Bulletin

Issue: April 2013

The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead & The Termite Queen: Volume Two: The Wound That Has No Healing

by Lorinda J. Taylor ’61 In The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead, the death of a specimen of intelligent giant termite impels a team of scientists to mount a new expedition to the alien planet where the specimen was captured. During the voyage out, Kaitrin Oliva, the linguistic anthropologist, and Griffen Gwidian, an entomologist and team leader, fall in love. Meanwhile, on the alien planet, civil discord is brewing among the termites. In Volume Two, the team arrives at the planet to a combative reception, but, aided by Kaitrin’s insights into the termites’ unique language, the two groups soon communicate and get to know each other.…

Issue: April 2013

Colorado Disc Golf Guide

by Laura Smith Karden ’98 Laura co-authored this book with her husband, Rick Karden. The Colorado Disc Golf Guide features descriptions, driving directions, and full color photos and maps for over 114 disc golf courses in Colorado. Laura and her husband are both natives of Colorado and live in the mountains west of Denver. They have enjoyed the sport of disc golf for 12 years. ISBN: 978-0-9764351-1-2. Published by PDG, LLC.

Issue: April 2013

Public Services Quarterly

by Todd Prusin ’90 Prusin’s article, “Laboratory Office Hours as Outreach in the Health Sciences: Better Research Skills for Better Careers,” in Public Services Quarterly (Public Services Quarterly 8:1, 1-11) looks at how medical librarianship is changing in health-care environments. This paper reviews current literature on the vital importance of in-person outreach to future health care professionals and illustrates these insights with a discussion of Prusin’s personal experiences as a health sciences librarian at Georgia State University. ISSN: 1522-8959 (Print), 1522-9114 (Online). Routledge, 2012.

Issue: April 2013

The Turbulence in the River

by Michael Sawaya ’71 Sawaya tells of how he was visited by a spirit called Aatnan over a four-year period, and how Aatnan wanted him to write down and share his words. Aatnan gave Sawaya four spiritual lessons, Gratitude, Calmness, Compassion, and Inclusion. Sawaya explains that these lessons include more than what is normally expected from the common definition of the word. Each lesson is keyed to teaching the reader how to connect with the physical world, the place Sawaya says is the seat of our own spirituality. ISBN-13: 978-0-615-28714-0. The Observant Press, 2011.

Issue: April 2013

Almost

by Anne Powers ’91 (writing as Anne Eliot) At a freshman party she doesn’t remember, Jess Jordan was … almost … raped. And until Jess proves she’s back to normal, her parents won’t discuss college. So she strikes a deal with a hot hockey player: He gets $8,000, she gets a fake boyfriend and a social life. It’s like having a real boyfriend … almost. The book is a young adult romance, and has been on bestseller lists in the United States, the UK, France, and Germany. The book cover and print typography were designed and laid out by Peter Freedman ’93. ISBN-13: 978-1475181227. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012.

Issue: April 2013

Wondrous Child: The Joys and Challenges of Grandparenting

by Lauren Aczon ’08 Aczon’s essay, “Calling Clotilde,” is included in this anthology of 29 essays from grandparents and grandchildren. The essay is featured in the section titled “Grandchildren Remember,” and in it Aczon describes the long-distance phone calls between CC and San Francisco, where her Filipino grandmother lived. Aczon developed this essay from a piece she had written as a student blogger at CC, in which she wrote about her grandmother’s death in March 2006. (Read it at: http://2cc.co/aczonpost) ISBN-13: 978-1583943625. North Atlantic Books, 2012.

Issue: April 2013

Homage to the Creative Spirit: The Paintings of Jenness Cortez

by Karen Pope ’70, P ’04 For centuries artists have been challenging their intellects and skills by paying homage to the painters who preceded them. Jenness Cortez has emerged as the 21st-century’s most notable exponent of this facet of art history, as she reexamines the classic paradox of realism: the painting both as a window into an imagined space and as a physical object. Pope, a member of the Baylor University Art Department faculty, teaches courses in 19th-century European and American art. One of 5,203 entries, this book won the Independent Publishers’ Outstanding Book of the Year Award for “Most Creative Concept.” ISBN-13: 978-0975375242. Cardinal Publisher’s Group, 2011.

Issue: April 2013

The Russian Coup and the Girl

by Kira von Korff ’89 Kira von Korff’s family is from pre-revolutionary Russia, and she grew up in a Russian household, living in both the United States and Russia. Says the author of the book: “I am the girl and it is a true story.” Her 52-page book addresses the lives of the Russian people during the change from Communism to democracy. Though technically a democratic government prevails in the country, it is not like any other version of democracy. Drama, adventure, and safety are the main concerns of the Russian people; their lives are filled with tragedy and a triumph at the same time. ISBN-13: 978-1452547466. Balboa Press, 2012.