10/20: Reviewed by Crosscut: News of the Great Nearby:
http://crosscut.com/2008/10/20/military/18573/
10/22: Powder promoted on the New Pages literary magazine's blog:
http://newpagesblog.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html
11/1: Pima County Public Library (host of the Veteran's Day event in Tucson) had a blurb for the launch:
http://www.library.pima.gov/about/news/?id=1039
11/5: Article about book and event in the "Front Page" section of Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/frontpage/101788.php
11/6: Tucson Weekly spoke of Powder and named it their "Pick of the Week:"
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/CityWeek/Content?oid=oid:118142
11/7: Alt Weeklies mentioned Powder:
http://www.altweeklies.com/books/powder_writing_by_women_in_the_ranks_from_vietnam_to_iraq/Topic?oid=683430
11/7: Attention from the Gotham Writers' Workshop:
http://www.writingclasses.com/FacultyBios/facultyExcerptByInstructor.php?ExcerptID=77
11/7: "The Brainpan" blog promoted the Tucson event:
http://thebrainpan.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/powderwriting-by-women-in-the-ranks/
11/7: Listing for Women & Children First event in Gapers Block:
http://www.gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/literary/
11/9: Charlotte M. Brock had an interview on NPR; listen to the podcast:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96793488
11/10: Piece on Powder and Elizabeth Keough McDonald in the Gallup Independent:
http://www.gallupindependent.com/2008/11november/111008poetofwar.html
11/10: Piece on Powder and Judith K. Boyd in the Rocky Mountain Telegram:
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/community/book-by-women-veterans-features-nc-wesleyan-grad-233868.html
11/11: Article in the Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/266651
11/11: Featured on KOLD News, Channel 13:
http://www.kold.com/global/story.asp?s=9333082
11/11: Entry in the popular book-centered blog "galleycat:"
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/new_upcoming/stories_for_veterans_day__100336.asp
11/11: Blurb about the Chicago event on NBC:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/around_town/the_scene/What-Youre-Doing-Tonight-11-11.html
11/11: Blurb about the Chicago event in the Illinois Coalition for Justice, Peace and the Environment:
http://icjpe.org/calendar/showevent.php?eventID=1088
11/12: Piece in the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base News:
http://www.aerotechnews.com/davis-monthanafb/commentary/POWDER--Writing-by-women-in-the-ranks--from-Vietnam-to-Iraq
11/14: Powder reached the top 50 on Amazon.com's List of (100) Hot New Releases -- help it rise!
http://www.amazon.com/Powder-Writing-Women-Ranks-Vietnam/dp/1888553251/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226956298&sr=8-1
Coming up:
Powder will be taught as part of Sociology 462 (Women in the Military) at the University of Maryland University College Asian Division, which offers undergraduate courses on military bases throughout the Pacific. If the course is successful they’ll offer it at other locations and online.
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