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Change in Obituary Policy

The Smith Quarterly recently revised its obituary policy. Beginning with the Summer 2024 issue, the magazine will continue publishing a comprehensive “In Memoriam” listing of deceased alums but will no longer print 100-word obituaries. The reasons for this change are addressed here.

Q: Will the names of deceased alums still be listed in the magazine?
A: Yes. The “In Memoriam” listing of deceased alums and faculty members will continue to appear in each issue of the magazine. You can view a recent example of the list in the online version of the magazine. There is also a section of Legacy.com specifically dedicated to obituaries of deceased Smith alums and other members of the Smith community, populated with notices published by a host of major newspapers. 

Q: What’s the reasoning behind eliminating 100-word obituaries?
A: Over the years, many readers, including family members of deceased alums, have expressed concerns about the fairness of the magazine’s obituary policy. They wondered why some alums are memorialized with 100-word obituaries while others are not. Magazine staff did not write these obituaries but instead published submissions from family members and friends of deceased alums. Recent data shows that only 20% of deceased alums—one in five—received an obituary in the magazine. Moreover, individuals were often frustrated by the magazine’s 100-word limit as well as the often long delay in printing obituaries because of our quarterly production schedule. We believe that running the “In Memoriam” list is the most appropriate and equitable way to recognize our deceased alums.

Q: Why is the magazine changing this policy now?
A: With the Summer 2024 issue, the magazine will debut a top-to-bottom redesign. It represents the first time the magazine has been redesigned in decades. Ceasing the publication of 100-word obituaries has been a topic of discussion for some time, but the decision to do so in tandem with the magazine’s redesign felt most appropriate. Celebrating the lives and accomplishments of our alums will continue to be the heart of the magazine’s mission.

Q: Can I still report the death of an alum?
A: Yes. The Smith College Office of Alumnae Relations accepts and fact-checks death notices from family members and friends of deceased alums. To report a death, use our web form or email the records department directly at smithierecords@smith.edu

Q: How else can alums honor deceased classmates?
A: Alums are welcome to submit a class note with a short reflection or memory of a deceased classmate or family member for possible inclusion in the magazine. (Please note, full obituaries will not be published in the class notes section.) We encourage class officers to publish classmates’ obituaries on Smith-hosted websites. And alums can find Smithie obituaries on the Smith community page of Legacy.com. Please be assured that the decision to run only the “In Memoriam” listing in the magazine was made after much thoughtful reflection and in the best interest of our readers.

WordSmith: Smithie Authors

Smithies have made their mark in literature. This list is by no means exhaustive, and many alums also have previous publications. If you have a book coming out soon and would like it to appear on the WordSmith list, please fill out our online form.

Fiction

The Last Bookstore on Earth
Lily Braun-Arnold ’26
Delacorte Press, January 2025

Nonfiction

Playhouses and Privilege: The Architecture of Elite Childhood
Abigail Van Slyck ’81
University of Minnesota Press

Fiction

Archangels of Funk
Andrea Hairston ’74
Tordotcom, May 2024

Becoming Madam Secretary
Stephanie Dray ’93
Berkley, March 2024

The Beloved
J.R. Ward (Jessica Bird ’91)
Gallery Books, April 2024

The Cliffs
J. Courtney Sullivan ’03
Knopf, July 2024

Daughter of a Promise
Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg ’87
She Writes Press, April 2024

The Die
Jude Berman (Judith Paulsen Berman ’73)
SparkPress, April 2024

The Other Side of Nothing
Anastasia Zadeik ’85
She Writes Press, May 2024

The Scent of Bright Light
Jean K. Dudek (Jean Dexheimer Dudek ’79)
Resource Publications, January 2024

Second Night Stand
Karelia Stetz-Waters ’99 and Fay Stetz-Waters
Forever, May 2024

The Trouble with You
Ellen Feldman ’63
St. Martin’s Griffin, February 2024

The Vacancy in Room 10
Seraphina Nova Glass (Seraphina Richardson, M.F.A. ’05)
Graydon House, April 2024

The Vow
Jude Berman (Judith Paulsen Berman ’73)
She Writes Press, October 2024

White Mulberry
Rosa Kwon Easton ’86
Lake Union Publishing, December 2024

Nonfiction

Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women
Maggie Mertens ’09
Algonquin Books, June 2024

Big Money in Franchising: Scaling Your Enterprise in the Era of Private Equity
Alicia Miller (Alicia Smith Miller ’92)
Figure 1 Publishing, March 2024

Broken: Women’s Stories of Intimate and Institutional Harm and Repair
Lisa Young Larance ’91
University of California Press, August 2024

The Conceivable Future: Planning Families and Taking Action in the Age of Climate Crisis
Meghan Elizabeth Kallman ’05 and Josephine Ferorelli
Rowman & Littlefield, February 2024

Do I Know You? A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey Into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination
Sadie Dingfelder ’01
Little, Brown Spark, June 2024

Feminism in the United States: A Concise Introduction
Alison Dahl Crossley (Alison Crossley ’02)
Routledge, August 2024

Hollywood Unions
Edited by Kate Fortmueller ’05 and Luci Marzola
Rutgers University Press, December 2024

Is the Grass Always Greener? Life With Goats, Gardens, and Gourmet Cheese
Catherine Renzi (Catherine Cosentino Renzi ’86) and Al Renzi
Salt Water Media, July 2024

Ley Lines of Love: Adventures Along the Spiritual Path
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle ’59
Green Fire Press, March 2024

Primitive Normativity: Race, Sexuality, and Temporality in Colonial Kenya
Elizabeth W. Williams ’08
Duke University Press, January 2024

Returning Home to Our Bodies: Practices for Connecting Somatics, Nature, and Social Change
Abigail Rose Clarke (Abigail Clarke AC ’12)
North Atlantic Books, January 2024

Unpacking Privilege in the Elementary Classroom: A Guide to Race and Inequity for White Teachers
Jacquelynne Boivin ’14 and Kevin McGowan
Eye on Education, December 2024

Working Together: Practicing the Science of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Mikki Hebl ’91 and Eden King
Oxford University Press, March 2024

You’re Embarrassing Yourself: Stories of Love, Lust, and Movies
Desiree Akhavan ’07
Random House, August 2024

Poetry

Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms
Joan Kwon Glass (Joan Prusky Glass ’98, M.A.T. ’99)
Perugia Press, September 2024

Morpho Didius: Palindromic Poetry
Rachel Prizant Kotok ’94
Armature Publishing, February 2024

Softly Undercover
Hanae Jonas ’14
The Ohio State University Press, February 2024

The Stoop and the Steeple
Nancy L. Meyer (Nancy Locke Meyer ’64)
Frog on the Moon, September 2024

Unalone
Jessica Jacobs ’02
Four Way Books, March 2024

woke up no light
Leila Mottley ’24
Knopf, April 2024

Children/Young Adult

Julia Child: A Little Golden Book Biography
Kari Allen (Kari Diedrich Allen ’02); illustrated by Joanie Stone
Little Golden Book, November 2024

Piano Wants to Play
Colleen Kong-Savage ’94
Page Street, March 2024

Fiction

Behind the Scenes 
Karelia Stetz-Waters ’99 
Forever, January 2023

The Fog Ladies: Date With Death 
Susan McCormick (Susan Jacobs McCormick ’84) 
The Wild Rose Press, October 2023

How to Be Sane: A Groundbreaking Mental Wellness Guide from a Gorgeous Female Doctor
Emily Altman ’00
Andrews McNeel Publishing, November 2023

Killingly: A Novel 
Katharine Beutner ’03 
Soho Press, June 2023

Knockout 
Sarah MacLean (Sarah Trabucchi ’00) 
Avon, August 2023

The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific 
Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee ’92 
Revell, May 2023

A Long Time Dead 
Samara Breger ’12 
Bywater Books, May 2023

A Noble Cunning: The Countess and the Tower 
Patricia Bernstein (Patricia Hoffman Bernstein ’66) 
History Through Fiction, March 2023

One Knife, One Fork, One Spoon 
Patty Friedmann ’68
Atmosphere Press, September 2023

The Vanishing Hour 
Seraphina Nova Glass (Seraphina Richardson, MFA ’05) 
Graydon House, May 2023

Nonfiction

Alice in Japanese Wonderlands: Translation, Adaptation, Mediation 
Amanda Kennell ’06 
University of Hawaii Press, July 2023

Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and Their Families 
Peggy Gillespie (Peggy Elman Gillespie ’69) 
Skinner House Books, May 2023

A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes 
Alexa Griffith Winton ’90 and Susan Brown, eds. 
Yale University Press, June 2023

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
Judith Tick ’64
W. W. Norton & Company, December 2023

Changing the Game: William G. Bowen and the Challenges of American Higher Education
Nancy Weiss Malkiel ’65
Princeton University Press, November 2023

Furnishing the White House: The Decorative Arts Collection
Melissa Naulin ’97, Betty Monkman, William Allman, and Lydia Tederick
The White House Historical Association, September 2023

The Defiant Optimist: Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women 
Durreen Shahnaz ’89 
Broadleaf Books, June 2023

The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary
Hana Videen ’07
Profile Books, November 2023

The End of Family Court: How Abolishing the Court Brings Justice to Children and Families 
Jane M. Spinak ’74 
NYU Press, August 2023

The French Chef Cookbook
Julia Child (Julia McWilliams Child ’34)
Knopf, November 2023

The Guide to Earned Media: How to Use PR Strategies to Enhance Your Brand 
Annie Pace Scranton ’02 
Kogan Page, August 2023

If We Were Kin: Race, Identification, and Intimate Political Appeals
Lisa Beard ’03
Oxford University Press, March 2023

Impact Investing for a Sustainable Planet: Insights from EcoEnterprises Fund
Tammy E. Newmark ’84 and Michele A. Pena
Routledge, December 2023

Imperiled Whiteness: How Hollywood and Media Make Race in “Postracial” America 
Penelope Ingram ’92 
University Press of Mississippi, June 2023

Left in the Midwest: St. Louis Progressive Activism in the 1960s and 1970s 
Amanda L. Izzo ’99 and Benjamin Looker, eds. 
University of Missouri Press, March 2023

Life B: Overcoming Double Depression 
Bethanne Patrick (Bethanne Kelly Patrick ’85) 
Counterpoint, May 2023

Literacy Moves Outdoors: Learning Approaches for Any Environment 
Valerie Bang-Jensen (Valerie Fischer Bang-Jensen ’77) 
Heinemann, April 2023

Madame Fromage’s Adventures in Cheese
Tenaya Darlington ’94
Workman, September 2023

The Nature of Kyoto: Writers in Kyoto Anthology 5 
Lisa Twaronite Sone ’87 and Robert Weis, eds. 
Independently published, May 2023

Oregon Wine + Food: The Cookbook 
Danielle Centoni ’97 and Kerry Newberry 
Figure 1 Publishing, May 2023

Pandemic Teaching: Notes from the Classroom 
Jennifer Smith ’91 
Independently published, February 2023

Philadelphia’s Strawbridge & Clothier, From Our Family to Yours
Meg Butterworth (Margaret Strawbridge Butterworth ’97)
The History Press, May 2023

The Princess Guide to Rome 
Belinda Darcey AC ’00 
Princess Guide Books, January 2023

The Princess Guide to Venice 
Belinda Darcey AC ’00 
Princess Guide Books, February 2023

Radiant Wildheart: A Guide to Awaken Your Inner Artist and Live Your Creative Mission 
Shereen Sun (Shereen Choudhury ’11) 
Hay House, March 2023

Radical Health: Unwellness, Care, and Latinx Expressive Culture 
Julie Avril Minich ’99 
Duke University Press, October 2023

Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore 
Kiki Smith ’71 
Rizzoli Electa, September 2023

A Schizoid at Smith: How Overparenting Leads to Underachieving 
Blair Sorrel ’77 
Atmosphere Press, August 2023

Slow Wine USA Guide 2024: A Year in the Life of the Vineyards and Wines of the USA
Deborah Parker Wong and Pam Strayer ’77
Slow Food Promozione, November 2023

Speak for Me, Mom: A Murder, a Trial, and a Mother’s Enduring Love 
Christine Wolf (Christine Dresp, MSW ’84) 
Androscoggin Press, October 2023

Superlative City: The MOST, the BIGGEST, the FIRST, the OLDEST, and the BEST of NEW YORK in 52 PICTURES 
Cynthia M. Pigott (Cynthia Moekle Pigott ’81) 
Scout’s Press, July 2023

Woman in Action: Autobiography of a Global African Feminist 
Filomina Steady ’65 
Mereo Books, January 2023

Poetry

A Belief in Cosmic Dailiness 
Angela Acosta ’17 
Independently published, September 2023

The Body Problem 
Margaret Wack ’15 
Orison Books, March 2023

The Body’s Owner Speaks
Leo Smith ’22
Black Sunflowers Poetry Press, July 2023

Diving at the Lip of the Water 
Karen Poppy (Karen Kramer Poppy ’98) 
Beltway Editions, May 2023

Children/Young Adult

America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History 
Ariel Aberg-Riger ’03 
Balzer + Bray, May 2023

April & Mae and the Animal Shelter 
Megan Dowd Lambert ’96; illustrated by Briana Dengoue 
Charlesbridge, March 2023

April & Mae and the Movie Night 
Megan Dowd Lambert ’96; illustrated by Briana Dengoue 
Charlesbridge, March 2023

April & Mae and the Sleepover 
Megan Dowd Lambert ’96; illustrated by Briana Dengoue 
Charlesbridge, March 2023

Banana 
Zoey Abbott ’96 
Tundra Books, March 2023

Discovering Life’s Story: Biology’s Beginnings 
Joy Hakim (Joy Frisch Hakim ’51) 
MITeen Press, September 2023

The Dog Snatcher: Guardians of Time, Book 1
Phyllis Wheeler (Phyllis Hough Wheeler ’73)
Independently published, September 2023

Letters to My Grandfather
Joanna Maneckji ’94 (author and illustrator)
Switow Media and Sunny Acres, November 2023

Maddie and Mabel Know They Can 
Kari Allen (Kari Diederich Allen ’02); illustrated by Tatjana Mai-Wyss 
Kind World Publishing, June 2023

Molly’s Tuxedo 
Vicki Johnson ’87; illustrated by Gillian Reid 
Little Bee Books, June 2023

Secret of the Lost Dragons: Guardians of Time, Book 2
Phyllis Wheeler (Phyllis Hough Wheeler ’73)
Independently published, November 2023

Tasiawelanu and the Healing Blanket  
Laurah Morningstar (Laurah Winder AC ’04); illustrated by Larysa Fedorchenko 
Honey Flower, June 2023

Whose Prints? 
Kari Allen (Kari Diederich Allen ’02); illustrated by Kim Smith 
Little Simon, September 2023

Fiction

Big Girl: A Novel
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan ’03
Liveright, July 2022

Blurred Fates: A Novel
Anastasia Zadeik ’85
She Writes Press, August 2022

Faith: A Novel
Itoro Bassey ’09
Malarkey Books, January 2022

Geographies of the Heart
Caitlin Hamilton Summie ’90
Fomite Press, January 2022

The Long Answer: A Novel
Anna Hogeland, MSW ’13
Riverhead Books, June 2022

On a Quiet Street
Seraphina Nova Glass (Seraphina Richardson, MFA ’05)
Graydon House, May 2022

On the Rails: The Adventures of Boxcar Bertie
Rosemary Mild (Rosemary Pollack Mild ’57) and Larry Mild
Magic Island Literary Works, November 2022

The Portraitist: A Novel of Adelaide Labille-Guiard
Susanne Dunlap ’76
She Writes Press, August 2022

The Prince: A Novel
Dinitia Smith ’67
Arcade Skyhorse, March 2022

Redwood and Wildfire
Andrea Hairston ’74
Tordotcom, February 2022

To Paradise: A Novel
Hanya Yanagihara ’95
Doubleday, January 2022

An UNwilling Spy: A Cold War Novel Set at the United Nations
Loraine Sievers ’71
Allardt Press, November 2022

Nonfiction

Alaska Adventure 55 Ways: Southcentral Wilderness Explorations
John Wolfe Jr. and Rebecca Wolfe ’15
Mountaineers Books, June 2022

Breathe: 33 Simple Breathwork Practices
Shanila Sattar ’12
Rock Point, May 2022

Building Science Graphics: An Illustrated Guide to Communicating Science through Diagrams and Visualizations
Jen Christiansen ’95
A K Peters/CRC Press, December 2022

Citizenship on the Edge: Sex/Gender/Race
Nancy J. Hirschmann ’78 and Debra Thomas, eds.
University of Pennsylvania Press, January 2022

Connected in Isolation: Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times
Eszter Hargittai ’96
The MIT Press, November 2022

Doll
Maria Teresa Hart (Maria Teresa Burwell ’99)
Bloomsbury Academic, November 2022

Dr. Anne Good Health at Hand: Your Own Lifelong Way to Eat, Exercise and Meditate
Anne Seifert, MA ’65
Varnes Publishers, January 2022

The Epic Mentor Guide: Insider Advice for Girls Eyeing the Workforce from 180 Boss Women Who Know
Illana Raia (Illana Post Raia ’90)
Forefront Books, March 2022

Exceptionally Queer: Mormon Peculiarity and U.S. Nationalism
K. Mohrman ’09
University of Minnesota Press, July 2022

Foundations of Intellectual Freedom
Emily J.M. Knox ’98
ALA Neal-Schuman, December 2022

The Grind Culture Detox: Heal from Capitalism, Reinvent Your Life
Heather Archer ’07
Hierophant Publishing, June 2022

Growing into the Gray: Reflections on Transforming Trauma for Women and the World
Laurie Lee Davidson (Laurie Munn Davidson ’80)
Ample Waves Press, August 2022

How Children Learn Math: The Science of Math Learning in Research and Practice
Nancy Krasa ’69, Karen Tzanetopoulos, and Colleen Maas
Routledge, October 2022

I, Teresa de Lucena: Reflections on the Trial of a Conversa
Ellen Kanner (Ellen Kipnis Kanner ’67) and Annie Zeybekoglu (Annie Aleskovsky Zeybekoglu ’67)
Modern Memoirs, September 2022

Imposter: Dismantle the Stories You Tell Yourself and Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Lauren Valbert ’92
Rethink Press, November 2022

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Amy Bloom, MSW ’78
Random House, March 2022

Just A Spritz
Danielle Centoni ’97
Artisan Books, May 2022

Lives Amid Violence: Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict
Mareike Schomerus, Am.S. Dipl. ’95
Bloomsbury Academic, December 2022

Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey
Sarah-Neel Smith ’07
University of California Press, March 2022

A Question Of Respect: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation
Celinda Lake ’75 and Ed Goeas
Morgan James Publishing, November 2022

Resurrecting Jane de La Vaudère: Literary Shapeshifter of the Belle Époque
Sharon Larson ’01
Penn State University Press, December 2022

Take What You Need: Life Lessons After Losing Everything
Jen Crow (Jennifer Feldwick Crow ’95)
Broadleaf Books, April 2022

Wisteria House: Life in a New England Home, 1839–2000
Susan J. Montgomery ’69
Rowman & Littlefield, January 2022

The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
Hana Videen ’07
Princeton University Press, May 2022

Poetry

As I Said: A Dissent
Abby Minor ’08
Ricochet Editions, July 2022

Falling Out of Step
Carol Stevens Kner ’58
Finishing Line Press, February 2022

First Light
Beverly George ’73
Pure Thoughts Publishing, September 2022

The Fox’s Wedding
Rebecca Hurst AC ’02
The Emma Press, February 2022

Gash Atlas
Jessica Lawson ’05
Kore Press Institute, September 2022

Night Swim
Joan Kwon Glass (Joan Prusky Glass ’98, MAT ’99)
Diode Editions, March 2022

On the Mercy Me Planet
Maya Janson ’87
Blue Edge Books, April 2022

Only
Rebecca Foust ’79
Four Way Books, September 2022

Summoning Space Travelers
Angela Acosta ’17
Hiraeth, December 2022

Children/Young Adult

Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files #2: All About Plants!
Andrea Beaty and Theanne Griffith ’08
Abrams Books, July 2022

Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
Susan Hood ’76 with Greg Dawson
HarperCollins, March 2022

April & Mae and the Book Club Cake
Megan Dowd Lambert ’96; illustrated by Briana Dengoue
Charlesbridge, October 2022

April & Mae and the Soccer Match
Megan Dowd Lambert ’96; illustrated by Briana Dengoue
Charlesbridge, October 2022

April & Mae and the Talent Show
Megan Dowd Lambert ’96; illustrated by Briana Dengoue
Charlesbridge, October 2022

April & Mae and the Tea Party
Megan Dowd Lambert ’96; illustrated by Briana Dengoue
Charlesbridge, October 2022

The Boy Who Loved Maps
Kari Allen (Kari Diederich Allen ’02); illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Anne Schwartz Books, July 2022

Clementine and the Lion
Zoey Abbott ’96
Kids Can Press, May 2022

Deadly Setup
Lynn Slaughter ’69
Fire & Ice, July 2022

Maddie and Mabel
Kari Allen (Kari Diederich Allen ’02); illustrated by Tatjana Mai-Wyss
Kind World Publishing, March 2022

Maddie and Mabel Take the Lead
Kari Allen (Kari Diederich Allen ’02); illustrated by Tatjana Mai-Wyss
Kind World Publishing, October 2022

Not a Cat: A Memoir
Winter Miller ’95; illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff
Tilbury House Publishers, March 2022

Pig and Horse and the Something Scary
Zoey Abbott ’96
Abrams Books for Young Readers, January 2022

Reader, I Murdered Him
Betsy Cornwell ’10
Clarion Books, November 2022

Fiction

Bombshell: A Hell's Belles Novel 
Sarah MacLean (Sarah Trabucchi ’00) 
Avon Books, August 2021

The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel 
Ruth Ozeki ’80 
Viking, September 2021

Bride of the Crimson Queen 
Keri Moore ’09 
Tethys Night Sky Publishing, July 2021

Dead Sound (Things Unseen, Book 1) 
Anise Eden ’94 
Tangled Tree Publishing, October 2021

Find Me at Whisper Falls 
Ellyn Oaksmith ’85 
Bookouture, September 2021

The Fog Ladies: In the Soup 
Susan McCormick (Susan Jacobs McCormick ’84) 
The Wild Rose Press, October 2021

Frieda’s Song 
Ellen Prentiss Campbell (Ellen Campbell Pskowski ’75) 
Apprentice House Press, May 2021

Hemingway’s Daughter 
Christine M. Whitehead ’72 
Independently published, July 2021

If Only 
Judith Arnold (Barbara Keiler ’74) 
Story Plant, October 2021

In the Shadow of Nuremberg 
Ellen Karadimas AC ’89 
Carmeleni Press, July 2021

Lead Me Home 
Shannon O’Brien ’13 
Bella Books, February 2021

Long Walk Home 
Ellyn Oaksmith ’85 
Bookouture, April 2021

A Mother’s Promise 
K.D. Alden (Karen Potter Moser ’89) 
Forever, January 2021

Satisfaction Guaranteed 
Karelia Stetz-Waters ’99 
Forever, June 2021

The Sea Dragon 
Ruth Wolff ’53 
Xlibris, September 2021

Such a Good Wife 
Seraphina Nova Glass (Seraphina Richardson, MFA ’05) 
Graydon House, August 2021

Too Much Man 
Katy James (Katy Rawdon ’95) 
Carina Press, December 2021

The Women of Chateau Lafayette 
Stephanie Dray ’93 
Berkley Books, March 2021

You Never Get It Back 
Cara Blue Adams ’99 
University of Iowa Press, December 2021

Nonfiction

The Aesthetics of Solidarity: Our Lady of Guadalupe and American Democracy 
Nichole Flores ’04 
Georgetown University Press, July 2021

Below the Stars: How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production 
Kate Fortmueller ’05 
University of Texas Press, July 2021

Betrayed by Work: Women’s Stories of Trauma, Healing and Hope after Being Fired 
Julia Erickson ’80 and Suzanne Vosburg 
Mango, May 2021

Building a Better Chicago: Race and Community Resistance to Urban Redevelopment
Teresa Irene Gonzales AC ’07
NYU Press, June 2021

A Century of Swindles: Ponzi Schemes, Con Men, and Fraudsters 
Railey Jane Savage ’07 
Lyons Press, September 2021

Clothing the New World Church: Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520–1820 
Maya Stanfield-Mazzi ’94 
University of Notre Dame Press, February 2021

Diary of a Mad Juror: An Inside Look at a Record-Breaking Wrongful Death Trial That Fell Short of the Truth
Cynthia M. Pigott (Cynthia Moekle Pigott ’81)
Scout’s Press, August 2021

Die Sammlung der Nationalgalerie 1905–1945 
Emily Joyce Evans ’02 
Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, August 2021

Did That Just Happen?!: Beyond “Diversity”—Creating Sustainable and Inclusive Organizations 
Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Lauren Wadsworth ’09 
Beacon Press, June 2021

The Difficult Words of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings 
Amy-Jill Levine ’78 
Abingdon Press, August 2021

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well 
Anna I. Corwin ’03 
Rutgers University Press, August 2021

The Empathetic Workplace: 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma On the Job 
Katharine Manning ’96 
HarperCollins Leadership, February 2021

Exposing the Right and Fighting for Democracy: Celebrating Chip Berlet as Journalist and Scholar 
Pam Chamberlain ’69, Matthew N. Lyons, Abby Scher, and Spencer Sunshine, eds. 
Routledge, September 2021

Fifty First Dates After Fifty: A Memoir 
Carolyn Lee Arnold ’73 
She Writes Press, November 2021

A Girl Named Carrie: The Visionary Who Created Neiman Marcus and Set the Standard for Fashion 
Jerrie Marcus Smith ’57 
Cairn Press, November 2021

Hollywood Shutdown: Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID 
Kate Fortmueller ’05 
University of Texas Press, July 2021

In My Next Life I’ll Get It Right 
Rosemary Mild (Rosemary Pollack Mild ’57) 
Magic Island Literary Works, March 2021

Insanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe 
Jane Harman (Jane Lakes Harman ’66) 
St. Martin’s Press, May 2021

A Lesser Mortal: The Unexpected Life of Sarah B. Cochran 
Kimberly Hess ’96 
Books Fluent, May 2021

The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World 
Dorie Clark ’97 
Harvard Business Review Press, September 2021

The Lord’s Resistance Army: Violence and Peacemaking in Africa 
Mareike Schomerus, Am.S. Dipl. ’95 
Cambridge University Press, April 2021

The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind 
Amanda M. Fairbanks (Amanda Millner ’03) 
Gallery Books, May 2021

Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life 
Jess Phoenix (Jess Mencer Phoenix ’04) 
Timber Press, March 2021

Navigating Neutrality: Early American Governance in the Turbulent Atlantic 
Sandra Moats ’87 
University of Virginia Press, August 2021

Nothing Happened: A History 
Susan A. Crane ’85 
Stanford University Press, January 2021

On the Roof of the Rockies: The Botanical Legacy of Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail’s Alpine Treasure 
Sarah Chase Shaw ’90 
Gibbs Smith, June 2021

One Red Shoe: The Story of Corporate America’s First Woman 
Peg Wyant (Peggy Hogan Wyant ’64) 
Gatekeeper Press, January 2021

The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis 
Melissa J. Homestead ’85 
Oxford University Press, March 2021

Opening Up: The Parenting Journey 
Anne Peretz (Anne Labouisse Peretz ’60) 
Radius Book Group, May 2021

Painful Beauty: Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience
Megan Smetzer ’92
University of Washington Press, July 2021

The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora 
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan ’03 
University of Illinois Press, October 2021

Rebirth of a Lotus: Escaping Domestic Abuse 
Lucy R. Rodriguez AC ’07 
Independently published, March 2021

Understanding How to Build Black Generational Wealth: A Historically and Culturally Centered Self-Help Book
Esi Kagale Agyeman Gillo ’10
Independently published, March 2021

Visions from My Travels: African Birds 
Marian Herz ’75 
Blurb, January 2021

Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology 
Jess Zimmerman (Jess Henig Zimmerman ’01) 
Beacon Press, March 2021

Poetry

Careful Cartography 
Devon Bohm ’11 
Cornerstone Press, November 2021

Inexact Grace 
Abigail Warren AC ’86 
Regal House Publishing, February 2021

Laika
Maggie Olszewski ’23
Black Sunflowers Poetry Press, November 2021

Ocean Currents 
Hannah Rousselot ’14 
Finishing Line Press, June 2021

Overcoming: Poems About Psychotherapy 
Diana Bowling (Diana Smith Bowling ’83) 
Mercury HeartLink, November 2021

Viable: Poems and Apologies 
Chloe Yelena Miller ’98 
Lily Poetry Review Books, February 2021

Children/Young Adult

The Antidote 
Susan McCormick (Susan Jacobs McCormick ’84) 
The Wild Rose Press, May 2021

Billy the Rescue Dog 
Susan Joyce ’84; illustrated by Thea Ernest 
Maggie's Farm Press, July 2021

The House of Grass and Sky 
Mary Lyn Ray ’68; illustrated by E. B. Goodale 
Candlewick, April 2021

How to Have a Birthday 
Mary Lyn Ray ’68; illustrated by Cindy Derby 
Candlewick, September 2021

I Do Not Like Yolanda 
Zoey Abbott ’96 
Tundra Books, March 2021

Leisha’s Song 
Lynn Slaughter ’69 
Fire & Ice, June 2021

The Long Shadow 
Phyllis Wheeler (Phyllis Hough Wheeler ’73) 
Elk Lake Publishing, June 2021

The Magnificent Makers #4: The Great Germ Hunt 
Theanne Griffith ’08; illustrated by Reggie Brown 
Random House Children’s Books, October 2021

Marty 
Rachel Noble; illustrated by Zoey Abbott ’96 
Holiday House, July 2021

Middletown 
Sarah Moon ’04 
Levine Querido, April 2021

The Paper Bird 
Lisa Anchin ’04 
Dial Books for Young Readers, October 2021

Vrooom, Vrooom! 
Mary Lyn Ray ’68; illustrated by Julien Chung 
Beach Lane Books, June 2021

Fiction

The Circus Rose
Betsy Cornwell ’10
Clarion Books, June 2020

The Fog Ladies: Family Matters
Susan McCormick (Susan Jacobs McCormick ’84)
The Wild Rose Press, October 2020

The Fox Demon’s Kiss
Keri Moore ’09
Tethys Night Sky Publishing, November 2020

Friends and Strangers
J. Courtney Sullivan ’03
Knopf, June 2020

Full Bloom: A Novel of Food, Family, and Freaking Out
Judith Arnold (Barbara Keiler ’74)
Story Plant, June 2020

Kickoff: A Lainie Lovett Mystery
Judith Arnold (Barbara Keiler ’74)
Judith Arnold, January 2020

Known By Heart: Collected Stories
Ellen Prentiss Campbell (Ellen Campbell Pskowski ’75)
Apprentice House Press, May 2020

Mademoiselle de Malepeire
Fanny Reybaud; translated from the French by Barbara Basbanes Richter ’03
Bancroft Press, October 2020

Master of Poisons
Andrea Hairston ’74
Tordotcom, September 2020

The Paris Affair: A Theresa Schurman Mystery
Susanne Dunlap ’76
Susanne Dunlap, September 2020

Paris Never Leaves You
Ellen Feldman ’63
St. Martin’s Griffin, August 2020

Perfectly Famous 
Emily Liebert (Emily Einhorn Liebert ’98)
Gallery Books, June 2020

Promises at Indigo Bay
Ellyn Oaksmith ’85
Bookouture, October 2020

Snowed Under
Mary Feliz (Mary Cooper Feliz ’80)
Lyrical Press, June 2020

Summer in Gettysburg
Evelyn Landane (Amy Allen Woodis ’75)
Evelyn Landane, June 2020

Nonfiction

American Freethinker: Elihu Palmer and the Struggle for Religious Freedom in the New Nation
Kirsten Fischer ’85
University of Pennsylvania Press, December 2020

Animal Quintet: A Southern Memoir
Colin Dayan ’71
Los Angeles Review of Books, December 2020

Behind the Times: Virginia Woolf in Late-Victorian Contexts
Mary Jean Corbett ’84
Cornell University Press, November 2020

The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
Amy-Jill Levine ’78 and Marc Zvi Brettler
HarperOne, October 2020

Black Futures
Kimberly Drew ’12 and Jenna Wortham, eds.
One World, December 2020

The Clumsy Ark
Nancy Goldring ’67
Sprachlichter, December 2020

Connecting From a Quarantine Kitchen: My Shelter Island Pandemic Story
Jacquelyn A. Ottman ’77
Kindle Direct Publishing, October 2020

(Con)textos femeninos: Antología de escritoras españolas
Elizabeth Smith Rousselle (Elizabeth Smith Widerquist '91) and Erika M. Sutherland, eds.
Peter Lang, June 2020

The Death of Idealism: Development and Anti-Politics in the Peace Corps
Meghan Elizabeth Kallman ’05
Columbia University Press, April 2020

Dispute System Design: Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Conflict
Lisa Blomgren Amsler ’76, Janet K. Martinez and Stephanie E. Smith
Stanford University Press, June 2020

Dr. Anne Good Health at Hand: Your Own Lifelong Way to Eat, Exercise and Meditate
Anne Seifert, MA ’65
Varnes Publishers, August 2020

Eldercare as Art and Ministry
Irene V. Jackson-Brown, MAT ’70
Church Publishing Company, October 2020

Eugène-Louis Charvot
Susan M. Gallo ’76
GILES, January 2020

Exploring the Role of the School Principal in Predominantly White Middle Schools: School Leadership to Promote Multicultural Understanding
Jacquelynne Anne Boivin (Jacquelynne Chase Boivin ’14)
Routledge, November 2020

Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas ’53
HarperOne, April 2020

The Hothouse Flower: Nurturing Women in the Victorian Conservatory
Margaret Flanders Darby ’67
Edward Everett Root Publishers, September 2020

How to Free Your Inner Mathematician: Notes on Mathematics and Life
Susan D’Agostino, MAT ’98
Oxford University Press, May 2020

Jesus for Everyone: Not Just Christians
Amy-Jill Levine ’78
HarperCollins, March 2020

The Ladies’ Village Improvement Society Cookbook: Eating and Entertaining in East Hampton
Florence Fabricant (Florence Gertner Fabricant ’58)
Rizzoli, April 2020

Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution
Sarah L. Swedberg ’88
Lexington Books, December 2020

Life Magazine and the Power of Photography
Katherine A. Bussard ’98 and Kristen Gresh, eds.
Princeton University Art Museum, April 2020

The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals
Katja M. Guenther ’97
Stanford University Press, August 2020

Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood
Christa Parravani ’99
Henry Holt and Co., November 2020

Mademoiselle de Malepeire
Fanny Reybaud; translated by Barbara Basbanes Richter ’03
Bancroft Press, October 2020

The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity: What Christianity Cost the Jews
Ross Shepard Kraemer ’70
Oxford University Press, March 2020

Modern Artifacts
Michelle Elligott ’93 and Tod Lippy
Esopus Books, June 2020

My Separate Worlds: Daughter of the Holocaust and Evangelical Christianity
Ingrid Alpern (Ingrid Yollick Alpern ’69)
Ingrid Alpern, June 2020

Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven
Amy-Jill Levine ’78
Abingdon Press, August 2020

My Shadow Is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora
Katherine Whitney and Leila Emery ’02, eds.
University of Texas Press, March 2020

My Trans Parent: A User Guide for When Your Parent Transitions
Heather Bryant ’00
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, May 2020

On the Rocks: A Storyteller’s Memoir
Jane Hughes Gignoux ’52
iUniverse, January 2020

Pandemic Teaching: Reflections from the Playground
Jennifer Smith ’91
Kindle Direct Publishing, December 2020

Picturing Resistance: Moments and Movements of Social Change from the 1950s to Today
Melanie Hastings Light ’80 and Ken Light
Ted Speed Press, October 2020

Queering Italian Media
Sole Anatrone ’04 and Julia Heim, eds.
Lexington Books, January 2020

Retirement by Design: A Guided Workbook for Creating a Happy and Purposeful Future
Ida O. Abbott (Ida Offenbach Abbott ’69)
Ulysses Press, March 2020

The Routledge Guidebook to Paine’s Rights of Man
Frances Anne Chiu ’85
Routledge, April 2020

Secret Garden
Margaretta K. Mitchell (Margaretta Kuhlthau Mitchell ’57)
Elysian Editions, December 2020

The Sensing Body in the Visual Arts: Making and Experiencing Sculpture
Rosalyn Driscoll ’67
Bloomsbury Visual Arts, September 2020

Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven
Amy-Jill Levine ’78
Abingdon Press, August 2020

Shadows’ Shadows
Nancy Goldring ’67
Metambesen, October 2020

Sino-French Trade at Canton, 1698–1842
Susan E. Schopp ’71
Hong Kong University Press, November 2020

Stolen Song: How the Troubadours Became French
Eliza Zingesser ’05
Cornell University Press, March 2020

Treating Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide
Charlynn Small and Mazella Fuller, MSW ’95, eds.
Routledge, July 2020

Ultimate Puppy Training for Kids: A Step-by-Step Guide for Exercises and Tricks
Mark Van Wye, MFA ’01
Rockridge Press, June 2020

Unpacked: An Old Soul’s Guide to the Art of Relocation
Christine Kraft (Christine Fallon Kraft ’88)
Independently published, October 2020

The Vegucated Family Table: Irresistible Vegan Recipes and Proven Tips for Feeding Plant-Powered Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Marisa Miller Wolfson ’98 and Laura Delhauer
Ten Speed Press, August 2020

Visions from My Travels: Ethiopia
Marian Herz ’75
Blurb, November 2020

Visions from My Travels: Penguins
Marian Herz ’75
Blurb, November 2020

Visions from My Travels: People
Marian Herz ’75
Blurb, December 2020

Wood Gaylor and American Modernism, 1913–1936
Andrea Rosen ’09
Fleming Museum of Art, January 2020

Young Mongols: Forging Democracy in the Wild, Wild East
Aubrey Menarndt ’08
Penguin Random House SEA, March 2020

Poetry

Awakening
Stephanie Shafran ’72
Daffodil Press, April 2020

Land’s End
Gail Mazur (Gail Beckwith Mazur ’59)
The University of Chicago Press, September 2020

Trouble
Anne Harding Woodworth ’65
Turning Point, October 2020

Write It!: 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire
Jessica Jacobs ’02 and Nickole Brown
Spruce Books, October 2020

Children/Young Adult

Cub
Cynthia L. Copeland ’82
Algonquin Young Readers, January 2020

Fighting Words
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley ’89
Dial Books, August 2020

In the Grand Garden
Ellie Goldberg (Helen Schellhammer Goldberg ’71) and Dana Lloret; illustrated by Donna Underwood
Blurb, December 2020

The Magnificent Makers #1: How to Test a Friendship
Theanne Griffith ’08; illustrated by Reggie Brown
Random House Children’s Books, May 2020

The Magnificent Makers #2: Brain Trouble
Theanne Griffith ’08; illustrated by Reggie Brown
Random House Children’s Books, May 2020

The Magnificent Makers #3: Riding Sound Waves
Theanne Griffith ’08; illustrated by Reggie Brown
Random House Children’s Books, September 2020

Over the Moon
James Proimos; illustrated by Zoey Abbott ’96
Chronicle Books, March 2020

Protecting You… Protecting Me
Susan Poage and Dina Rosen (Dina Bloom Rosen ’88); illustrated by Benjamin Chew and Dina Rosen (Dina Bloom Rosen ’88)
Independently published, June 2020

This Is What I Know About Art
Kimberly Drew ’12; illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky
Penguin Random House, June 2020

What Ruth the Cat Knows
Kathryn Mishkin '09
BookBaby, November 2020

Wherever I Go
Mary Wagley Copp ’80; illustrated by Munir D. Mohammed
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, April 2020

Who Was Ida B. Wells?
Sarah Fabiny ’83; illustrated by Ted Hammond
Penguin Workshop, June 2020

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