Alumni Bookshelf

Normandi Ellis (JOU/1976) has recently published two new books. Going West (August 2011, Wind Publications), a collection of short stories includes the Pushcart Prize nominated story “Temporarily Away,” a fictional account of a daughter who deals with her father’s dementia.  Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt (November 2011, Bear & Co), coauthored with Gloria Taylor Brown, creates a unique blend of travel essays in Egypt, meditations, and writing exercises.  She currently teaches creative writing at Berea College and manages the PenHouse Retreat Center for writers in Frankfort KY.  Coming in 2012:  Imagining the World into Existence.  For additional information go to: http://www.normandiellis.com/Index.html.

Chuck Brymer (JOU/1981) author of, The Nature of Marketing writes a unique perspective on how digitally linked populations behave as a single organism, similar to a swarm of fish. These human swarms are fueled by the connectivity and speed of the social networking generation, and are replacing the rules of marketing with principles that are fundamentally different from anything before.This book helps put trends like social networks and Web 2.0 in a larger and more timeless context. Brymer lays out a well-documented case that traditional marketing and branding are as important as ever. However, the doctrine of herd marketing – one-way mass communications – must be adjacent to the new realities of swarm marketing – the power of people communicating with each other in unprecedented speed and numbers.

Dana Canedy (JOU/'88) is a senior editor at the New York Times, where she has been a journalist for twelve years. In 2001, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for "How Race Is Lived in America," a series on race relations in the United States. Raised near Fort Knox, she lives in New York City with her son, Jordan. A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor is inspired by a journal her fiancé wrote to their infant son while stationed as a sergeant in Iraq, New York Times editor Canedy tenderly recreates the couple's love story and decision to have a baby before he died. Canedy's account of Charles's last visit with his wife and child is heartbreaking. Unflinching and thorough, Canedy offers a sense of shared grief with other families whose loved ones have died in the war.

Philip Von Borries, (JOU/`70), is the author of Gladiator: The Life and Times of Pete Browning, Booklocker.com, Inc., 2007; Ameridi (American Diamonds): An American Baseball Reader, Booklocker.com, Inc., 2008; Racelines: Observations on Horse Racing's Glorious History. Masters Press, 1999 and Louisville Diamonds: The Louisville Major League Reader 1876-1899, Tuner Publishing, 1966. For more information: eclipsebbbhr@gmail.com

Tom Leach graduate of JOU '89 tells this remarkable comeback story, orchestrated by a coach revered for his integrity, toughness, loyalty and determination in the book Rich Tradition. It covers Brooks’ resurrection of the Cats’ football fortunes, as well as look back at a similar turnaround the coach orchestrated at Oregon, culminating with that school’s first outright Pac-10 Conference title and a trip to the Rose Bowl. The book examines Brooks’ stint in the NFL, as head coach of the St. Louis Rams and defensive coordinator of the Super Bowl runner up Atlanta Falcons. For more information: www.clarkpublishing.com/ClarkPub.com.asp?subdeptid=247&deptid=48.