Bookmarks
The latest tomes from Pomona alumni and faculty

Sentimental Blue
A featured reader at the 2007 Tucson Poetry Festival and past recipient of the Riverstone Poetry Press Award, Jefferson Carter ’65 presents his seventh collection of poems, with themes ranging from family and yoga to illness and drugs.
Chax, 2007 • 40 pages • $12.00

Environmental Politics & Policy in the West
Revised Edition
Co-editor John C. Freemuth ’72 writes about the role of science and politics in managing federal land. Also included are examinations of water policy and suburban sprawl vs. “smart growth.”
University Press of Colorado, 2007 • 211 pages • $34.95

Fat
It’s Not What You Think
Science writer Connie Leas ’58 explains everything “you need to know about fat”—from what it is and how the body uses it to conventional notions of weight and body shape.
Prometheus Books, 2008 • 227 pages • $15.95

Meanderings in the Bush
Natural History Explorations in Outback Australia
Richard E. MacMillen ’54, with Barbara J. MacMillen, shares tales of travel, scientific discovery and the life of a field biologist in a “land of ecological wonder.”
Dog Ear Publishing, 2007 • 234 pages • $15.95

The Color of Light
Poems on Van Gogh’s Late Paintings
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre ’70 pairs her evocative poetry with Van Gogh’s late paintings, inviting readers to join in a meditation on the meaning of the artist’s life and work.
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2007 • 58 pages • $20

Mary and Me
Catholic Women Reflect on the Mother of God
Ginny Kubitz Moyer ’95 tells stories of encounters with Mary while addressing the question of how she speaks to the modern female experience: “Does she comfort, challenge or inspire?”
St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2008 • 120 pages • $13.95

Blasphemy
In the latest thriller from Douglas Preston ’78, the world’s largest supercollider (47 miles in circumference)—designed to probe the mysteries of the Big Bang—ends up raising stunning questions and setting off a small religious war on a desert mesa.
Tom Doherty Associates, 2007 • 414 pages • $25.95

Learning from Latino Teachers
Personal narratives from Latino teachers form the bulk of this book by Pomona Sociology Professor Gilda L. Ochoa, who interviewed these “insiders” about their own K-12 education, the obstacles they faced, and the challenges faced by their students.
Jossey-Bass, 2007 • 288 • $24.95

Framing America
A Social History of American Art
Frances Pohl, professor of humanities and art history, provides a thorough revision and reorganization of this comprehensive text, with expanded coverage of marginalized groups.
Thames & Hudson, 2007 • 600 pages • $50