Social Sciences and Missions about the infamous Tacumbú Penitentiary in Paraguay. From the abstract: “Terms like “frightening” and “spiritually dark” fall short in describing many visitors’ impressions. The human rights abuses there are not merely statistics on a United Nations report—they are daily life for thousands of men: overcrowding, malnourishment, unsanitary conditions, over-extended sentences, and the constant threat of assault. According to a former warden, the main rehabilitation efforts occur inside the penitentiary’s Christian rehabilitation cell blocks, which are managed by chaplains and volunteers. This paper proposes that the primary motivations driving these ministry workers to endure the inhospitable prison environment fall under three categories used by Tewksbury and Dabney: helping inmates, visiting known inmates, and sharing religious beliefs.”
Finding Joy: A Mongolian Woman’s Journey to Christ
Julia Duin BA ’78 spent three weeks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, researching this book about Yanjmaa Jutmaan, Mongolia’s first female chancellor of a state university and a first-generation evangelical Christian. Jutmaan runs a counseling ministry to help hurting people, especially sexuallyabused women. Mongolia has some of Asia’s highest rates of domestic abuse. Self-published, 2021. 127 pages.
Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Detention System
Elliott Young, professor of history, writes the first broad history of immigrant detention in the United States, providing critical historical context for an issuethat often garners today’s headlines. Oxford University Press, 2021.280 pages.
From the Fire: Ojai Reflects on the Thomas Fire
Deva Gatica Temple BA ’04 coedits a collection of essays, poetry, prose and historical interviews alongside beautiful full-color photos of the Thomas Fire—the flames, the ashes, the community, and the regrowth. This book tells the story of fire through the lens of the human spirit. The writings are poignant first-person narratives of how individuals, families, neighborhoods, and the town of Ojai, California, responded to one of the largest wildfires in U.S. history. It is a testament to the power of community and a hopeful roadmap for how humanity can respond to the effects of climate change in a positive way. In the end, love wins. Self-published, 2018. 200 pages.
Global: An Extraordinary Guide for Ordinary Heroes
Lyla Bashan BA ’02 offers a guide to help the change makers of tomorrow translate their passion for social justice into global careers of conscience. Her book discusses the elements of international relief, development, and diplomacy; the key problems and players; and steps to “kick-start your do-gooder career.”
Having Everything Right: Essays of Place (30th anniversary edition)
Kim Stafford, associate professor and director of the Northwest Writing Institute, offers a collection of essays, first published in 1986, that revolve around the history, folklore, and physical beauty of the Pacific Northwest. The book was included in Literary Oregon, a list of the state’s 100 most significant books as compiled by the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission.
Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
Peter Ames Carlin BA ’85, best-selling rock biographer, wrote a revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon Paul Simon.
How To Draft Easements
Dean Alterman JD ’89 authors a practical guide on how to draft many different types of easement agreements, including those for access, utilities, views, and conservation. American Bar Association, 2021. 188 pages.
Infertile Environments: Epigenetic Toxicology and the Reproductive Health of Chinese Men
Janelle Lamoreaux BA ’03, drawing on fieldwork in a Nanjing, China, toxicology lab, investigates how epigenetic research into the effects of toxic exposure conceptualizesand configures environments. Duke University Press Books, 2023. 160 pages.
It All Comes Back to You
Farah Naz Rishi JD ’16 pens a “a multilayered coming-of-age narrative that addresses growth and identity, Islamophobia, struggles with faith, and capricious twists of fate (or divine intervention),” according to Kirkus Reviews. Quill Tree Books, 2021. 432 pages.
Junk Drawer at the Edge of the Universe
Steven Johnson BA ’67 authors a mystery about one writer’s strategy for overcoming writer’s block: delving into the contents of a stranger’s junk drawer. After a strange, potentially supernatural experience, the protagonist is pulled into the bizarre task of organizing the life records of a man who may or may not be already dead. Self-published, 2020. 410 pages.
Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning
Liz Prato BA ’89 offers this collection of essays that delves into her upbringing as a member of Gen X in Denver. Her essays deal with the myriad topics affecting her generation—many of which are similar to those affecting today’s youth, although others are different. Her writing examines the roles of racism, rape culture, and mental illness in a time that predatesthe marginal progress we’ve made on these issues today. Santa Fe Writer’s Project, 2022, 210 pages.
Let America Be America Again: Conversations With Langston Hughes
Christopher De Santis BA ’89 edits a collection of Hughes’ texts, ranging from early interviews in the 1920s, when Hughes was a busboy and scribbling out poems on hotel napkins, to major speeches, such as his keynote address at the First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal, in 1966. Hughes’ words further amplify the international reputation he established over the course of five decades through more widely published and well-known poems, stories, novels, and plays. Oxford University Press, 2022. 368 pages.
Lilly’s Hair Is Everywhere
Lauren Brown BA ’10 penned a children’s book about Lilly Rose, an energetic, carefree girl whose long hair sometimes gets in her way while she’s having fun. Lilly is determined not to cut it, but what will she do when her hair gets too long?
Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Heart of Consciousness
Karen Newell BA ’85 coauthors a text about how to how to tap into our greater mind and explore how the power of the heart can enhance healing, relationships, creativity, guidance, and more. Her coauthor is Dr. Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon who wrote about his near-death experience in the bestseller Proof of Heaven.
Monumental Mobility: The Memory Work of Massasoit
Lisa Blee BA ’02 and coauthor Jean M. O’Brien examine the complex history of Cyrus Dallin’s statue Massasoit, originally conceived as a memorial to the landing of the pilgrims in Plymouth, and investigate the bizarre duplications and proliferations of the work that later occurred. The statue’s history is used to draw parallels to the ways in which the historical memory of Indigenous people is commodified and consumed. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. 288 pages.
My Friend Joe: Reflections on St. Joseph
Susan Francois BA ’94, asister of St. Joseph of Peace, explores her growing spiritual friendship with St. Joseph, whom she affectionately calls her friend Joe. Inspired by her own photos of Joseph, she reflects on her personal encounters with the saint in conversation with church tradition.Through art, prose, history, and prayer, she encourages the reader to discover, or deepen, their own spiritual friendship with St. Joseph. Kenmare Press, 2021. 93 pages.
Night Hag
Amy Baskin, administrative coordinator for the English and history departments, as well as for the summer Fir Acres Writing Workshop, has penned her first full collectionof poetry. In the voice of Lilith, the first woman, these poems explore femininity. Unsolicited Press, 2023. 116 pages.
No Nonsense Guide to Divorce: Getting Through and Starting Over
Lori Hellis JD ’92 authors a sometimes funny, always compassionate guidebook directed to divorcing millennials. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022. 256 pages.
Old Stories, Some Not True: and other poems
Tim Gillepsie MA ’04 pens a warm and welcoming collection of poems informed by his many years as a high school English teacher. Moonpath Press, 2020. 174 pages.
Optimizing Cyberdeterrence: A Comprehensive Strategy for Preventing Foreign Cyberattacks
Bob Mandel, professor of international affairs, provides a unique and comprehensive strategic vision for how governments, in partnership with the private sector, can deter cyberattacks from both nonstate and state actors. It’s Mandel’s 13th book.
Pacific
Peter Vidito BA ’09 pens a fiery first novel about jazz, mystery, birds, loss, the Torah, physics, self-abuse, and the Pacific Northwest.
Placebocracy and Other Ailments; A Classical Liberal Take on America Today
Mark J. Hartwig JD ’95 writes a provocative critique of the United States through the lens of traditional classical liberalism, arguing that American democracy is imperiled as a result of institutionalized ignorance on the part of its constituents. He suggests that an honest national debate is the first step toward resolving political, economic, and sociocultural problems.
Yucca Ash Press, 2020. 320 pages.Prisons Have a Long Memory: Life Inside Oregon’s Oldest Prison
Tracy Schlapp BA ’87 and Daniel Wilson BS ’88 edit this anthology of writings by incarcerated people in the Oregon State Penitentiary. Using questions sent by middle and high school students as prompts, the book offers emotionally charged, and often tragic, stories describing life in prison. Bridgeworks Oregon, 2022. 160 pages.
Re: Constitutions: Connecting Citizens With the Rules of the Game (World Citizen Comics series)
Beka Feathers BA ’06, an expert in post-conflict institution building, offers a graphic novel that gives context to the modern issues that arise from constitutions. With historical examples from all over the world, the book examines how this essential document defines a nation’s identity and the rights of its citizens. First Second, 2021. 256 pages.
Rejoice
Mary A. Bell BA ’61 publishes her third collection of poetry and short stories. Bell’s writings encourage a positive and hopeful outlook on life that nonetheless acknowledges adversity and hardship, laid out amongst the author’s personal ponderings and accompanying images. Omnibook Company, 2019. 90 pages.
Seeking Tong-Shaan, Encountering Gum-Shaan: What It Meant to Be Cantonese in China and America, 1850–1900
Doug Lee BS ’68, JD ’88 pens his first book, a study of the Cantonese people over the final 50 years of the 1800s in America. This unique examination of history will be of interest to both academic readersand the general public. Lee’s book is the first in a planned nine-volume series. Dorrance Publishing, 2023. 498 pages.
Soarin’ in the Saddle: Cowboy Poetry & More
Allen Reel JD ’74 writes his first book of “traditional” cowboy poetry. His poems conveys his love of wide- open spaces, complete with sagebrush and juniper, coyotes and pronghorn, hawks and eagles, horses and cattle, and, yes, even rattlesnakes. Gorham Printing, 2021. 101 pages.
Spooked.
Spooked., by Diana Wiener Rosengard BA ’04, JD ’09 , is the first book in a new-adult noir series that “reads like an episode of Veronica Mars with a supernatural edge.” Callie McCayter thought enrolling at a small liberal arts college in picturesque Astoria, Oregon, with her childhood best friend Izzy Miller would give her a fresh start. It’s everything Callie has always wanted: new school, new life, but never a new best friend. Then one night, Izzy dies on her way back to campus in a hit-and-run. Callie, almost mad with grief, can barely leave her room. She feels haunted by Izzy’s ghost…and determined to hunt down whomever is responsible for Izzy’s death and make them pay. But as Callie begins to dig deeper into Izzy’s life and the lives of those around them, she finds it harder and harder to separate the friends from the enemies, the lies from the truth. Will Callie find out what really happened to Izzy? Or will the line between what is real and what isn’t become so blurred that Callie loses herself in the process?
Tails From the Animal Shelter
Stephanie Shaw MA ’86 shines a spotlight on the good work of community animal shelters with the help of 10 different fictional animals. (Reading age: 5 to 8 years.) Sleeping Bear Press, 2020. 32 pages.
Tax Issues for Immigrants: A Practical Guide to Understanding Tax Law for Immigrant Taxpayers
Sarah Lora, associate clinical professor and director of the Lewis & Clark Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, coauthors this text that provides guidance for legal practitioners on tax and immigration issues. ABA Publishing, 2022. 92 pages.
The Avenue of Roses
Kevin Fletcher BA ’90 presents this collection of images taken during a one-year span on 82nd Avenue in Portland. A selection of 10 images from this series was the winner of the prestigious international 2020 LensCulture Street Photography Awards. In addition, images from this project have been published worldwide via the BBC, the Guardian, and other outlets. Self-published, 2021. 70 pages.
The Brightest Sun
Adrienne Benson BA ’92 authors The Brightest Sun, her debut novel, which follows the lives of three very different women who grapple with motherhood, recalibrate their identities, and confront unforeseen tragedies and triumphs. Leona, an isolated American anthropologist, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote Maasai village and must decide how she can be a mother in spite of her own grim childhood. Jane, a lonely expat wife, follows her husband to the tropics and learns just how fragile life is. And Simi, a barren Maasai woman, must confront her infertility in a society in which females are valued by their reproductive roles. Park Row, 2017. 336 pages.
The Carcass Undressed
Linda Eguiluz MA ’17 pens her debut poetry collection that explores the maladies of the body and their consequences. Usingfree verse and confessional poetry, Eguiluz organizes her collection into three sections addressing the body, the bones, and the heart. Atmosphere Press, 2022. 52 pages.
The Diary of Will Pomeroy: A Boy’s Life in 1883 Oswego, Oregon
Susanna Campbell Kuo BA ’62 edits the second edition of an 1883 diary written by the 14-year-old son of the superintendent of the Oswego Mines during the years when Lake Oswego, Oregon, was the center of iron making on the Pacific Coast. The diary is supplemented with extensive notes, 53 illustrations, a fold-out map, and information about early Oswego and the mines. This revised edition was published by the Lake Oswego Public Library, which owns the diary.
The Flavor of Unity: Post-Election Poems
Kim Stafford, associate professor and director of the Northwest Writing Institute, shares a collection of poems he wrote following the 2016 election. In this “little book,” he seeks to “understand the work we have to do together if we are to be one people again.”
The Incarceration of Native American Women: Creating Pathways to Wellness and Recovery Through Gentle Action Theory
Carma Corcoran, director of the law school’s Indian Law Program, examines the rising number of Native American women being incarcerated in Indian Country. She explores how a combination of F. David Peat’s gentle action theory and the Native traditional ways of knowing and being could heal Native American women who are or have been incarcerated. University of Nebraska Press, 2023. 200 pages.
The Love Map: Reignite, Reconnect, and Repair Your Relationship
Jeannie Gunter BA ʼ91 authors a blueprint to help modern couples navigate the peaks and valleys of their relationships. The book tells the story of a marriage and the problems encountered by the two main characters, using their story to illustrate universal tools that can help any relationship.
The Names of the Python: Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930
David Schoenbrun BA ’80 examines group work—the imaginative labor that people do to constitute themselves as communities—in an iconic and influential region in East Africa. His study traces the roots of nationhood in the Ganda state over the course of a millennium, demonstrating that the earliest clans were based not on political identity or language but on shared investments, knowledges, and practices. University of Wisconsin Press, 2021. 376 pages.
The Outstanding Youth Coach: A Total System to Help Young Athletes Reach Their Personal Best and Win More Often
Cody Cain BA ’90 offers a comprehensive guide to training high-performing youth athletes, showing what it takes to achieve success both on and off the field.
The Right Thing to Do
Jeffrey Cousins BS ’85 pensa sci-fi adventure in which a cap- tured alien reveals that its fellow aliens created humans who are merely robots. The human race has different reactions to the news. What happens to human values? Should human laws remain? Should humans still have compas-sion for each other? Draft2Digital, 2022. Kindle edition.
The Secret of Ebbets Field
Richard Seidman MEd ’80 writes a book for children and adults about an 11-year-old boy who runs away during the 1955 World Series in search of a magic wish-fulfilling treasure rumored to be hidden in Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. There he discovers that the greatest treasure of all has nothing to do with gold or silver.
The Sky Between You and Me
Catherine Alene BA ’95 writes a contemporary young adult novel in verse that chronicles the story of Raesha, a barrel racer determined to do whatever it takes to win. Determined to become leaner, lighter, and faster, Raesha decides she needs to lose weight, never guessing that her decision will open the door to a life-threatening eating disorder.
Then and Now: One Woman’s Awakening in Law and Politics
Judge Susie L. Norby JD ’90 writes about her journey, legal career, and perseverance.
Travel Series: Impressions of Hong Kong and Macau, Impressions of Sydney, Impressions of Sydney and Melbourne, and Impressions of the Pacific Northwest
Doug Freeman BS ’78 and MacKenzie Freeman BA ’80 put a unique stamp on their personal travel reflections by giving a modern twist to the well-known phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Their books feature a select number of “enlightening and entertaining impressions” of a place, each of which includes an original photograph and a story that’s exactly 1,000 characters long.
Under Construction: Technologies of Development in Urban Ethiopia
Daniel Mains BS ’97 authors this exploration of the current state of urban Ethiopia, home to one of the world’s fastest growing economies despite its unpopular ruling party’s association with corruption and mismanagement. Mains examines how urban development and governance interrelate, and how “progress” can continue while so many urban Ethiopians struggle to meet daily needs.
Visegrad
Duncan Robertson BA ’11 follows a young American writer adrift in the world of Visegrad, a fictional place resembling an amalgamation of Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Krakow, and Berlin. New Europe Books, 2022. 354 pages.
Wellness Counseling: A Holistic Approach to Prevention and Intervention
Abigail Conley MA ’06 coauthors a guide to wellness counseling from a holistic perspective. She is is an assistant professor of counseling and special education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is affiliated with the Institute for Women’s Health. American Counseling Association, 2019. 340 pages.
What the Kek Kek Saw
F. Pieter Lefferts BA ’80 sets this novel in an imagined culture and society of the animals populating the eastern woodland ecosystems of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. At its core, the book is a call to all of us human animals to find a way to better listen to and understand our relationships with the other sentient beings on this planet—and to learn from our often wiser brethren. UnCollected Press, 2022. 309 pages.
Women in Mass Communication: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Laura Wackwitz BA ’91 coedits a volume that addresses the myriad changes in media and mass communi- cation disciplines in relation to women over the last five decades. Featuring 23 authors from around the world,this edition focuses on marginalization practices—race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, social class, and in multiple societies—providing insight into identity and difference in a global context. Routledge, 2022. 250 pages.
Writing Abroad: A Guide for Travelers
Joanne Mulcahy, who teaches in the Northwest Writing Institute/Center for Community Engagement, coauthors a guide to help travelers hone their observational skills, conduct research and interviews, choose an appropriate literary form, and incorporate photos and videos into their writing.
“A Pearl of Powerful Learning”: The University of Cracow in the Fifteenth Century
Paul Knoll BA ’60, professor emeritus of history at USC, placed the University of Cracow in the context of late medieval universities by tracing the process of its foundation; its growth; its setting in the Polish royal capital; its role in national life; and its social and geographical mix of students and faculty.
A Force for Nature: Nancy Russell’s Fight to Save the Columbia River Gorge
Bowen Blair JD ’80 pens a biography of Nancy Russell and her successful campaign to establish and protect the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Bowen tells the story of the unlikely activist who fought one of the most fiercely contested conservation battles of the 1980s, interweaving it with the natural and political history of the legendary landscape that inspired her. Oregon State University Press, 2022. 320 pages.
A Many Feathered Thing
Lisa Gerlits BA ’98 makes her middle grade debut with this heartwarming, lyrical story exploring art, friendship, and loss. Eleven-year-old Clara might be best known as the “girl who draws,” but she’s not tortured enough to become a real artist. Not when her only true suffering is a crippling inability to speak in public. But when Clara and her best friend, Orion, break their neighbor’s glass gazing ball, Clara decides that in order to suffer like a real artist, she will do every hard thing in her path - starting with knocking on scary old Mr. Vogelman’s door. That’s when she meets Birdman. That’s when she sees his swirling painting. And that’s when everything changes.
A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v. Oklahoma
Robert James Miller JD ’91, professor of law at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, coauthors a book that explores the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely the most significant Indian law case in well over 100 years. Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other tribes throughout the United States. University of Oklahoma Press, 2023. 304 pages.
American Sign Language as a Bridge to English: A Handbook for HEARING Teachers of HEARING Students
Vicky Allen MEd ’73 offers a handbook of more than 250 signs to be used in the classroom, each with a simple illustration and description. Her unique approach teaches students the handshapes of American Sign Language before they learn the ABCs.
Animal Dignity Protection in Swiss Law—Status Quo and Future Perspectives
Gieri Bolliger LLM ’14 discusses the basic ideas, implications, challenges, and opportunities of animal dignity protection as well as its systematic embedding within Swiss law.
Axone
Jeffrey Comer BS ’86 penned a novel about a young engineer who finds his sense of reality shattered as he moves between alternate versions of his life, each one seemingly as real as the others—and each including the same woman.
Best New Poets 2016: 50 Poems From Emerging Writers
Mary Szybist, Morgan S. Odell Associate Professor of Humanities, edits the 2016 edition of this annual anthology, which features the work of promising rising poets. The poems in this eclectic collection were chosen via nominations from the country’s top literary magazines and writing programs as well as through an open online competition.
Beyond Science Standards: Play, Art, Coherence, Community
Kip Ault, professor emeritus of education, captures a vision of playful exploration and aesthetic expression as anchors to science education at all levels. The book’s classroom stories illustrate the value of teaching how diverse fields contribute to solving society’s timely, local, and particular problems. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021. 342 pages.
Boy of Mine: An Experiment in Time Travel
Moss Kaplan BA ’95 authors this heartfelt letter to his son as a sort of intergenerational time capsule, an investigation into the questions of father-son identities and their interrelations. Little Bound Books, 2020. 70 pages.
Breach!
Eric DeWeese JD ’09 pens his second novel, which tells the story of an ordinary protagonist’s battle with cancer. Self-published, 2020. 211 pages.
Bushwood Murder Augusta Mystery
Eric DeWeese JD ’09 offers a mystery in which Judge Smails is murderedon the eve of the Masters Tournament, leaving two golf families to struggle to come to terms with his death and with one another.Self-published, 2021. 249 pages.
Communion: Poems 1976–1998
Primus St. John BS ’75, winner of the Western States Book Award for his poetry anthology Communion and an Oregon Book Award winner for poetry, was featured last summer on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat. During the feature, he read from his work and discussed his time at Lewis & Clark, including his friendship with Professor and Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford.
Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 offers a collection of poetry, augmented by photography, that focuses on inventions and designs inspired by nature. She shows examples of how mimicry of natural strategies can lead inventors to fascinating breakthroughs in technology. Copycat was listed as one of the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2022 and as one of the Best Science Books for Kids of 2022. Lee & Low Books, 2022. 40 pages.
Demystifying Demons: Rethinking Who and What We Are
Clayton Morgareidge, professor emeritus of philosophy, inquires into the nature of the human soul, how it is put together, and why so much of it is hidden from consciousness. He says, “Based on a clearer understanding of our souls, we can envision a path of mercy and compassion and a more generous and peaceful understanding of what we are to ourselves and to each other.”
Do Elephants Have Knees? And Other Stories of Darwinian Origins
Charles “Kip” Ault, professor emeritus of education, invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the playful thinking found in children’s books. The book includes essays on the origins of tetrapods, elephants, whales, and birds.
Effective Discipline the Montessori Way
Charlotte Cushman BS ’72 writes a guide for teachers and parents who struggle with effectively disciplining children. She makes the case that effective disciplinary practices are based on the educational principles advocated by Maria Montessori. Self-published, 2020. 144 pages.
Fiddelee-dee & Company: A Fable for People of a Certain Age
Sharon Streeter MAT ’74 (writing under the nom de plume AJ Beauregard) pens her first work of humorous fiction about five eclectic musicians who unite to fulfill their goal of building a performance venue in Elvira, USA.
For Money and Elders: Ritual, Sovereignty, and the Sacred in Kenya
Robert Blunt BA ’95, associate professor of religious studies and Africana studies at Lafayette College, offers a fascinating glimpse into Kenya’s past and present and a penetrating reflection on meanings of violence in African politics. University of Chicago Press, 2019. 216 pages.
From Göbekli Tepe
Toru Nakamura BA ’68, inspired by the vivid memory of his late chorister daughter, searched for his ancestors’ footsteps from the time of Göbekli Tepe to the imagined future of our world. First written in Japanese, this book is the English version. Amazon Publishing Solutions, 2023. 125 pages.
Glass Harvest
Amie Whittemore MAT ’04 explored issues of grief, family relationships, marriage, divorce, sexuality, and gender identity—along with how these experiences intersect with landscape—in her new poetry collection.
Growing Up Alaskan
Ronda Kotelchuck BS ’65 recounts with love, humor and poignancy, what it was like to grow up in the remote community of Auke Bay, Alaska, during the 1950s. The near-frontier conditions of that small wilderness community bred a fierce independence combined with a deep sense of communal responsibility. Self-published, 2019. 164 pages.
Hello, Bicycle: An Inspired Guide to the Two-Wheeled Life
Anna Brones BA ’06 offered an illustrated guide to the world of bicycles and cycling, with practical information on bike buying, riding, and maintenance, as well as suggestions on how to better enjoy your wheels.
Honey in the Dark
Lee Colin Thomas BA ’04 offers his first full-length collection of poetry, which won the 2020 Brighthorse Prize for poetry. Thomas has published his work in various journals, including Poet Lore, Narrative Magazine, Salamander, and Water~Stone Review. Brighthorse Books, 2021. 80 pages.
Images of America: Swedes in Oregon
Ann Stuller BA ’61, MEd ’64 coauthors a book that incorporates text and vintage photos to portray the impact of Swedish immigrants on the development of the stateof Oregon. Arcadia, 2020. 128 pages.
Intimate Geopolitics: Love, Territory, and the Future on India’s Northern Threshold
Sara Smith BA ’97 pens a geopolitical analysis of India’s Ladakh region using a story of love as a jumping-off point to explore the myriad ways in which global processes affect the lives and relationships of the region’s young people. Through empirical detail obtained by the author from the stories of the people who live there, the book also seeks to understand and argue for the incorporation of temporality into the public understanding of territory.
Journey to Divine Feminine: A Memoir
Carla Cavenago-Salazar BA ’89, a member of the undergraduate college’s Board of Alumni, narrates her journey from personal struggle to spiritual awakening and the unfolding of the creative force within.
Keeping Oregon Green: Livability, Stewardship, and the Challenges of Growth, 1960–1980
Derek Larson BA ’90 provides a new history of the signature accomplishments of Oregon’s environmental era, including the revitalization of the polluted Willamette River, the Beach Bill preserving public access to the state’s coastline, the Bottle Bill that set the national standard for reducing roadside litter, and the nation’s first comprehensive land-use zoning law.
Kisses, Condoms, and Consent: What Middle Schoolers Want to Know About Sex and Sexuality
William Decherd MAT ’08 offers a compilation of more than 500 anonymous questions asked by his middle school students during sex education class. Along with its serious parts and its silly parts, the book provides important information with a hefty dose of compassion. Office of Modern Composition, 2021. 216 pages.
Life of a Firefly
Joan Sandra Brown-Lindstedt BA ’96 pens an award-winning book for elementary and middle schoolers in which Sandy learns to face her giants with the help of a tiny firefly. As she continues on her incredible journey, each person she encounters teaches another lesson about friendship and family. Self-published, 2020. 157 pages.
Linking Knowledge: Linked Open Data for Knowledge Organization and Visualization
Richard Smiraglia BA ’73 coedits a book that discusses the Semantic Web, especially the Linked Open Data (LOD) Cloud, which has brought to the fore the challenges of ordering knowledge embracing pointers to knowledge organization systems (KOSs) such as ontologies, taxonomies, etc. The social sciences and humanities, including cultural heritage applications, bring multi-dimensional richness to the LOD Cloud. Ergon Verlag, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2021. 249 pages.
Mistakes Were Made
Meryl Wilsner BA ’11 authors their second novel, a modern love story that follows a woman attending a family weekend at her daughter’s college and her ensuing inadvertent romance with a student (who also happens to be her daughter’s best friend). The novel was one of the Washington Post’s Best Romance Novels of 2022 as well asone of Buzzfeed’s best books of 2022. Griffin, 2022. 352 pages.
My Coyote Nose and Ptarmigan Toes: An Almost-True Alaskan Adventure
Valisa Higman BA ’02 illustrated a children’s book about a young boy who overcomes obstacles by imagining himself as iconic Alaskan animals.
Nature Underfoot: Living With Beetles, Crabgrass, Fruit Flies, and Other Tiny Life Around Us
Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze—an entomologist and former pesticide developer—considers the fascinating and bizarre history of how these so-called invasive or unwanted pests and weeds have coevolved with humanity and highlights the benefits of a greater respect and moral consideration toward these organisms. With deep insight into the lives of the underappreciated and often reviled creatures that surround us, Hainze’s accessible and engaging natural history draws on ethics, religion, and philosophy as he passionately argues that creepy crawlies and unwanted plants deserve both empathy and accommodation as partners dwelling with us on Earth.
Nightmare on the Scottie: The Maiden Voyage of a Doomed King Crabber
Stephen Orsini BA ’70 recounts his real-life voyage with L&C classmate Ross Fearey BS ’70, JD ’76, when both were college seniors, aboard the Scottie. Dreaming of a tropical cruise, they signed on as part of a small crew delivering a boat to Seattle via the Panama Canal. “What could possibly go wrong?” they reasoned. With an inept, hard-partying captain and faulty mechanics, Scottie sailed into a massive Caribbean storm. They barely escaped the nightmare with their lives—and one outrageous, thrilling sea story. Washington State University Press/Basalt Books, 2022. 158 pages.
Now That I’m Thinking About It…
Densley Harley Palmer BA ’58 compiles a selection of her poems, written from 2009 to 2015.
On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Faith-Based Toolkit for Economic Justice
Eric Atcheson BA ’08 critically examines biblical texts, church history, and present-day events and experiences in this guide for pastors, activists, and concerned citizens. He offers tools for understanding and addressing the economic disparities around us, as well as ways to initiate hopeful conversations. Church Publishing, 2020. 168 pages.
Oregon Trail Theology: The Frontier Millennial Christians Face—And How We’re Ready
Eric Atcheson BA ’08 discusses the generation known as millennials and their unique approach to religion and faith. Born in the 1980s and 1990s, and often described as an inexplicable enigma by the media, millennials come across to some as a frustrating cadre of narcissists. Though likely to check the “none” box when asked about religion, they have entered into adulthood with a great deal of thought devoted to God, faith, and organized religion. Many also crave spiritual richness and inclusive community and are willing to move heaven and earth to find a place—online or in real life—to feel at home, much like the pioneers who set out on the original Oregon Trail. In this book, the iconic Oregon Trail computer game from MECC—and absorbing pursuit and a highly influential game for millennials born in the decade of the 1980s—is used as a template throughout to illustrate the journey of faith in which they, “the Oregon Trail generation,” now find themselves engaged as adults. While books have been written about ministering to millennial Christians, the perspective of Atcheson, a millennial pastor whose life story spans the gamut of the historic Oregon Trail, offers a fresh take on an oft-written-about concern for the wider church. Church Publishing, 2018. 160 pages.
Parting the Clouds of Grief: A Mother’s Memoir
Judith Black BS ’63 shares her reflections on how she recovered from the loss of her teenage son.
Planning Powerful Instruction: 7 Must-Make Moves to Transform How We Teach—and How Students Learn
Planning Powerful Instruction explains how to incorporate the principles of inquiry as cognitive apprenticeship into lessons and units of instruction. Teachers will learn how to transform student outcomes with the EMPOWER model of instructional design.
Quartz Creek Ranch Series: Shy Girl & Shy Guy, One Brave Summer, At Top Speed, and The Long Trail Home
Kiersi Burkhart BA ’09 coauthors four books (for ages 9–12), each of which focuses on the journey of a troubled girl who spends the summer at Quartz Creek Ranch. The protagonists must forge a bond with their therapy horses, grow beyond the mistakes that brought them to the ranch, and face the unique challenges of the rugged Colorado rangeland.
Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes Toward Social Change
Helena Darwin BA ’08 discusses how difficult it is to be anything other than a man or a woman in a society that selectively acknowledges those two genders. Gender-nonbinary people—those who identify as other genders besides simply “man” or “woman”—have begun to disrupt this binary system, but the limited progress they have made has required significant everyday labor. The book includes interviews with 47 nonbinary people. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 176 pages.
Saving Thomas
Scott Kauffman JD ’77 pens Saving Thomas, a story of forgiveness. After his wife’s death, reporter Jeremy Michaels concentrates on writing news stories that try to bring justice to the underdogs of the world until his editor sends him back to his hometown to discover the truth about an old friend. Wild Rose Press, 2022. 306 pages.
Singer Come From Afar
Kim Stafford, founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute—and former poet laureate of Oregon—offers a collection of poems that considers war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth imperatives, a seeker’s spirit, and forging kinship. Red Hen Press, 2021. 136 pages.
Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, From Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince
Peter Ames Carlin BA ’85 captures the rollicking story of the most successful record label in the history of rock and roll, Warner Bros. Records, and the remarkable secret to its meteoric rise. Henry Holt and Co., 2020. 288 pages.
Sweet Cherries
Lynn Long BA ’75 coauthors a comprehensive analysis of the his- tory of the cultivation of the sweet cherry. Taking into account genetics, production physiology, and many other factors, the authors provide a comprehensive look at the many facets of this specialty crop. Long is a retired professor and extension horticulturist at Oregon State University. CABI, 2020. 360 pages.
Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking
Naomi Pomeroy BA ’97, an award-winning chef and restaurateur, penned her first cookbook, which features nearly 140 lesson-driven recipes designed to improve the home cook’s understanding of professional techniques to produce showstopping meals.
Telltale Women: Chronicling Gender in Early Modern Historiography
Allison Meyer BA ’01 pens this examination of the disparate coverage of royal women in early modern historical writings. Within this scholarly work, Meyer challenges prevailing notions of the relationships between historical writings and their source material, explaining and studying the ways in which women’s portrayal in many of these historical works suggests the writers’ interest in and value of the women’s political impact, particularly in the field of historical plays. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. 354 pages.
The Book of Timothy: The Devil, My Brother, and Me
Joan Wilson JD ’96 recounts a sister’s journey, partly through trickery, but eventually through truth, to gain a long-absent admission from the priest who abused her brother. She further seeks an understanding of how the first book of Timothy, the work of Saint Paul, contributed tothe silencing of women in her once-loved Catholic Church. Boreal Books, 2021. 320 pages.
The Cambodian Dancer: Sophany’s Gift of Hope
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 illustrated a children’s book about a Cambodian girl forced to leave her old world behind and find a new home in America. The book won a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Silver Medal in the multicultural nonfiction picture book category.
The Democratic Coup d’État
Ozan Varol, associate professor of law, advances a simple yet controversial argument: Sometimes a democracy is established through a military coup. Written for a general audience, this book will entertain, challenge, and provoke, but more importantly, it will serve as a reminder of the imperative to question the standard narratives about our world and engage with all ideas, no matter how controversial.
The English Slave (Empires and Kingdoms series)
David Eugene Andrews BA ’76 pens his debut historical novel in which he solves a 400-year-old mystery: the true identity of the beautiful Turkish noblewoman who received Captain John Smith as a gift from her betrothed.
The Healthcare Manager’s Guide to Labor Relations: Learn Tips and Tricks to Managing Union Employees in Hospitals, Clinics, and Other Healthcare Settings
Scott Allan JD ’95 authors this guide for health care employers navigating labor negotiations. Allan shares lessons learned through firsthand experience and utilizes examples specifically tailored to the health care industry to help readers respond to strikes and disagreements. Self-published, 2020. 176 pages.
The Kylie Android
Michael Metroke BS ’75, JD ’79, MPA ’85 authors this science fiction murder mystery. The plot follows a detective tracing the path of a criminal who’s murdered an android, thereby threatening a fragile peace between Earth’s humans and their manufac- tured androids. This work is the sequel to his previous book, The Masada Affair. There’s also a third book in the works. Outskirts Press, 2022. 184 pages.
The Medal of Honor: The Evolution of America’s Highest Military Decoration
Dwight Mears JD ’17 expanded his capstone project for Lewis & Clark Law School’s Professors Tung Yin and William Funk into a thorough and meticulously documented history of the medal and its recipients. Now a retired U.S. Army major, Mears was a professor of history at West Point.
The Ones Who Believed: True Inspirational Stories Honoring Everyday People Who Took a Chance, Shaped a Life, and Made a Difference
Mary Lou Kayser MAT ’02 coauthors this collection of stories that showcases the significant role others believing in us plays in shaping the direction we take our lives and who we become. Included are discussion questions and templates designed to spark conversations, facilitate positive change, and strengthen communities.
The Refugee Ocean
Pauls Toutonghi, professor of English, takes readers on a journey from Aleppo on the brink of civil war, to Lebanon in the late 1940s, to Havana during the Cuban Revolution, to the suburbs of Washington, D.C. This novel grapples with what it means to be an immigrant, shows how wounds can heal, and highlights the role of music and art in the resilience of the human spirit. Simon & Schuster, 2023. 352 pages.
The Road to Multiculturalism in South Korea: Ideas, Discourse, and Institutional Change in a Homogenous Nation-State
Timothy Lim BS ’82 authors this discussion of the progression from monoethnic to multicultural society in South Korea, and challenges the image of the country’s “ethnonational continuity.” Lim’s latest is a work sure to be of interest to studiers of Asian culture and immigration, as well as of comparative politics in general. Routledge, 2020. 224 pages.
The Secrets of Master Brewers
Jeff Alworth BA ’90 takes serious beer aficionados on a behind-the-scenes tour of 26 major European and North American breweries that create some of the world’s most classic beers. Contemporary brewers share insider knowledge and 26 original recipes to guide experienced home brewers in developing their own special versions of each style.
The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against ISIS
Margaret Coker BA ’93, former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad, tells the dramatic yet intimate account of how a covert Iraqi intelligence unit called “the Falcons” came together against all odds to defeat ISIS. Dey Street Books, 2021. 336 pages.
Transit: The Story of Public Transportation in the Puget Sound Region
Jim Kershner BA ’75 addresses the history and evolution of public transit in the distinctive Puget Sound region, from the era of Seattle’s streetcars in the 1880s to today. Scandals, triumphs, and dramasmark each twist and turn of this complex tale. Kershner’s book covers not only the nuts and bolts of transit history but also the human element behind transit decisions. HistoryLink, 2019. 144 pages.
Turtles All the Way: Poems
Rosemary Douglas Lombard BA ’62 offered a poetry chapbook inspired by her scholarly interest in turtles.
Unfettered: A Philosophy of Education
James Barlow BS ’53 passed away in fall 2016, but at the time, he was at work on a book with his coauthor and former student, Anil Naik. Their book has now been published. It takes a “philosophical look at what our schools are about, what they should be about, and the practical steps we can take to move them along.”
Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege: Essays on Hawai‘i
Liz Prato BA ’89 combines lyricism, research, and humor to explore her role as a white tourist in a seemingly paradisiacal land that has been largely formed and destroyed by white outsiders. Hawai‘ian history, pop culture, and contemporary affairs are masterfully woven into her personal narrative of loss and survival in linked essays, offering unique insight into how the touristic ideal of Hawai‘i came to be and what it is at its core. International best-selling author Cheryl Strayed (married to Brian Lindstrom BS ’84, L&C’s 2017 Distinguished Alumnus), calls it “Searching, wise, intimate, and illuminating.” She adds, “Liz Prato’s Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege is a complicated love letter to a place and powerful reckoning of a life. I was moved by this beautiful book and enlightened, riveted, and astonished.” Overcup Press, 2019. 224 pages.
Whale’s Tails
Dale S. MacHaffie JD ’80 has written Whale’s Tails, a novel that features parallel stories told through the activities of four young friends who live in two different centuries. College students Reggie and his best friend Tom have signed on as research assistants with an Oregon State University project based out of Newport, Oregon, that involves tagging humpback whales. Reggie’s ancestor George Page and George’s friend Thomas Payne live a scary and hard existence on a whaling ship in the 1850s. Reggie, who has inherited the journal in which George recorded his adventures, finds himself transported in his dreams back to the 1850s, where he shares George and Thomas’ experiences. Whale’s Tails, which is based on the real life of George Page, is filled with current events, whale facts, scientific observations, environmental crises—and action-packed adventure.
What the Kek Kek Saw
Pieter Lefferts BA ’80, sets this novel in an imagined culture and society of the animals populating the eastern woodland ecosystems of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. At its core, the book is a call to all of us human animals to find a way to better listen to and understand our relationships with the other sentient beings on this planet—and to learnfrom our often wiser brethren. Lefferts’ novel is a 2023 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner for Young Adult Fantasy. UnCollected Press, 2021. 316 pages.
Write, Open, Act: An Intentional Life Planning Workbook
Lee Weinstein BA ’81 offers a practical, hands-on workbook to help readers build a visual Intentional Life Plan. Written for people of all walks of life, the book gives readers an actionable process that is highly visual, with original illustrations and inspirational messages sprinkled throughout. He says, “After completing the workbook, you will have a plan for how to live your best life on this planet!”
You, Beast
Nick Lantz BA ’03 uses macabre humor to examine our strange, absurd, and often brutal relationship with other animals in his fourth book of poetry, winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry.
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A Family of Carpenters: The Williamsons of Long Island, New York During the Industrial Revolution
Edward Fix BA ’76 and Marsha Rooney explore the dynamics of an Old World trade through the lens of family during a time of economic transition in America. The book is dedicated to former L&C history professor Irene Hecht. Self-published, 2021. 273 pages.
A Longing for Impossible Things
David Borofka BA ’76 pens a powerful short story collection that charts the yearning inherent in imperfect lives.The book received the American Fiction Award for Short Story Fiction from the American Book Fest. John Hopkins University Press, 2022. 208 pages.
A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v. Oklahoma
Robert James Miller JD ’91, professor of law at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, coauthors a book that explores the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely the most significant Indian law case in well over 100 years. Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other tribes throughout the United States. University of Oklahoma Press, 2023. 304 pages.
American Sign Language as a Bridge to English: A Handbook for HEARING Teachers of HEARING Students
Vicky Allen MEd ’73 offers a handbook of more than 250 signs to be used in the classroom, each with a simple illustration and description. Her unique approach teaches students the handshapes of American Sign Language before they learn the ABCs.
Animal Dignity Protection in Swiss Law—Status Quo and Future Perspectives
Gieri Bolliger LLM ’14 discusses the basic ideas, implications, challenges, and opportunities of animal dignity protection as well as its systematic embedding within Swiss law.
Axone
Jeffrey Comer BS ’86 penned a novel about a young engineer who finds his sense of reality shattered as he moves between alternate versions of his life, each one seemingly as real as the others—and each including the same woman.
Between Here and Home
Matt Daly BA ’93 has written Between Here and Home, a collection of poems that stitches together a narrative from the soliloquies of nine characters struggling to hold onto community despite tragedy in an imagined rural town in the American West.
Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, and the International Law of Discovery
Micheline D’Angelis JD ’09 is the coauthor of “Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, and the International Law of Discovery,” which traces how Portugal, from the 15th century to the Brazilian independence in 1822, colonized Brazil by using the International Law Doctrine of Discovery. This article demonstrates each of the 10 elements of the Doctrine of Discovery and how they were used by Portugal to subjugate the Indigenous populations of what would come to be known as the territory of Brazil.
Bushwood Murder Augusta Mystery
Eric DeWeese JD ’09 offers a mystery in which Judge Smails is murderedon the eve of the Masters Tournament, leaving two golf families to struggle to come to terms with his death and with one another.Self-published, 2021. 249 pages.
Coping With Grief: My Personal Journey of Learning to Overcome Sorrow
Ray Smythe MAT ’75 reflects on how to navigate sorrow following the death of a loving partner. He hopes to motivate readers to live a full life after loss.Self-published, 2022. 92 pages.
Creative Teaching: A Guide to Success in the Classroom
Creative Teaching A Guide to Success in the Classroom is a book full of ideas for teachers in all grades. It gives educators successful strategies, hints and tips to use in their classrooms all year long. Mr Smythe discusses everything from grades, teaching packets and having rewarding parent teacher conferences. Every instructor whether they are new or a veteran will find this book extremely helpful. Ray Matlock Smythe taught for 39 years and earned Teacher of the Year several times.
Earth Warriors: Protecting the Planet Through Love, Knowledge & Action
Leah Shuyler MA ’09 coauthors an environmental education curriculum and a path for children (and their adult counterparts) to become loving stewards of our planet. The book offers experiential activities that honor and encourage children’s imagination as a vital source of inspiration toward solving current environmental challenges. Still Moving Yoga, 2021. 176 pages.
Fiddelee-dee & Company: A Fable for People of a Certain Age
Sharon Streeter MAT ’74 (writing under the nom de plume AJ Beauregard) pens her first work of humorous fiction about five eclectic musicians who unite to fulfill their goal of building a performance venue in Elvira, USA.
For Money and Elders: Ritual, Sovereignty, and the Sacred in Kenya
Robert Blunt BA ’95, associate professor of religious studies and Africana studies at Lafayette College, offers a fascinating glimpse into Kenya’s past and present and a penetrating reflection on meanings of violence in African politics. University of Chicago Press, 2019. 216 pages.
From the Fire: Ojai Reflects on the Thomas Fire
Deva Gatica Temple BA ’04 coedits a collection of essays, poetry, prose and historical interviews alongside beautiful full-color photos of the Thomas Fire—the flames, the ashes, the community, and the regrowth. This book tells the story of fire through the lens of the human spirit. The writings are poignant first-person narratives of how individuals, families, neighborhoods, and the town of Ojai, California, responded to one of the largest wildfires in U.S. history. It is a testament to the power of community and a hopeful roadmap for how humanity can respond to the effects of climate change in a positive way. In the end, love wins. Self-published, 2018. 200 pages.
Global: An Extraordinary Guide for Ordinary Heroes
Lyla Bashan BA ’02 offers a guide to help the change makers of tomorrow translate their passion for social justice into global careers of conscience. Her book discusses the elements of international relief, development, and diplomacy; the key problems and players; and steps to “kick-start your do-gooder career.”
Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
Peter Ames Carlin BA ’85, best-selling rock biographer, wrote a revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon Paul Simon.
Images of America: Swedes in Oregon
Ann Stuller BA ’61, MEd ’64 coauthors a book that incorporates text and vintage photos to portray the impact of Swedish immigrants on the development of the stateof Oregon. Arcadia, 2020. 128 pages.
It All Comes Back to You
Farah Naz Rishi JD ’16 pens a “a multilayered coming-of-age narrative that addresses growth and identity, Islamophobia, struggles with faith, and capricious twists of fate (or divine intervention),” according to Kirkus Reviews. Quill Tree Books, 2021. 432 pages.
Keeping Oregon Green: Livability, Stewardship, and the Challenges of Growth, 1960–1980
Derek Larson BA ’90 provides a new history of the signature accomplishments of Oregon’s environmental era, including the revitalization of the polluted Willamette River, the Beach Bill preserving public access to the state’s coastline, the Bottle Bill that set the national standard for reducing roadside litter, and the nation’s first comprehensive land-use zoning law.
Kisses, Condoms, and Consent: What Middle Schoolers Want to Know About Sex and Sexuality
William Decherd MAT ’08 offers a compilation of more than 500 anonymous questions asked by his middle school students during sex education class. Along with its serious parts and its silly parts, the book provides important information with a hefty dose of compassion. Office of Modern Composition, 2021. 216 pages.
Lilly’s Hair Is Everywhere
Lauren Brown BA ’10 penned a children’s book about Lilly Rose, an energetic, carefree girl whose long hair sometimes gets in her way while she’s having fun. Lilly is determined not to cut it, but what will she do when her hair gets too long?
Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Heart of Consciousness
Karen Newell BA ’85 coauthors a text about how to how to tap into our greater mind and explore how the power of the heart can enhance healing, relationships, creativity, guidance, and more. Her coauthor is Dr. Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon who wrote about his near-death experience in the bestseller Proof of Heaven.
My Coyote Nose and Ptarmigan Toes: An Almost-True Alaskan Adventure
Valisa Higman BA ’02 illustrated a children’s book about a young boy who overcomes obstacles by imagining himself as iconic Alaskan animals.
Nightmare on the Scottie: The Maiden Voyage of a Doomed King Crabber
Stephen Orsini BA ’70 recounts his real-life voyage with L&C classmate Ross Fearey BS ’70, JD ’76, when both were college seniors, aboard the Scottie. Dreaming of a tropical cruise, they signed on as part of a small crew delivering a boat to Seattle via the Panama Canal. “What could possibly go wrong?” they reasoned. With an inept, hard-partying captain and faulty mechanics, Scottie sailed into a massive Caribbean storm. They barely escaped the nightmare with their lives—and one outrageous, thrilling sea story. Washington State University Press/Basalt Books, 2022. 158 pages.
Now That I’m Thinking About It…
Densley Harley Palmer BA ’58 compiles a selection of her poems, written from 2009 to 2015.
Oregon Trail Theology: The Frontier Millennial Christians Face—And How We’re Ready
Eric Atcheson BA ’08 discusses the generation known as millennials and their unique approach to religion and faith. Born in the 1980s and 1990s, and often described as an inexplicable enigma by the media, millennials come across to some as a frustrating cadre of narcissists. Though likely to check the “none” box when asked about religion, they have entered into adulthood with a great deal of thought devoted to God, faith, and organized religion. Many also crave spiritual richness and inclusive community and are willing to move heaven and earth to find a place—online or in real life—to feel at home, much like the pioneers who set out on the original Oregon Trail. In this book, the iconic Oregon Trail computer game from MECC—and absorbing pursuit and a highly influential game for millennials born in the decade of the 1980s—is used as a template throughout to illustrate the journey of faith in which they, “the Oregon Trail generation,” now find themselves engaged as adults. While books have been written about ministering to millennial Christians, the perspective of Atcheson, a millennial pastor whose life story spans the gamut of the historic Oregon Trail, offers a fresh take on an oft-written-about concern for the wider church. Church Publishing, 2018. 160 pages.
Parting the Clouds of Grief: A Mother’s Memoir
Judith Black BS ’63 shares her reflections on how she recovered from the loss of her teenage son.
Prisons Have a Long Memory: Life Inside Oregon’s Oldest Prison
Tracy Schlapp BA ’87 and Daniel Wilson BS ’88 edit this anthology of writings by incarcerated people in the Oregon State Penitentiary. Using questions sent by middle and high school students as prompts, the book offers emotionally charged, and often tragic, stories describing life in prison. Bridgeworks Oregon, 2022. 160 pages.
Re: Constitutions: Connecting Citizens With the Rules of the Game (World Citizen Comics series)
Beka Feathers BA ’06, an expert in post-conflict institution building, offers a graphic novel that gives context to the modern issues that arise from constitutions. With historical examples from all over the world, the book examines how this essential document defines a nation’s identity and the rights of its citizens. First Second, 2021. 256 pages.
Saving Thomas
Scott Kauffman JD ’77 pens Saving Thomas, a story of forgiveness. After his wife’s death, reporter Jeremy Michaels concentrates on writing news stories that try to bring justice to the underdogs of the world until his editor sends him back to his hometown to discover the truth about an old friend. Wild Rose Press, 2022. 306 pages.
Spooked.
Spooked., by Diana Wiener Rosengard BA ’04, JD ’09 , is the first book in a new-adult noir series that “reads like an episode of Veronica Mars with a supernatural edge.” Callie McCayter thought enrolling at a small liberal arts college in picturesque Astoria, Oregon, with her childhood best friend Izzy Miller would give her a fresh start. It’s everything Callie has always wanted: new school, new life, but never a new best friend. Then one night, Izzy dies on her way back to campus in a hit-and-run. Callie, almost mad with grief, can barely leave her room. She feels haunted by Izzy’s ghost…and determined to hunt down whomever is responsible for Izzy’s death and make them pay. But as Callie begins to dig deeper into Izzy’s life and the lives of those around them, she finds it harder and harder to separate the friends from the enemies, the lies from the truth. Will Callie find out what really happened to Izzy? Or will the line between what is real and what isn’t become so blurred that Callie loses herself in the process?
Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking
Naomi Pomeroy BA ’97, an award-winning chef and restaurateur, penned her first cookbook, which features nearly 140 lesson-driven recipes designed to improve the home cook’s understanding of professional techniques to produce showstopping meals.
The Book of Timothy: The Devil, My Brother, and Me
Joan Wilson JD ’96 recounts a sister’s journey, partly through trickery, but eventually through truth, to gain a long-absent admission from the priest who abused her brother. She further seeks an understanding of how the first book of Timothy, the work of Saint Paul, contributed tothe silencing of women in her once-loved Catholic Church. Boreal Books, 2021. 320 pages.
The Cambodian Dancer: Sophany’s Gift of Hope
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 illustrated a children’s book about a Cambodian girl forced to leave her old world behind and find a new home in America. The book won a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Silver Medal in the multicultural nonfiction picture book category.
The Diary of Will Pomeroy: A Boy’s Life in 1883 Oswego, Oregon
Susanna Campbell Kuo BA ’62 edits the second edition of an 1883 diary written by the 14-year-old son of the superintendent of the Oswego Mines during the years when Lake Oswego, Oregon, was the center of iron making on the Pacific Coast. The diary is supplemented with extensive notes, 53 illustrations, a fold-out map, and information about early Oswego and the mines. This revised edition was published by the Lake Oswego Public Library, which owns the diary.
The Medal of Honor: The Evolution of America’s Highest Military Decoration
Dwight Mears JD ’17 expanded his capstone project for Lewis & Clark Law School’s Professors Tung Yin and William Funk into a thorough and meticulously documented history of the medal and its recipients. Now a retired U.S. Army major, Mears was a professor of history at West Point.
The Ones Who Believed: True Inspirational Stories Honoring Everyday People Who Took a Chance, Shaped a Life, and Made a Difference
Mary Lou Kayser MAT ’02 coauthors this collection of stories that showcases the significant role others believing in us plays in shaping the direction we take our lives and who we become. Included are discussion questions and templates designed to spark conversations, facilitate positive change, and strengthen communities.
The Right Thing to Do
Jeffrey Cousins BS ’85 pensa sci-fi adventure in which a cap- tured alien reveals that its fellow aliens created humans who are merely robots. The human race has different reactions to the news. What happens to human values? Should human laws remain? Should humans still have compas-sion for each other? Draft2Digital, 2022. Kindle edition.
The Secrets of Master Brewers
Jeff Alworth BA ’90 takes serious beer aficionados on a behind-the-scenes tour of 26 major European and North American breweries that create some of the world’s most classic beers. Contemporary brewers share insider knowledge and 26 original recipes to guide experienced home brewers in developing their own special versions of each style.
The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against ISIS
Margaret Coker BA ’93, former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad, tells the dramatic yet intimate account of how a covert Iraqi intelligence unit called “the Falcons” came together against all odds to defeat ISIS. Dey Street Books, 2021. 336 pages.
Travel Series: Impressions of Hong Kong and Macau, Impressions of Sydney, Impressions of Sydney and Melbourne, and Impressions of the Pacific Northwest
Doug Freeman BS ’78 and MacKenzie Freeman BA ’80 put a unique stamp on their personal travel reflections by giving a modern twist to the well-known phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Their books feature a select number of “enlightening and entertaining impressions” of a place, each of which includes an original photograph and a story that’s exactly 1,000 characters long.
Visegrad
Duncan Robertson BA ’11 follows a young American writer adrift in the world of Visegrad, a fictional place resembling an amalgamation of Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Krakow, and Berlin. New Europe Books, 2022. 354 pages.
Wellness Counseling: A Holistic Approach to Prevention and Intervention
Abigail Conley MA ’06 coauthors a guide to wellness counseling from a holistic perspective. She is is an assistant professor of counseling and special education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is affiliated with the Institute for Women’s Health. American Counseling Association, 2019. 340 pages.
What the Kek Kek Saw
F. Pieter Lefferts BA ’80 sets this novel in an imagined culture and society of the animals populating the eastern woodland ecosystems of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. At its core, the book is a call to all of us human animals to find a way to better listen to and understand our relationships with the other sentient beings on this planet—and to learn from our often wiser brethren. UnCollected Press, 2022. 309 pages.
Women in Mass Communication: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Laura Wackwitz BA ’91 coedits a volume that addresses the myriad changes in media and mass communi- cation disciplines in relation to women over the last five decades. Featuring 23 authors from around the world,this edition focuses on marginalization practices—race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, social class, and in multiple societies—providing insight into identity and difference in a global context. Routledge, 2022. 250 pages.
You, Beast
Nick Lantz BA ’03 uses macabre humor to examine our strange, absurd, and often brutal relationship with other animals in his fourth book of poetry, winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry.
A Force for Nature: Nancy Russell’s Fight to Save the Columbia River Gorge
Bowen Blair JD ’80 pens a biography of Nancy Russell and her successful campaign to establish and protect the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Bowen tells the story of the unlikely activist who fought one of the most fiercely contested conservation battles of the 1980s, interweaving it with the natural and political history of the legendary landscape that inspired her. Oregon State University Press, 2022. 320 pages.
A Many Feathered Thing
Lisa Gerlits BA ’98 makes her middle grade debut with this heartwarming, lyrical story exploring art, friendship, and loss. Eleven-year-old Clara might be best known as the “girl who draws,” but she’s not tortured enough to become a real artist. Not when her only true suffering is a crippling inability to speak in public. But when Clara and her best friend, Orion, break their neighbor’s glass gazing ball, Clara decides that in order to suffer like a real artist, she will do every hard thing in her path - starting with knocking on scary old Mr. Vogelman’s door. That’s when she meets Birdman. That’s when she sees his swirling painting. And that’s when everything changes.
A View From the Porch: Observations About Life From a Baby Boomer
Ray Matlock Smythe MAT ’75 pens a series of short compositions on his observations about the world today. It is his hope that the book will motivate and inspire others to find more meaning, hope, and clarity in their own lives.
An Unlikely Conversation
Mary Anker MAT ’76 coauthors a chapbook that she describes as “fun, deep, and tender.” A collaboration between an English teacher and a former student, it features short poems exchanged over six years and includes artwork from two other former students. Piscataqua Press, 2021. 45 pages.
Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a Life in Nature
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 illustrates a children’s book about Ansel Adams, a restless boy who eventually became an iconic nature photographer.
Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life
Zeb Larson BA ’10 coedits George B. Nesbitt’s immersive multigenerational memoir that recounts the hopes, injustices, and triumphs of a Black family fighting for access to the American dream in the 20th century. University of Chicago Press, 2021. 360 pages.
Boy of Mine: An Experiment in Time Travel
Moss Kaplan BA ’95 authors this heartfelt letter to his son as a sort of intergenerational time capsule, an investigation into the questions of father-son identities and their interrelations. Little Bound Books, 2020. 70 pages.
Breach!
Eric DeWeese JD ’09 pens his second novel, which tells the story of an ordinary protagonist’s battle with cancer. Self-published, 2020. 211 pages.
Communion: Poems 1976–1998
Primus St. John BS ’75, winner of the Western States Book Award for his poetry anthology Communion and an Oregon Book Award winner for poetry, was featured last summer on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat. During the feature, he read from his work and discussed his time at Lewis & Clark, including his friendship with Professor and Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford.
Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 offers a collection of poetry, augmented by photography, that focuses on inventions and designs inspired by nature. She shows examples of how mimicry of natural strategies can lead inventors to fascinating breakthroughs in technology. Copycat was listed as one of the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2022 and as one of the Best Science Books for Kids of 2022. Lee & Low Books, 2022. 40 pages.
Disability and Life Writing in Post-Independence Ireland
Elizabeth Grubgeld BA ’74 authors the first book to examine life writing and disability in the context of Irish culture. Ranging from childhood memoir to contemporary blogging practices, the book analyzes a century of autobiographical writing about the social, psychological, economic, and physical dimensions of living with disabilities. It won the 2020 Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature from the American Conference for Irish Studies.Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 181 pages.
Effective Discipline the Montessori Way
Charlotte Cushman BS ’72 writes a guide for teachers and parents who struggle with effectively disciplining children. She makes the case that effective disciplinary practices are based on the educational principles advocated by Maria Montessori. Self-published, 2020. 144 pages.
Finding Joy: A Mongolian Woman’s Journey to Christ
Julia Duin BA ’78 spent three weeks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, researching this book about Yanjmaa Jutmaan, Mongolia’s first female chancellor of a state university and a first-generation evangelical Christian. Jutmaan runs a counseling ministry to help hurting people, especially sexuallyabused women. Mongolia has some of Asia’s highest rates of domestic abuse. Self-published, 2021. 127 pages.
From Göbekli Tepe
Toru Nakamura BA ’68, inspired by the vivid memory of his late chorister daughter, searched for his ancestors’ footsteps from the time of Göbekli Tepe to the imagined future of our world. First written in Japanese, this book is the English version. Amazon Publishing Solutions, 2023. 125 pages.
Glass Harvest
Amie Whittemore MAT ’04 explored issues of grief, family relationships, marriage, divorce, sexuality, and gender identity—along with how these experiences intersect with landscape—in her new poetry collection.
Hello, Bicycle: An Inspired Guide to the Two-Wheeled Life
Anna Brones BA ’06 offered an illustrated guide to the world of bicycles and cycling, with practical information on bike buying, riding, and maintenance, as well as suggestions on how to better enjoy your wheels.
Honey in the Dark
Lee Colin Thomas BA ’04 offers his first full-length collection of poetry, which won the 2020 Brighthorse Prize for poetry. Thomas has published his work in various journals, including Poet Lore, Narrative Magazine, Salamander, and Water~Stone Review. Brighthorse Books, 2021. 80 pages.
Infertile Environments: Epigenetic Toxicology and the Reproductive Health of Chinese Men
Janelle Lamoreaux BA ’03, drawing on fieldwork in a Nanjing, China, toxicology lab, investigates how epigenetic research into the effects of toxic exposure conceptualizesand configures environments. Duke University Press Books, 2023. 160 pages.
Journey to Divine Feminine: A Memoir
Carla Cavenago-Salazar BA ’89, a member of the undergraduate college’s Board of Alumni, narrates her journey from personal struggle to spiritual awakening and the unfolding of the creative force within.
Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning
Liz Prato BA ’89 offers this collection of essays that delves into her upbringing as a member of Gen X in Denver. Her essays deal with the myriad topics affecting her generation—many of which are similar to those affecting today’s youth, although others are different. Her writing examines the roles of racism, rape culture, and mental illness in a time that predatesthe marginal progress we’ve made on these issues today. Santa Fe Writer’s Project, 2022, 210 pages.
Life of a Firefly
Joan Sandra Brown-Lindstedt BA ’96 pens an award-winning book for elementary and middle schoolers in which Sandy learns to face her giants with the help of a tiny firefly. As she continues on her incredible journey, each person she encounters teaches another lesson about friendship and family. Self-published, 2020. 157 pages.
Linking Knowledge: Linked Open Data for Knowledge Organization and Visualization
Richard Smiraglia BA ’73 coedits a book that discusses the Semantic Web, especially the Linked Open Data (LOD) Cloud, which has brought to the fore the challenges of ordering knowledge embracing pointers to knowledge organization systems (KOSs) such as ontologies, taxonomies, etc. The social sciences and humanities, including cultural heritage applications, bring multi-dimensional richness to the LOD Cloud. Ergon Verlag, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2021. 249 pages.
Mistakes Were Made
Meryl Wilsner BA ’11 authors their second novel, a modern love story that follows a woman attending a family weekend at her daughter’s college and her ensuing inadvertent romance with a student (who also happens to be her daughter’s best friend). The novel was one of the Washington Post’s Best Romance Novels of 2022 as well asone of Buzzfeed’s best books of 2022. Griffin, 2022. 352 pages.
My Friend Joe: Reflections on St. Joseph
Susan Francois BA ’94, asister of St. Joseph of Peace, explores her growing spiritual friendship with St. Joseph, whom she affectionately calls her friend Joe. Inspired by her own photos of Joseph, she reflects on her personal encounters with the saint in conversation with church tradition.Through art, prose, history, and prayer, she encourages the reader to discover, or deepen, their own spiritual friendship with St. Joseph. Kenmare Press, 2021. 93 pages.
No Nonsense Guide to Divorce: Getting Through and Starting Over
Lori Hellis JD ’92 authors a sometimes funny, always compassionate guidebook directed to divorcing millennials. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022. 256 pages.
On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Faith-Based Toolkit for Economic Justice
Eric Atcheson BA ’08 critically examines biblical texts, church history, and present-day events and experiences in this guide for pastors, activists, and concerned citizens. He offers tools for understanding and addressing the economic disparities around us, as well as ways to initiate hopeful conversations. Church Publishing, 2020. 168 pages.
Pacific
Peter Vidito BA ’09 pens a fiery first novel about jazz, mystery, birds, loss, the Torah, physics, self-abuse, and the Pacific Northwest.
Placebocracy and Other Ailments; A Classical Liberal Take on America Today
Mark J. Hartwig JD ’95 writes a provocative critique of the United States through the lens of traditional classical liberalism, arguing that American democracy is imperiled as a result of institutionalized ignorance on the part of its constituents. He suggests that an honest national debate is the first step toward resolving political, economic, and sociocultural problems.
Yucca Ash Press, 2020. 320 pages.Quartz Creek Ranch Series: Shy Girl & Shy Guy, One Brave Summer, At Top Speed, and The Long Trail Home
Kiersi Burkhart BA ’09 coauthors four books (for ages 9–12), each of which focuses on the journey of a troubled girl who spends the summer at Quartz Creek Ranch. The protagonists must forge a bond with their therapy horses, grow beyond the mistakes that brought them to the ranch, and face the unique challenges of the rugged Colorado rangeland.
Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes Toward Social Change
Helena Darwin BA ’08 discusses how difficult it is to be anything other than a man or a woman in a society that selectively acknowledges those two genders. Gender-nonbinary people—those who identify as other genders besides simply “man” or “woman”—have begun to disrupt this binary system, but the limited progress they have made has required significant everyday labor. The book includes interviews with 47 nonbinary people. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 176 pages.
Seeking Tong-Shaan, Encountering Gum-Shaan: What It Meant to Be Cantonese in China and America, 1850–1900
Doug Lee BS ’68, JD ’88 pens his first book, a study of the Cantonese people over the final 50 years of the 1800s in America. This unique examination of history will be of interest to both academic readersand the general public. Lee’s book is the first in a planned nine-volume series. Dorrance Publishing, 2023. 498 pages.
Sweet Cherries
Lynn Long BA ’75 coauthors a comprehensive analysis of the his- tory of the cultivation of the sweet cherry. Taking into account genetics, production physiology, and many other factors, the authors provide a comprehensive look at the many facets of this specialty crop. Long is a retired professor and extension horticulturist at Oregon State University. CABI, 2020. 360 pages.
The Avenue of Roses
Kevin Fletcher BA ’90 presents this collection of images taken during a one-year span on 82nd Avenue in Portland. A selection of 10 images from this series was the winner of the prestigious international 2020 LensCulture Street Photography Awards. In addition, images from this project have been published worldwide via the BBC, the Guardian, and other outlets. Self-published, 2021. 70 pages.
The Brightest Sun
Adrienne Benson BA ’92 authors The Brightest Sun, her debut novel, which follows the lives of three very different women who grapple with motherhood, recalibrate their identities, and confront unforeseen tragedies and triumphs. Leona, an isolated American anthropologist, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote Maasai village and must decide how she can be a mother in spite of her own grim childhood. Jane, a lonely expat wife, follows her husband to the tropics and learns just how fragile life is. And Simi, a barren Maasai woman, must confront her infertility in a society in which females are valued by their reproductive roles. Park Row, 2017. 336 pages.
The Carcass Undressed
Linda Eguiluz MA ’17 pens her debut poetry collection that explores the maladies of the body and their consequences. Usingfree verse and confessional poetry, Eguiluz organizes her collection into three sections addressing the body, the bones, and the heart. Atmosphere Press, 2022. 52 pages.
The Kylie Android
Michael Metroke BS ’75, JD ’79, MPA ’85 authors this science fiction murder mystery. The plot follows a detective tracing the path of a criminal who’s murdered an android, thereby threatening a fragile peace between Earth’s humans and their manufac- tured androids. This work is the sequel to his previous book, The Masada Affair. There’s also a third book in the works. Outskirts Press, 2022. 184 pages.
The Names of the Python: Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930
David Schoenbrun BA ’80 examines group work—the imaginative labor that people do to constitute themselves as communities—in an iconic and influential region in East Africa. His study traces the roots of nationhood in the Ganda state over the course of a millennium, demonstrating that the earliest clans were based not on political identity or language but on shared investments, knowledges, and practices. University of Wisconsin Press, 2021. 376 pages.
The Outstanding Youth Coach: A Total System to Help Young Athletes Reach Their Personal Best and Win More Often
Cody Cain BA ’90 offers a comprehensive guide to training high-performing youth athletes, showing what it takes to achieve success both on and off the field.
The Secret of Ebbets Field
Richard Seidman MEd ’80 writes a book for children and adults about an 11-year-old boy who runs away during the 1955 World Series in search of a magic wish-fulfilling treasure rumored to be hidden in Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. There he discovers that the greatest treasure of all has nothing to do with gold or silver.
The Sky Between You and Me
Catherine Alene BA ’95 writes a contemporary young adult novel in verse that chronicles the story of Raesha, a barrel racer determined to do whatever it takes to win. Determined to become leaner, lighter, and faster, Raesha decides she needs to lose weight, never guessing that her decision will open the door to a life-threatening eating disorder.
Transit: The Story of Public Transportation in the Puget Sound Region
Jim Kershner BA ’75 addresses the history and evolution of public transit in the distinctive Puget Sound region, from the era of Seattle’s streetcars in the 1880s to today. Scandals, triumphs, and dramasmark each twist and turn of this complex tale. Kershner’s book covers not only the nuts and bolts of transit history but also the human element behind transit decisions. HistoryLink, 2019. 144 pages.
Turtles All the Way: Poems
Rosemary Douglas Lombard BA ’62 offered a poetry chapbook inspired by her scholarly interest in turtles.
Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege: Essays on Hawai‘i
Liz Prato BA ’89 combines lyricism, research, and humor to explore her role as a white tourist in a seemingly paradisiacal land that has been largely formed and destroyed by white outsiders. Hawai‘ian history, pop culture, and contemporary affairs are masterfully woven into her personal narrative of loss and survival in linked essays, offering unique insight into how the touristic ideal of Hawai‘i came to be and what it is at its core. International best-selling author Cheryl Strayed (married to Brian Lindstrom BS ’84, L&C’s 2017 Distinguished Alumnus), calls it “Searching, wise, intimate, and illuminating.” She adds, “Liz Prato’s Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege is a complicated love letter to a place and powerful reckoning of a life. I was moved by this beautiful book and enlightened, riveted, and astonished.” Overcup Press, 2019. 224 pages.
Whale’s Tails
Dale S. MacHaffie JD ’80 has written Whale’s Tails, a novel that features parallel stories told through the activities of four young friends who live in two different centuries. College students Reggie and his best friend Tom have signed on as research assistants with an Oregon State University project based out of Newport, Oregon, that involves tagging humpback whales. Reggie’s ancestor George Page and George’s friend Thomas Payne live a scary and hard existence on a whaling ship in the 1850s. Reggie, who has inherited the journal in which George recorded his adventures, finds himself transported in his dreams back to the 1850s, where he shares George and Thomas’ experiences. Whale’s Tails, which is based on the real life of George Page, is filled with current events, whale facts, scientific observations, environmental crises—and action-packed adventure.
What the Kek Kek Saw
Pieter Lefferts BA ’80, sets this novel in an imagined culture and society of the animals populating the eastern woodland ecosystems of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. At its core, the book is a call to all of us human animals to find a way to better listen to and understand our relationships with the other sentient beings on this planet—and to learnfrom our often wiser brethren. Lefferts’ novel is a 2023 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner for Young Adult Fantasy. UnCollected Press, 2021. 316 pages.
Write, Open, Act: An Intentional Life Planning Workbook
Lee Weinstein BA ’81 offers a practical, hands-on workbook to help readers build a visual Intentional Life Plan. Written for people of all walks of life, the book gives readers an actionable process that is highly visual, with original illustrations and inspirational messages sprinkled throughout. He says, “After completing the workbook, you will have a plan for how to live your best life on this planet!”
“A Pearl of Powerful Learning”: The University of Cracow in the Fifteenth Century
Paul Knoll BA ’60, professor emeritus of history at USC, placed the University of Cracow in the context of late medieval universities by tracing the process of its foundation; its growth; its setting in the Polish royal capital; its role in national life; and its social and geographical mix of students and faculty.
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A Panoply of Polygons
Roger Nelsen, professor emeritus of mathematics, coauthors a text that presents and organizes hundreds of beautiful, surprising, and intriguing results about polygons with more than four sides. It can be used as a supplement to a high school or college geometry course and is accessible to anyone with an interest in plane geometry. American Mathematical Society, 2023. 267 pages.
Beyond Science Standards: Play, Art, Coherence, Community
Kip Ault, professor emeritus of education, captures a vision of playful exploration and aesthetic expression as anchors to science education at all levels. The book’s classroom stories illustrate the value of teaching how diverse fields contribute to solving society’s timely, local, and particular problems. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021. 342 pages.
Do Elephants Have Knees? And Other Stories of Darwinian Origins
Charles “Kip” Ault, professor emeritus of education, invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the playful thinking found in children’s books. The book includes essays on the origins of tetrapods, elephants, whales, and birds.
Having Everything Right: Essays of Place (30th anniversary edition)
Kim Stafford, associate professor and director of the Northwest Writing Institute, offers a collection of essays, first published in 1986, that revolve around the history, folklore, and physical beauty of the Pacific Northwest. The book was included in Literary Oregon, a list of the state’s 100 most significant books as compiled by the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission.
Singer Come From Afar
Kim Stafford, founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute—and former poet laureate of Oregon—offers a collection of poems that considers war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth imperatives, a seeker’s spirit, and forging kinship. Red Hen Press, 2021. 136 pages.
The Democratic Coup d’État
Ozan Varol, associate professor of law, advances a simple yet controversial argument: Sometimes a democracy is established through a military coup. Written for a general audience, this book will entertain, challenge, and provoke, but more importantly, it will serve as a reminder of the imperative to question the standard narratives about our world and engage with all ideas, no matter how controversial.
The Refugee Ocean
Pauls Toutonghi, professor of English, takes readers on a journey from Aleppo on the brink of civil war, to Lebanon in the late 1940s, to Havana during the Cuban Revolution, to the suburbs of Washington, D.C. This novel grapples with what it means to be an immigrant, shows how wounds can heal, and highlights the role of music and art in the resilience of the human spirit. Simon & Schuster, 2023. 352 pages.
Best New Poets 2016: 50 Poems From Emerging Writers
Mary Szybist, Morgan S. Odell Associate Professor of Humanities, edits the 2016 edition of this annual anthology, which features the work of promising rising poets. The poems in this eclectic collection were chosen via nominations from the country’s top literary magazines and writing programs as well as through an open online competition.
Demystifying Demons: Rethinking Who and What We Are
Clayton Morgareidge, professor emeritus of philosophy, inquires into the nature of the human soul, how it is put together, and why so much of it is hidden from consciousness. He says, “Based on a clearer understanding of our souls, we can envision a path of mercy and compassion and a more generous and peaceful understanding of what we are to ourselves and to each other.”
Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Detention System
Elliott Young, professor of history, writes the first broad history of immigrant detention in the United States, providing critical historical context for an issuethat often garners today’s headlines. Oxford University Press, 2021.280 pages.
Optimizing Cyberdeterrence: A Comprehensive Strategy for Preventing Foreign Cyberattacks
Bob Mandel, professor of international affairs, provides a unique and comprehensive strategic vision for how governments, in partnership with the private sector, can deter cyberattacks from both nonstate and state actors. It’s Mandel’s 13th book.
Tax Issues for Immigrants: A Practical Guide to Understanding Tax Law for Immigrant Taxpayers
Sarah Lora, associate clinical professor and director of the Lewis & Clark Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, coauthors this text that provides guidance for legal practitioners on tax and immigration issues. ABA Publishing, 2022. 92 pages.
The Flavor of Unity: Post-Election Poems
Kim Stafford, associate professor and director of the Northwest Writing Institute, shares a collection of poems he wrote following the 2016 election. In this “little book,” he seeks to “understand the work we have to do together if we are to be one people again.”
Writing Abroad: A Guide for Travelers
Joanne Mulcahy, who teaches in the Northwest Writing Institute/Center for Community Engagement, coauthors a guide to help travelers hone their observational skills, conduct research and interviews, choose an appropriate literary form, and incorporate photos and videos into their writing.
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A Family of Carpenters: The Williamsons of Long Island, New York During the Industrial Revolution
Edward Fix BA ’76 and Marsha Rooney explore the dynamics of an Old World trade through the lens of family during a time of economic transition in America. The book is dedicated to former L&C history professor Irene Hecht. Self-published, 2021. 273 pages.
A Many Feathered Thing
Lisa Gerlits BA ’98 makes her middle grade debut with this heartwarming, lyrical story exploring art, friendship, and loss. Eleven-year-old Clara might be best known as the “girl who draws,” but she’s not tortured enough to become a real artist. Not when her only true suffering is a crippling inability to speak in public. But when Clara and her best friend, Orion, break their neighbor’s glass gazing ball, Clara decides that in order to suffer like a real artist, she will do every hard thing in her path - starting with knocking on scary old Mr. Vogelman’s door. That’s when she meets Birdman. That’s when she sees his swirling painting. And that’s when everything changes.
Axone
Jeffrey Comer BS ’86 penned a novel about a young engineer who finds his sense of reality shattered as he moves between alternate versions of his life, each one seemingly as real as the others—and each including the same woman.
Best New Poets 2016: 50 Poems From Emerging Writers
Mary Szybist, Morgan S. Odell Associate Professor of Humanities, edits the 2016 edition of this annual anthology, which features the work of promising rising poets. The poems in this eclectic collection were chosen via nominations from the country’s top literary magazines and writing programs as well as through an open online competition.
Boy of Mine: An Experiment in Time Travel
Moss Kaplan BA ’95 authors this heartfelt letter to his son as a sort of intergenerational time capsule, an investigation into the questions of father-son identities and their interrelations. Little Bound Books, 2020. 70 pages.
Call This Room a Station
John Willson BA ʼ76 authors this full-length collection of largely biographical poems written over many years. Their topics include the death of a father, a wife’s battle with breast cancer, and experiences from a one-and-a-half-year stay in Japan. Counting Theodore Roethke and Gary Snyder as primary influences, Willson considers himself a poet of nature whose work reflects lyric and narrative modes. Themes emerging in his poems revolve around man, nature, religion, technology, art, love, memory, and death. Willson is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Artist Trust of Washington, and the King County Arts Commission. A two-time finalist in the National Poetry Series, Willson lives with his wife, Kimberly Anicker BA ʼ98, on Bainbridge Island, Washington, where he has been designated an Island Treasure for outstanding contributions to arts in the community. “John Willson’s poems are guides for wanderers. Such great tenderness and delicacy live in these lines, a softness of presence/absence in the rich fabric of birds, skies, highly attuned relationships woven through time. Mysterious maps of ancestral legacy vibrate as a low hum—people who birthed us, poets who birthed our souls, and the infinite winding roads—with so many meaningful points on the compass, so many homes.” —Naomi Shihab Nye
Coping With Grief: My Personal Journey of Learning to Overcome Sorrow
Ray Smythe MAT ’75 reflects on how to navigate sorrow following the death of a loving partner. He hopes to motivate readers to live a full life after loss.Self-published, 2022. 92 pages.
Disability and Life Writing in Post-Independence Ireland
Elizabeth Grubgeld BA ’74 authors the first book to examine life writing and disability in the context of Irish culture. Ranging from childhood memoir to contemporary blogging practices, the book analyzes a century of autobiographical writing about the social, psychological, economic, and physical dimensions of living with disabilities. It won the 2020 Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature from the American Conference for Irish Studies.Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 181 pages.
Entering a Place of Fire: Motivations for Christian Rehabilitation Ministry inside Paraguay’s Tacumbu Penitentiary
Tim Revett BA ’00 has published an article in the latest issue of the journal Social Sciences and Missions about the infamous Tacumbú Penitentiary in Paraguay. From the abstract: “Terms like “frightening” and “spiritually dark” fall short in describing many visitors’ impressions. The human rights abuses there are not merely statistics on a United Nations report—they are daily life for thousands of men: overcrowding, malnourishment, unsanitary conditions, over-extended sentences, and the constant threat of assault. According to a former warden, the main rehabilitation efforts occur inside the penitentiary’s Christian rehabilitation cell blocks, which are managed by chaplains and volunteers. This paper proposes that the primary motivations driving these ministry workers to endure the inhospitable prison environment fall under three categories used by Tewksbury and Dabney: helping inmates, visiting known inmates, and sharing religious beliefs.”
For Money and Elders: Ritual, Sovereignty, and the Sacred in Kenya
Robert Blunt BA ’95, associate professor of religious studies and Africana studies at Lafayette College, offers a fascinating glimpse into Kenya’s past and present and a penetrating reflection on meanings of violence in African politics. University of Chicago Press, 2019. 216 pages.
From the Fire: Ojai Reflects on the Thomas Fire
Deva Gatica Temple BA ’04 coedits a collection of essays, poetry, prose and historical interviews alongside beautiful full-color photos of the Thomas Fire—the flames, the ashes, the community, and the regrowth. This book tells the story of fire through the lens of the human spirit. The writings are poignant first-person narratives of how individuals, families, neighborhoods, and the town of Ojai, California, responded to one of the largest wildfires in U.S. history. It is a testament to the power of community and a hopeful roadmap for how humanity can respond to the effects of climate change in a positive way. In the end, love wins. Self-published, 2018. 200 pages.
Growing Up Alaskan
Ronda Kotelchuck BS ’65 recounts with love, humor and poignancy, what it was like to grow up in the remote community of Auke Bay, Alaska, during the 1950s. The near-frontier conditions of that small wilderness community bred a fierce independence combined with a deep sense of communal responsibility. Self-published, 2019. 164 pages.
Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
Peter Ames Carlin BA ’85, best-selling rock biographer, wrote a revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon Paul Simon.
Images of America: Swedes in Oregon
Ann Stuller BA ’61, MEd ’64 coauthors a book that incorporates text and vintage photos to portray the impact of Swedish immigrants on the development of the stateof Oregon. Arcadia, 2020. 128 pages.
Intimate Geopolitics: Love, Territory, and the Future on India’s Northern Threshold
Sara Smith BA ’97 pens a geopolitical analysis of India’s Ladakh region using a story of love as a jumping-off point to explore the myriad ways in which global processes affect the lives and relationships of the region’s young people. Through empirical detail obtained by the author from the stories of the people who live there, the book also seeks to understand and argue for the incorporation of temporality into the public understanding of territory.
Junk Drawer at the Edge of the Universe
Steven Johnson BA ’67 authors a mystery about one writer’s strategy for overcoming writer’s block: delving into the contents of a stranger’s junk drawer. After a strange, potentially supernatural experience, the protagonist is pulled into the bizarre task of organizing the life records of a man who may or may not be already dead. Self-published, 2020. 410 pages.
Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning
Liz Prato BA ’89 offers this collection of essays that delves into her upbringing as a member of Gen X in Denver. Her essays deal with the myriad topics affecting her generation—many of which are similar to those affecting today’s youth, although others are different. Her writing examines the roles of racism, rape culture, and mental illness in a time that predatesthe marginal progress we’ve made on these issues today. Santa Fe Writer’s Project, 2022, 210 pages.
Life of a Firefly
Joan Sandra Brown-Lindstedt BA ’96 pens an award-winning book for elementary and middle schoolers in which Sandy learns to face her giants with the help of a tiny firefly. As she continues on her incredible journey, each person she encounters teaches another lesson about friendship and family. Self-published, 2020. 157 pages.
Linking Knowledge: Linked Open Data for Knowledge Organization and Visualization
Richard Smiraglia BA ’73 coedits a book that discusses the Semantic Web, especially the Linked Open Data (LOD) Cloud, which has brought to the fore the challenges of ordering knowledge embracing pointers to knowledge organization systems (KOSs) such as ontologies, taxonomies, etc. The social sciences and humanities, including cultural heritage applications, bring multi-dimensional richness to the LOD Cloud. Ergon Verlag, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2021. 249 pages.
Mistakes Were Made
Meryl Wilsner BA ’11 authors their second novel, a modern love story that follows a woman attending a family weekend at her daughter’s college and her ensuing inadvertent romance with a student (who also happens to be her daughter’s best friend). The novel was one of the Washington Post’s Best Romance Novels of 2022 as well asone of Buzzfeed’s best books of 2022. Griffin, 2022. 352 pages.
My Coyote Nose and Ptarmigan Toes: An Almost-True Alaskan Adventure
Valisa Higman BA ’02 illustrated a children’s book about a young boy who overcomes obstacles by imagining himself as iconic Alaskan animals.
Nature Underfoot: Living With Beetles, Crabgrass, Fruit Flies, and Other Tiny Life Around Us
Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze—an entomologist and former pesticide developer—considers the fascinating and bizarre history of how these so-called invasive or unwanted pests and weeds have coevolved with humanity and highlights the benefits of a greater respect and moral consideration toward these organisms. With deep insight into the lives of the underappreciated and often reviled creatures that surround us, Hainze’s accessible and engaging natural history draws on ethics, religion, and philosophy as he passionately argues that creepy crawlies and unwanted plants deserve both empathy and accommodation as partners dwelling with us on Earth.
No Nonsense Guide to Divorce: Getting Through and Starting Over
Lori Hellis JD ’92 authors a sometimes funny, always compassionate guidebook directed to divorcing millennials. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022. 256 pages.
Old Stories, Some Not True: and other poems
Tim Gillepsie MA ’04 pens a warm and welcoming collection of poems informed by his many years as a high school English teacher. Moonpath Press, 2020. 174 pages.
Oregon Trail Theology: The Frontier Millennial Christians Face—And How We’re Ready
Eric Atcheson BA ’08 discusses the generation known as millennials and their unique approach to religion and faith. Born in the 1980s and 1990s, and often described as an inexplicable enigma by the media, millennials come across to some as a frustrating cadre of narcissists. Though likely to check the “none” box when asked about religion, they have entered into adulthood with a great deal of thought devoted to God, faith, and organized religion. Many also crave spiritual richness and inclusive community and are willing to move heaven and earth to find a place—online or in real life—to feel at home, much like the pioneers who set out on the original Oregon Trail. In this book, the iconic Oregon Trail computer game from MECC—and absorbing pursuit and a highly influential game for millennials born in the decade of the 1980s—is used as a template throughout to illustrate the journey of faith in which they, “the Oregon Trail generation,” now find themselves engaged as adults. While books have been written about ministering to millennial Christians, the perspective of Atcheson, a millennial pastor whose life story spans the gamut of the historic Oregon Trail, offers a fresh take on an oft-written-about concern for the wider church. Church Publishing, 2018. 160 pages.
Parting the Clouds of Grief: A Mother’s Memoir
Judith Black BS ’63 shares her reflections on how she recovered from the loss of her teenage son.
Prisons Have a Long Memory: Life Inside Oregon’s Oldest Prison
Tracy Schlapp BA ’87 and Daniel Wilson BS ’88 edit this anthology of writings by incarcerated people in the Oregon State Penitentiary. Using questions sent by middle and high school students as prompts, the book offers emotionally charged, and often tragic, stories describing life in prison. Bridgeworks Oregon, 2022. 160 pages.
Re: Constitutions: Connecting Citizens With the Rules of the Game (World Citizen Comics series)
Beka Feathers BA ’06, an expert in post-conflict institution building, offers a graphic novel that gives context to the modern issues that arise from constitutions. With historical examples from all over the world, the book examines how this essential document defines a nation’s identity and the rights of its citizens. First Second, 2021. 256 pages.
Rejoice
Mary A. Bell BA ’61 publishes her third collection of poetry and short stories. Bell’s writings encourage a positive and hopeful outlook on life that nonetheless acknowledges adversity and hardship, laid out amongst the author’s personal ponderings and accompanying images. Omnibook Company, 2019. 90 pages.
Seeking Tong-Shaan, Encountering Gum-Shaan: What It Meant to Be Cantonese in China and America, 1850–1900
Doug Lee BS ’68, JD ’88 pens his first book, a study of the Cantonese people over the final 50 years of the 1800s in America. This unique examination of history will be of interest to both academic readersand the general public. Lee’s book is the first in a planned nine-volume series. Dorrance Publishing, 2023. 498 pages.
Spooked.
Spooked., by Diana Wiener Rosengard BA ’04, JD ’09 , is the first book in a new-adult noir series that “reads like an episode of Veronica Mars with a supernatural edge.” Callie McCayter thought enrolling at a small liberal arts college in picturesque Astoria, Oregon, with her childhood best friend Izzy Miller would give her a fresh start. It’s everything Callie has always wanted: new school, new life, but never a new best friend. Then one night, Izzy dies on her way back to campus in a hit-and-run. Callie, almost mad with grief, can barely leave her room. She feels haunted by Izzy’s ghost…and determined to hunt down whomever is responsible for Izzy’s death and make them pay. But as Callie begins to dig deeper into Izzy’s life and the lives of those around them, she finds it harder and harder to separate the friends from the enemies, the lies from the truth. Will Callie find out what really happened to Izzy? Or will the line between what is real and what isn’t become so blurred that Callie loses herself in the process?
Taste & Technique: Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking
Naomi Pomeroy BA ’97, an award-winning chef and restaurateur, penned her first cookbook, which features nearly 140 lesson-driven recipes designed to improve the home cook’s understanding of professional techniques to produce showstopping meals.
The Avenue of Roses
Kevin Fletcher BA ’90 presents this collection of images taken during a one-year span on 82nd Avenue in Portland. A selection of 10 images from this series was the winner of the prestigious international 2020 LensCulture Street Photography Awards. In addition, images from this project have been published worldwide via the BBC, the Guardian, and other outlets. Self-published, 2021. 70 pages.
The Cambodian Dancer: Sophany’s Gift of Hope
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 illustrated a children’s book about a Cambodian girl forced to leave her old world behind and find a new home in America. The book won a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Silver Medal in the multicultural nonfiction picture book category.
The English Slave (Empires and Kingdoms series)
David Eugene Andrews BA ’76 pens his debut historical novel in which he solves a 400-year-old mystery: the true identity of the beautiful Turkish noblewoman who received Captain John Smith as a gift from her betrothed.
The Love Map: Reignite, Reconnect, and Repair Your Relationship
Jeannie Gunter BA ʼ91 authors a blueprint to help modern couples navigate the peaks and valleys of their relationships. The book tells the story of a marriage and the problems encountered by the two main characters, using their story to illustrate universal tools that can help any relationship.
The Outstanding Youth Coach: A Total System to Help Young Athletes Reach Their Personal Best and Win More Often
Cody Cain BA ’90 offers a comprehensive guide to training high-performing youth athletes, showing what it takes to achieve success both on and off the field.
The Road to Multiculturalism in South Korea: Ideas, Discourse, and Institutional Change in a Homogenous Nation-State
Timothy Lim BS ’82 authors this discussion of the progression from monoethnic to multicultural society in South Korea, and challenges the image of the country’s “ethnonational continuity.” Lim’s latest is a work sure to be of interest to studiers of Asian culture and immigration, as well as of comparative politics in general. Routledge, 2020. 224 pages.
The Sky Between You and Me
Catherine Alene BA ’95 writes a contemporary young adult novel in verse that chronicles the story of Raesha, a barrel racer determined to do whatever it takes to win. Determined to become leaner, lighter, and faster, Raesha decides she needs to lose weight, never guessing that her decision will open the door to a life-threatening eating disorder.
Transit: The Story of Public Transportation in the Puget Sound Region
Jim Kershner BA ’75 addresses the history and evolution of public transit in the distinctive Puget Sound region, from the era of Seattle’s streetcars in the 1880s to today. Scandals, triumphs, and dramasmark each twist and turn of this complex tale. Kershner’s book covers not only the nuts and bolts of transit history but also the human element behind transit decisions. HistoryLink, 2019. 144 pages.
Turtles All the Way: Poems
Rosemary Douglas Lombard BA ’62 offered a poetry chapbook inspired by her scholarly interest in turtles.
Unfettered: A Philosophy of Education
James Barlow BS ’53 passed away in fall 2016, but at the time, he was at work on a book with his coauthor and former student, Anil Naik. Their book has now been published. It takes a “philosophical look at what our schools are about, what they should be about, and the practical steps we can take to move them along.”
Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege: Essays on Hawai‘i
Liz Prato BA ’89 combines lyricism, research, and humor to explore her role as a white tourist in a seemingly paradisiacal land that has been largely formed and destroyed by white outsiders. Hawai‘ian history, pop culture, and contemporary affairs are masterfully woven into her personal narrative of loss and survival in linked essays, offering unique insight into how the touristic ideal of Hawai‘i came to be and what it is at its core. International best-selling author Cheryl Strayed (married to Brian Lindstrom BS ’84, L&C’s 2017 Distinguished Alumnus), calls it “Searching, wise, intimate, and illuminating.” She adds, “Liz Prato’s Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege is a complicated love letter to a place and powerful reckoning of a life. I was moved by this beautiful book and enlightened, riveted, and astonished.” Overcup Press, 2019. 224 pages.
What the Kek Kek Saw
Pieter Lefferts BA ’80, sets this novel in an imagined culture and society of the animals populating the eastern woodland ecosystems of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. At its core, the book is a call to all of us human animals to find a way to better listen to and understand our relationships with the other sentient beings on this planet—and to learnfrom our often wiser brethren. Lefferts’ novel is a 2023 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner for Young Adult Fantasy. UnCollected Press, 2021. 316 pages.
Write, Open, Act: An Intentional Life Planning Workbook
Lee Weinstein BA ’81 offers a practical, hands-on workbook to help readers build a visual Intentional Life Plan. Written for people of all walks of life, the book gives readers an actionable process that is highly visual, with original illustrations and inspirational messages sprinkled throughout. He says, “After completing the workbook, you will have a plan for how to live your best life on this planet!”
“A Pearl of Powerful Learning”: The University of Cracow in the Fifteenth Century
Paul Knoll BA ’60, professor emeritus of history at USC, placed the University of Cracow in the context of late medieval universities by tracing the process of its foundation; its growth; its setting in the Polish royal capital; its role in national life; and its social and geographical mix of students and faculty.
A Longing for Impossible Things
David Borofka BA ’76 pens a powerful short story collection that charts the yearning inherent in imperfect lives.The book received the American Fiction Award for Short Story Fiction from the American Book Fest. John Hopkins University Press, 2022. 208 pages.
Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a Life in Nature
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 illustrates a children’s book about Ansel Adams, a restless boy who eventually became an iconic nature photographer.
Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life
Zeb Larson BA ’10 coedits George B. Nesbitt’s immersive multigenerational memoir that recounts the hopes, injustices, and triumphs of a Black family fighting for access to the American dream in the 20th century. University of Chicago Press, 2021. 360 pages.
Between Here and Home
Matt Daly BA ’93 has written Between Here and Home, a collection of poems that stitches together a narrative from the soliloquies of nine characters struggling to hold onto community despite tragedy in an imagined rural town in the American West.
Building Community: Rural Voices for Hope and Change: An Oregon Perspective
Neal Lemery BS ʼ75, in his latest writing, asks the question: “How are rural American communities working to build a better world?” Lemery highlights stories of the resurgence of diverse talents and the work in progress in rural Oregon to improve community services, foster relationships, and further collective values and organizations. Numerous community members offer diverse perspectives and experiences, and describe their work to build better, more vibrant communities that are meeting the difficult challenges of rural America in the 21st century.
Communion: Poems 1976–1998
Primus St. John BS ’75, winner of the Western States Book Award for his poetry anthology Communion and an Oregon Book Award winner for poetry, was featured last summer on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat. During the feature, he read from his work and discussed his time at Lewis & Clark, including his friendship with Professor and Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford.
Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 offers a collection of poetry, augmented by photography, that focuses on inventions and designs inspired by nature. She shows examples of how mimicry of natural strategies can lead inventors to fascinating breakthroughs in technology. Copycat was listed as one of the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2022 and as one of the Best Science Books for Kids of 2022. Lee & Low Books, 2022. 40 pages.
Effective Discipline the Montessori Way
Charlotte Cushman BS ’72 writes a guide for teachers and parents who struggle with effectively disciplining children. She makes the case that effective disciplinary practices are based on the educational principles advocated by Maria Montessori. Self-published, 2020. 144 pages.
Finding Joy: A Mongolian Woman’s Journey to Christ
Julia Duin BA ’78 spent three weeks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, researching this book about Yanjmaa Jutmaan, Mongolia’s first female chancellor of a state university and a first-generation evangelical Christian. Jutmaan runs a counseling ministry to help hurting people, especially sexuallyabused women. Mongolia has some of Asia’s highest rates of domestic abuse. Self-published, 2021. 127 pages.
From Göbekli Tepe
Toru Nakamura BA ’68, inspired by the vivid memory of his late chorister daughter, searched for his ancestors’ footsteps from the time of Göbekli Tepe to the imagined future of our world. First written in Japanese, this book is the English version. Amazon Publishing Solutions, 2023. 125 pages.
Global: An Extraordinary Guide for Ordinary Heroes
Lyla Bashan BA ’02 offers a guide to help the change makers of tomorrow translate their passion for social justice into global careers of conscience. Her book discusses the elements of international relief, development, and diplomacy; the key problems and players; and steps to “kick-start your do-gooder career.”
Hello, Bicycle: An Inspired Guide to the Two-Wheeled Life
Anna Brones BA ’06 offered an illustrated guide to the world of bicycles and cycling, with practical information on bike buying, riding, and maintenance, as well as suggestions on how to better enjoy your wheels.
Honey in the Dark
Lee Colin Thomas BA ’04 offers his first full-length collection of poetry, which won the 2020 Brighthorse Prize for poetry. Thomas has published his work in various journals, including Poet Lore, Narrative Magazine, Salamander, and Water~Stone Review. Brighthorse Books, 2021. 80 pages.
Infertile Environments: Epigenetic Toxicology and the Reproductive Health of Chinese Men
Janelle Lamoreaux BA ’03, drawing on fieldwork in a Nanjing, China, toxicology lab, investigates how epigenetic research into the effects of toxic exposure conceptualizesand configures environments. Duke University Press Books, 2023. 160 pages.
Journey to Divine Feminine: A Memoir
Carla Cavenago-Salazar BA ’89, a member of the undergraduate college’s Board of Alumni, narrates her journey from personal struggle to spiritual awakening and the unfolding of the creative force within.
Keeping Oregon Green: Livability, Stewardship, and the Challenges of Growth, 1960–1980
Derek Larson BA ’90 provides a new history of the signature accomplishments of Oregon’s environmental era, including the revitalization of the polluted Willamette River, the Beach Bill preserving public access to the state’s coastline, the Bottle Bill that set the national standard for reducing roadside litter, and the nation’s first comprehensive land-use zoning law.
Let America Be America Again: Conversations With Langston Hughes
Christopher De Santis BA ’89 edits a collection of Hughes’ texts, ranging from early interviews in the 1920s, when Hughes was a busboy and scribbling out poems on hotel napkins, to major speeches, such as his keynote address at the First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal, in 1966. Hughes’ words further amplify the international reputation he established over the course of five decades through more widely published and well-known poems, stories, novels, and plays. Oxford University Press, 2022. 368 pages.
Lilly’s Hair Is Everywhere
Lauren Brown BA ’10 penned a children’s book about Lilly Rose, an energetic, carefree girl whose long hair sometimes gets in her way while she’s having fun. Lilly is determined not to cut it, but what will she do when her hair gets too long?
Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Heart of Consciousness
Karen Newell BA ’85 coauthors a text about how to how to tap into our greater mind and explore how the power of the heart can enhance healing, relationships, creativity, guidance, and more. Her coauthor is Dr. Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon who wrote about his near-death experience in the bestseller Proof of Heaven.
Monumental Mobility: The Memory Work of Massasoit
Lisa Blee BA ’02 and coauthor Jean M. O’Brien examine the complex history of Cyrus Dallin’s statue Massasoit, originally conceived as a memorial to the landing of the pilgrims in Plymouth, and investigate the bizarre duplications and proliferations of the work that later occurred. The statue’s history is used to draw parallels to the ways in which the historical memory of Indigenous people is commodified and consumed. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. 288 pages.
My Friend Joe: Reflections on St. Joseph
Susan Francois BA ’94, asister of St. Joseph of Peace, explores her growing spiritual friendship with St. Joseph, whom she affectionately calls her friend Joe. Inspired by her own photos of Joseph, she reflects on her personal encounters with the saint in conversation with church tradition.Through art, prose, history, and prayer, she encourages the reader to discover, or deepen, their own spiritual friendship with St. Joseph. Kenmare Press, 2021. 93 pages.
Nightmare on the Scottie: The Maiden Voyage of a Doomed King Crabber
Stephen Orsini BA ’70 recounts his real-life voyage with L&C classmate Ross Fearey BS ’70, JD ’76, when both were college seniors, aboard the Scottie. Dreaming of a tropical cruise, they signed on as part of a small crew delivering a boat to Seattle via the Panama Canal. “What could possibly go wrong?” they reasoned. With an inept, hard-partying captain and faulty mechanics, Scottie sailed into a massive Caribbean storm. They barely escaped the nightmare with their lives—and one outrageous, thrilling sea story. Washington State University Press/Basalt Books, 2022. 158 pages.
Now That I’m Thinking About It…
Densley Harley Palmer BA ’58 compiles a selection of her poems, written from 2009 to 2015.
On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Faith-Based Toolkit for Economic Justice
Eric Atcheson BA ’08 critically examines biblical texts, church history, and present-day events and experiences in this guide for pastors, activists, and concerned citizens. He offers tools for understanding and addressing the economic disparities around us, as well as ways to initiate hopeful conversations. Church Publishing, 2020. 168 pages.
Pacific
Peter Vidito BA ’09 pens a fiery first novel about jazz, mystery, birds, loss, the Torah, physics, self-abuse, and the Pacific Northwest.
Planning Powerful Instruction: 7 Must-Make Moves to Transform How We Teach—and How Students Learn
Planning Powerful Instruction explains how to incorporate the principles of inquiry as cognitive apprenticeship into lessons and units of instruction. Teachers will learn how to transform student outcomes with the EMPOWER model of instructional design.
Quartz Creek Ranch Series: Shy Girl & Shy Guy, One Brave Summer, At Top Speed, and The Long Trail Home
Kiersi Burkhart BA ’09 coauthors four books (for ages 9–12), each of which focuses on the journey of a troubled girl who spends the summer at Quartz Creek Ranch. The protagonists must forge a bond with their therapy horses, grow beyond the mistakes that brought them to the ranch, and face the unique challenges of the rugged Colorado rangeland.
Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes Toward Social Change
Helena Darwin BA ’08 discusses how difficult it is to be anything other than a man or a woman in a society that selectively acknowledges those two genders. Gender-nonbinary people—those who identify as other genders besides simply “man” or “woman”—have begun to disrupt this binary system, but the limited progress they have made has required significant everyday labor. The book includes interviews with 47 nonbinary people. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 176 pages.
Saving Thomas
Scott Kauffman JD ’77 pens Saving Thomas, a story of forgiveness. After his wife’s death, reporter Jeremy Michaels concentrates on writing news stories that try to bring justice to the underdogs of the world until his editor sends him back to his hometown to discover the truth about an old friend. Wild Rose Press, 2022. 306 pages.
Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, From Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince
Peter Ames Carlin BA ’85 captures the rollicking story of the most successful record label in the history of rock and roll, Warner Bros. Records, and the remarkable secret to its meteoric rise. Henry Holt and Co., 2020. 288 pages.
Sweet Cherries
Lynn Long BA ’75 coauthors a comprehensive analysis of the his- tory of the cultivation of the sweet cherry. Taking into account genetics, production physiology, and many other factors, the authors provide a comprehensive look at the many facets of this specialty crop. Long is a retired professor and extension horticulturist at Oregon State University. CABI, 2020. 360 pages.
Telltale Women: Chronicling Gender in Early Modern Historiography
Allison Meyer BA ’01 pens this examination of the disparate coverage of royal women in early modern historical writings. Within this scholarly work, Meyer challenges prevailing notions of the relationships between historical writings and their source material, explaining and studying the ways in which women’s portrayal in many of these historical works suggests the writers’ interest in and value of the women’s political impact, particularly in the field of historical plays. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. 354 pages.
The Brightest Sun
Adrienne Benson BA ’92 authors The Brightest Sun, her debut novel, which follows the lives of three very different women who grapple with motherhood, recalibrate their identities, and confront unforeseen tragedies and triumphs. Leona, an isolated American anthropologist, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote Maasai village and must decide how she can be a mother in spite of her own grim childhood. Jane, a lonely expat wife, follows her husband to the tropics and learns just how fragile life is. And Simi, a barren Maasai woman, must confront her infertility in a society in which females are valued by their reproductive roles. Park Row, 2017. 336 pages.
The Diary of Will Pomeroy: A Boy’s Life in 1883 Oswego, Oregon
Susanna Campbell Kuo BA ’62 edits the second edition of an 1883 diary written by the 14-year-old son of the superintendent of the Oswego Mines during the years when Lake Oswego, Oregon, was the center of iron making on the Pacific Coast. The diary is supplemented with extensive notes, 53 illustrations, a fold-out map, and information about early Oswego and the mines. This revised edition was published by the Lake Oswego Public Library, which owns the diary.
The Kylie Android
Michael Metroke BS ’75, JD ’79, MPA ’85 authors this science fiction murder mystery. The plot follows a detective tracing the path of a criminal who’s murdered an android, thereby threatening a fragile peace between Earth’s humans and their manufac- tured androids. This work is the sequel to his previous book, The Masada Affair. There’s also a third book in the works. Outskirts Press, 2022. 184 pages.
The Names of the Python: Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930
David Schoenbrun BA ’80 examines group work—the imaginative labor that people do to constitute themselves as communities—in an iconic and influential region in East Africa. His study traces the roots of nationhood in the Ganda state over the course of a millennium, demonstrating that the earliest clans were based not on political identity or language but on shared investments, knowledges, and practices. University of Wisconsin Press, 2021. 376 pages.
The Right Thing to Do
Jeffrey Cousins BS ’85 pensa sci-fi adventure in which a cap- tured alien reveals that its fellow aliens created humans who are merely robots. The human race has different reactions to the news. What happens to human values? Should human laws remain? Should humans still have compas-sion for each other? Draft2Digital, 2022. Kindle edition.
The Secrets of Master Brewers
Jeff Alworth BA ’90 takes serious beer aficionados on a behind-the-scenes tour of 26 major European and North American breweries that create some of the world’s most classic beers. Contemporary brewers share insider knowledge and 26 original recipes to guide experienced home brewers in developing their own special versions of each style.
The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle Against ISIS
Margaret Coker BA ’93, former New York Times bureau chief in Baghdad, tells the dramatic yet intimate account of how a covert Iraqi intelligence unit called “the Falcons” came together against all odds to defeat ISIS. Dey Street Books, 2021. 336 pages.
Travel Series: Impressions of Hong Kong and Macau, Impressions of Sydney, Impressions of Sydney and Melbourne, and Impressions of the Pacific Northwest
Doug Freeman BS ’78 and MacKenzie Freeman BA ’80 put a unique stamp on their personal travel reflections by giving a modern twist to the well-known phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Their books feature a select number of “enlightening and entertaining impressions” of a place, each of which includes an original photograph and a story that’s exactly 1,000 characters long.
Under Construction: Technologies of Development in Urban Ethiopia
Daniel Mains BS ’97 authors this exploration of the current state of urban Ethiopia, home to one of the world’s fastest growing economies despite its unpopular ruling party’s association with corruption and mismanagement. Mains examines how urban development and governance interrelate, and how “progress” can continue while so many urban Ethiopians struggle to meet daily needs.
Visegrad
Duncan Robertson BA ’11 follows a young American writer adrift in the world of Visegrad, a fictional place resembling an amalgamation of Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Krakow, and Berlin. New Europe Books, 2022. 354 pages.
What the Kek Kek Saw
F. Pieter Lefferts BA ’80 sets this novel in an imagined culture and society of the animals populating the eastern woodland ecosystems of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. At its core, the book is a call to all of us human animals to find a way to better listen to and understand our relationships with the other sentient beings on this planet—and to learn from our often wiser brethren. UnCollected Press, 2022. 309 pages.
Women in Mass Communication: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Laura Wackwitz BA ’91 coedits a volume that addresses the myriad changes in media and mass communi- cation disciplines in relation to women over the last five decades. Featuring 23 authors from around the world,this edition focuses on marginalization practices—race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, social class, and in multiple societies—providing insight into identity and difference in a global context. Routledge, 2022. 250 pages.
You, Beast
Nick Lantz BA ’03 uses macabre humor to examine our strange, absurd, and often brutal relationship with other animals in his fourth book of poetry, winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry.
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A View From the Porch: Observations About Life From a Baby Boomer
Ray Matlock Smythe MAT ’75 pens a series of short compositions on his observations about the world today. It is his hope that the book will motivate and inspire others to find more meaning, hope, and clarity in their own lives.
An Unlikely Conversation
Mary Anker MAT ’76 coauthors a chapbook that she describes as “fun, deep, and tender.” A collaboration between an English teacher and a former student, it features short poems exchanged over six years and includes artwork from two other former students. Piscataqua Press, 2021. 45 pages.
Earth Warriors: Protecting the Planet Through Love, Knowledge & Action
Leah Shuyler MA ’09 coauthors an environmental education curriculum and a path for children (and their adult counterparts) to become loving stewards of our planet. The book offers experiential activities that honor and encourage children’s imagination as a vital source of inspiration toward solving current environmental challenges. Still Moving Yoga, 2021. 176 pages.
Glass Harvest
Amie Whittemore MAT ’04 explored issues of grief, family relationships, marriage, divorce, sexuality, and gender identity—along with how these experiences intersect with landscape—in her new poetry collection.
Kisses, Condoms, and Consent: What Middle Schoolers Want to Know About Sex and Sexuality
William Decherd MAT ’08 offers a compilation of more than 500 anonymous questions asked by his middle school students during sex education class. Along with its serious parts and its silly parts, the book provides important information with a hefty dose of compassion. Office of Modern Composition, 2021. 216 pages.
The Cambodian Dancer: Sophany’s Gift of Hope
Christy Hale BA ’77, MAT ’80 illustrated a children’s book about a Cambodian girl forced to leave her old world behind and find a new home in America. The book won a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Silver Medal in the multicultural nonfiction picture book category.
The Kylie Android
Michael Metroke BS ’75, JD ’79, MPA ’85 authors this science fiction murder mystery. The plot follows a detective tracing the path of a criminal who’s murdered an android, thereby threatening a fragile peace between Earth’s humans and their manufac- tured androids. This work is the sequel to his previous book, The Masada Affair. There’s also a third book in the works. Outskirts Press, 2022. 184 pages.
The Secret of Ebbets Field
Richard Seidman MEd ’80 writes a book for children and adults about an 11-year-old boy who runs away during the 1955 World Series in search of a magic wish-fulfilling treasure rumored to be hidden in Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. There he discovers that the greatest treasure of all has nothing to do with gold or silver.
American Sign Language as a Bridge to English: A Handbook for HEARING Teachers of HEARING Students
Vicky Allen MEd ’73 offers a handbook of more than 250 signs to be used in the classroom, each with a simple illustration and description. Her unique approach teaches students the handshapes of American Sign Language before they learn the ABCs.
Creative Teaching: A Guide to Success in the Classroom
Creative Teaching A Guide to Success in the Classroom is a book full of ideas for teachers in all grades. It gives educators successful strategies, hints and tips to use in their classrooms all year long. Mr Smythe discusses everything from grades, teaching packets and having rewarding parent teacher conferences. Every instructor whether they are new or a veteran will find this book extremely helpful. Ray Matlock Smythe taught for 39 years and earned Teacher of the Year several times.
Fiddelee-dee & Company: A Fable for People of a Certain Age
Sharon Streeter MAT ’74 (writing under the nom de plume AJ Beauregard) pens her first work of humorous fiction about five eclectic musicians who unite to fulfill their goal of building a performance venue in Elvira, USA.
Images of America: Swedes in Oregon
Ann Stuller BA ’61, MEd ’64 coauthors a book that incorporates text and vintage photos to portray the impact of Swedish immigrants on the development of the stateof Oregon. Arcadia, 2020. 128 pages.
Tails From the Animal Shelter
Stephanie Shaw MA ’86 shines a spotlight on the good work of community animal shelters with the help of 10 different fictional animals. (Reading age: 5 to 8 years.) Sleeping Bear Press, 2020. 32 pages.
The Carcass Undressed
Linda Eguiluz MA ’17 pens her debut poetry collection that explores the maladies of the body and their consequences. Usingfree verse and confessional poetry, Eguiluz organizes her collection into three sections addressing the body, the bones, and the heart. Atmosphere Press, 2022. 52 pages.
The Ones Who Believed: True Inspirational Stories Honoring Everyday People Who Took a Chance, Shaped a Life, and Made a Difference
Mary Lou Kayser MAT ’02 coauthors this collection of stories that showcases the significant role others believing in us plays in shaping the direction we take our lives and who we become. Included are discussion questions and templates designed to spark conversations, facilitate positive change, and strengthen communities.
Wellness Counseling: A Holistic Approach to Prevention and Intervention
Abigail Conley MA ’06 coauthors a guide to wellness counseling from a holistic perspective. She is is an assistant professor of counseling and special education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is affiliated with the Institute for Women’s Health. American Counseling Association, 2019. 340 pages.
- Law School
A Force for Nature: Nancy Russell’s Fight to Save the Columbia River Gorge
Bowen Blair JD ’80 pens a biography of Nancy Russell and her successful campaign to establish and protect the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Bowen tells the story of the unlikely activist who fought one of the most fiercely contested conservation battles of the 1980s, interweaving it with the natural and political history of the legendary landscape that inspired her. Oregon State University Press, 2022. 320 pages.
Animal Dignity Protection in Swiss Law—Status Quo and Future Perspectives
Gieri Bolliger LLM ’14 discusses the basic ideas, implications, challenges, and opportunities of animal dignity protection as well as its systematic embedding within Swiss law.
Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, and the International Law of Discovery
Micheline D’Angelis JD ’09 is the coauthor of “Brazil, Indigenous Peoples, and the International Law of Discovery,” which traces how Portugal, from the 15th century to the Brazilian independence in 1822, colonized Brazil by using the International Law Doctrine of Discovery. This article demonstrates each of the 10 elements of the Doctrine of Discovery and how they were used by Portugal to subjugate the Indigenous populations of what would come to be known as the territory of Brazil.
Bushwood Murder Augusta Mystery
Eric DeWeese JD ’09 offers a mystery in which Judge Smails is murderedon the eve of the Masters Tournament, leaving two golf families to struggle to come to terms with his death and with one another.Self-published, 2021. 249 pages.
It All Comes Back to You
Farah Naz Rishi JD ’16 pens a “a multilayered coming-of-age narrative that addresses growth and identity, Islamophobia, struggles with faith, and capricious twists of fate (or divine intervention),” according to Kirkus Reviews. Quill Tree Books, 2021. 432 pages.
Seeking Tong-Shaan, Encountering Gum-Shaan: What It Meant to Be Cantonese in China and America, 1850–1900
Doug Lee BS ’68, JD ’88 pens his first book, a study of the Cantonese people over the final 50 years of the 1800s in America. This unique examination of history will be of interest to both academic readersand the general public. Lee’s book is the first in a planned nine-volume series. Dorrance Publishing, 2023. 498 pages.
The Book of Timothy: The Devil, My Brother, and Me
Joan Wilson JD ’96 recounts a sister’s journey, partly through trickery, but eventually through truth, to gain a long-absent admission from the priest who abused her brother. She further seeks an understanding of how the first book of Timothy, the work of Saint Paul, contributed tothe silencing of women in her once-loved Catholic Church. Boreal Books, 2021. 320 pages.
The Kylie Android
Michael Metroke BS ’75, JD ’79, MPA ’85 authors this science fiction murder mystery. The plot follows a detective tracing the path of a criminal who’s murdered an android, thereby threatening a fragile peace between Earth’s humans and their manufac- tured androids. This work is the sequel to his previous book, The Masada Affair. There’s also a third book in the works. Outskirts Press, 2022. 184 pages.
Then and Now: One Woman’s Awakening in Law and Politics
Judge Susie L. Norby JD ’90 writes about her journey, legal career, and perseverance.
A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v. Oklahoma
Robert James Miller JD ’91, professor of law at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, coauthors a book that explores the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely the most significant Indian law case in well over 100 years. Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other tribes throughout the United States. University of Oklahoma Press, 2023. 304 pages.
Black Stones in My Pocket Black Stars in My Heart
Allen Reel JD ’74 pens this personal, historical exploration of race in the United States, in Oregon, and in his own family. Reel Publishing, 2020. 285 pages.
Breach!
Eric DeWeese JD ’09 pens his second novel, which tells the story of an ordinary protagonist’s battle with cancer. Self-published, 2020. 211 pages.
How To Draft Easements
Dean Alterman JD ’89 authors a practical guide on how to draft many different types of easement agreements, including those for access, utilities, views, and conservation. American Bar Association, 2021. 188 pages.
Placebocracy and Other Ailments; A Classical Liberal Take on America Today
Mark J. Hartwig JD ’95 writes a provocative critique of the United States through the lens of traditional classical liberalism, arguing that American democracy is imperiled as a result of institutionalized ignorance on the part of its constituents. He suggests that an honest national debate is the first step toward resolving political, economic, and sociocultural problems.
Yucca Ash Press, 2020. 320 pages.Soarin’ in the Saddle: Cowboy Poetry & More
Allen Reel JD ’74 writes his first book of “traditional” cowboy poetry. His poems conveys his love of wide- open spaces, complete with sagebrush and juniper, coyotes and pronghorn, hawks and eagles, horses and cattle, and, yes, even rattlesnakes. Gorham Printing, 2021. 101 pages.
The Healthcare Manager’s Guide to Labor Relations: Learn Tips and Tricks to Managing Union Employees in Hospitals, Clinics, and Other Healthcare Settings
Scott Allan JD ’95 authors this guide for health care employers navigating labor negotiations. Allan shares lessons learned through firsthand experience and utilizes examples specifically tailored to the health care industry to help readers respond to strikes and disagreements. Self-published, 2020. 176 pages.
The Medal of Honor: The Evolution of America’s Highest Military Decoration
Dwight Mears JD ’17 expanded his capstone project for Lewis & Clark Law School’s Professors Tung Yin and William Funk into a thorough and meticulously documented history of the medal and its recipients. Now a retired U.S. Army major, Mears was a professor of history at West Point.
Whale’s Tails
Dale S. MacHaffie JD ’80 has written Whale’s Tails, a novel that features parallel stories told through the activities of four young friends who live in two different centuries. College students Reggie and his best friend Tom have signed on as research assistants with an Oregon State University project based out of Newport, Oregon, that involves tagging humpback whales. Reggie’s ancestor George Page and George’s friend Thomas Payne live a scary and hard existence on a whaling ship in the 1850s. Reggie, who has inherited the journal in which George recorded his adventures, finds himself transported in his dreams back to the 1850s, where he shares George and Thomas’ experiences. Whale’s Tails, which is based on the real life of George Page, is filled with current events, whale facts, scientific observations, environmental crises—and action-packed adventure.