For four decades, Peter Balakian’s poetry has received critical acclaim in the United States and abroad for its inventive language and its forays into history. “Ozone Journal” is the most accomplished book of a distinctive American voice.
Vise and Shadow: Essays on the Lyric Imagination, Poetry, Art and Culture
In “Vise and Shadow”, the critically acclaimed poet and memoirist Peter Balakian ESB ’69 brings together his most influential essays of the past 25 years.
The Brooklyn Cowgirl Rides Again (Music CD)
“Nashville country gets tangled up with NJ, NYC, and Brooklyn sensibilities and neuroses, taking the music in strange new directions,” says Klass about her music style.
Dwight-Englewood School: Celebrating Our Story
“Dwight-Englewood School: Celebrating Our Story” provides a framework for understanding the evolution and growth of Dwight School, the Englewood School for Boys, the Bede School, and Dwight-Englewood, while dipping in for a closer look at some aspects of life and learning at all the schools.
Freeing the Light Within: A Guide to Radiance Practice
This Radiance Practice workbook is a step-by-step guide to finding our wisdom through our own life experiences.
Relish: An Adventure in Food Style, and Everyday Fun
In “Relish”, Daphne Oz ’04 shares her essential and practical advice for happy, healthy eating and delicious living — perfect for everyone who wants to start leading a better life right now.
There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me
In this memoir, actress and author Brooke Shields ’85 explores her relationship with her unforgettable mother.
Crush Songs
Karen “O” Orzolek ’96
Cult Records
September 2014
In an artist’s statement about this album, Karen O writes, “When I was 27, I crushed a lot. I wasn’t sure I’d ever fall in love again. These songs were written and recorded in private around this time. They are the soundtrack to what was an ever continuing LOVE CRUSADE. I hope they keep you company on yours.”
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Susan Cain P ‘28
Crown Publishers
2012
Susan Cain’s award-winning New York Times bestseller is currently being translated into over thirty-five languages and was named the #1 best book of the year by Fast Company magazine.
Cain’s book was the subject of a TIME magazine cover story, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Cain has also spoken at Microsoft, Google, the U.S. Treasury, Harvard and West Point. Her record-smashing TED talk has been viewed over 5 million times, and was named by Bill Gates as one of his all-time favorite talks.
Bookends: Stories Of Love, Loss, And Renewal
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold ’65/Former Faculty
Independent Publisher Services
January 2014
The wedding that turns feast into fiasco; the childhood games that foreshadow life’s realities; dreams of romance shattered and reborn; professional and creative identities forged, challenged, and affirmed; farewells presaged and paid – these eight poetic and poignant stories, reflected through the prism of love and loss, ultimately offer the reader epiphanies of renewal. New fiction by the award-winning author of Raising Rufus: A Maine Love Story & The Whaler’s Bride . . . A fine collection, her best so far with a command of dialogue, flashbacks handled gracefully, and seamlessly and stream-of-consciousness very un-self-conscious.