Triggermoon Triggermoon Julia Cohen ’00 Black Lawrence Press, 2010
Last to Fold David Duffy ’75 Thomas Dunne Books, 2011
Everyone in Percy Darling’s circle holds a deeply guarded secret. A cunning and influential college roommate deceptively sways his grandson, Robert. Celestino, an illegal immigrant, pursues a longlost love years after throwing away his one chance at the American Dream. Ira, a young teacher, holds his colleagues and students at a distance. And Percy’s two daughters are bookends of complete control and unraveled chaos. Finally there is Percy, a retired Harvard librarian who is continually tormented by the final hours of his wife’s life. The characters’ lives intertwine in the complex web of small-town life that is Glass’ acclaimed novel, her fourth.
Poetic visions, real and imaginary, emerge in this first collection from Cohen, who is poetry editor of Saltgrass and the author of ten small collections (known as chapbooks). Consider “I Have Been Scraps & the Fingers That Picked Them Apart,” from Triggermoon:
New York City seems the perfect place in which a former KGB operative can leave behind his storied past. Turbo Vlost specializes in finding lost things — and lost people. A wealthy new client, desperate to locate his kidnapped daughter, brings Turbo face-to-face with a chilling reality: the client’s wife turns out to be Turbo’s ex, a woman who nearly destroyed him some twenty years before. In Last to Fold, Turbo’s adventures include a romantic encounter with a sexy federal prosecutor who is hell-bent on nabbing the Russian mobsters behind an elaborate money-laundering scheme. But more intriguing than the exploits of the present are the ghosts of Turbo’s past.
Coral bed, my gravely noise. Intoned & lonely terrain, blurring a year’s smoldering stock. Little scraps scraped into little chances to dye, to turn, to take alive. My fingers frighten me most when they convince me I have never been. Clay feet & a wavering will. Grind coral to powder my sheets, turn the fever with wolfdust. When I least expect to have a chance.
What’s on Your Plate? Kids and Their Families Talk About What They Eat, Where It Comes From, and Why It Matters Catherine Gund ’83 Aubin Pictures, 2010 When two eleven-year-olds pursue the source of their daily bread, they unearth the complexities involved in modern food production. Soon they are talking to neighbors, classmates, school administrators, farmers, food experts, and even local politicians to find out more about the most basic human need: healthy and nutritious food. Gund follows the success of her documentary film of the same title to bring this timely resource to a wider audience. Loaded with vivid graphics and health-conscious recipes, What’s on Your Plate is a terrific primer on eating right and a reminder of how hard it is to make good choices in grocery aisles and school cafeterias.
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The Widower’s Tale Julia Glass ’74 Random House, 2010