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 Spring, April 2009
Greetings,
There are lots of new books by faculty and staff coming out in the next few weeks. Rob Landolphi's cookbook, Gluten Free Cooking has just arrived. Yum! Bruce Cohen's book of poetry Disloyal Yo-Yo will be here any day. Robert Thorson, Kelly Dennis and Gina Barreca all have books due in the early weeks of May.

If you are dreaming of solar energy, are planning a vegetable garden or thinking about keeping a few chickens, you will want to attend our Sustainable Living Book Fair, beginning April 19. We'll have the information you need to get started or go to the next level.

Oh, and one more thing: be sure to look at the bottom of this newsletter for your It's-Finally-Spring-Treat.


                                                              Happiness!
                                                              Suzy


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Browsing Our Shelves
One of the pleasures of spending time in a bookstore is seeing the new books that have just arrived. Here are a few new books on our shelves that we particularly like.

 A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick is the stay-up-all night (and oh so steamy) novel that everyone is talking about. Set in Wisconsin in 1907, it is the story of a woman who answers an ad for a wife. A tale of loneliness, deception, the instinct for survival and incredible lust, the book will hold you in its grip page after page to the shocking end.

My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet's Life in the Palestinian Century by Adina Hoffman is the biography of the acclaimed Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali. Though his life is fraught with tragedy and loss, Taha Muhammad Ali holds no rancor or bitterness. Resourceful from his earliest years, he becomes a master at buying and selling (often black market) goods to support his parents and siblings while quietly nurturing his deep passion for literature. His life bears witness to love of place, love of family and love of books.

An Orchard Invisible: A Natural History of Seeds by Jonathan Silvertown is a tour of the world of seeds. Perfect for spring time reading, this delightful tome offers fascinating insights into the how and why of various seeds throughout history.

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Nora Eisenberg, When You Come Home
Thursday, April 16, 2009,4:00 pm
UConn Co-op



Nora EisenbergAward winning author Nora Eisenberg will read from her newest book, When You Come Home published by Curbstone Press. Vivian Gornick writes of the novel, "An intimate portrait, both heart-breaking and eye-opening, of the young men and women whose lives were destroyed by the first Gulf War. Everyone who wants war to end tomorrow should read this book today." Beautifully written, When You Come Home is both comedic and tragic. It is a story well told.



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Jenna Woginrich,
Special Guest Sustainable Living Book Fair

Sunday, April 19, 2:00 pm, UConn Co-op

At her day job, Jenna Woginrich is a web designer, but in Smiiing Worginrichreal life she's a modern homesteader. She has appeared in the Huffington Post and Mother Earth News, keeps a lively blog and wrote a wonderful book, Made From Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life. Woginrich taught herself to bake, spin wool, sew, raise vegetables, make her own butter, and to play the fiddle and the dulcimer. She keeps bees, angora rabbits (which she shears), sheep and chickens. And she's only 26. Made from Scratch is her delightful and inspiring account of her adventures and misadventures and offers encouragement to anyone who has ever wanted to be more self-sufficient, especially those who must continue to be employed. Woginrich will talk about homesteading, autograph books, and just might bring along her mountain fiddle. Her appearance is free, but please call 860-486-5027 to reserve seating.
Co-sponsored with the Connecticut Museum of Natural History.

  Bruce Cohen: Poetry Reading
Monday, April 20, 6:30 pm
Bruce CohenBruce Cohen was born in the Bronx, New York and earned both a B.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Arizona. Since 1990 he has been the Director of The Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes at the University of Connecticut. He has two books of poetry: Swerve (forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press) and Disloyal Yo-Yo (Dream Horse Press), winner of the 2007 Orphic Prize.  His poems have appeared in various literary publications including The Georgia Review, The Harvard Review, The Indiana Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, Prairie Schooner & TriQuarterly.  He is a recipient of an individual artist grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. We are honored that he will be reading his first book, Disloyal Yo-Yo here.
 

The UConn Co-op is a member-owned independent bookstore serving the University of Connecticut and the wider academic community. We welcome everyone, young and old, through our doors and to our online bookstore.

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Suzy Staubach
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