Publicity Round Up

It’s still hot here in Texas, and media coverage of our books doesn’t show any signs of cooling any time soon. This summer’s food books are still appetizing:

• The Splendid Table talked with Lucinda Hutson about ¡Viva Tequila!. Listen to the interview on splendidtable.org>>
• The Austin Chronicle’s ‘Drink, Drank, Drunk’ issue featured Lucinda's love for Mexico and reviewed the book: “Hutson and her publisher pull out all the stops to create a gorgeous and informative book which will be every bit as much at home on an upscale cocktail table as it will be in the bar area.” Read the article and the book review at Austinchronicle.com>> 
• While perusing your Sunday paper last week, you may have noticed that Barbecue Crossroads was mentioned in an article by John T. Edge on the golden age of barbecue. Read it on parade.com>>

Our spring photography books maintain our good image:

• Cathy Langer of Denver’s Tattered Cover bookstore talked to Photo District News about the quality of our photography books. In the August ‘Photo Book’ issue, Cathy says that she prefers to order from “university presses like Yale or the University of Texas Press, in part because she trusts the production quality of their books.” Pick up a copy of the magazine at your local independent bookstore>> 
• Photos from Bruce Jackson’s Inside the Wire were featured on the website for the Italian magazine Internazionale. View the slideshow on internazionale.it>> 
• The Boston Globe’s Ideas blog wrote about Bruce’s work in southern prisons. Read the post on boston.com>> 
• Photography critic Vince Aletti reviewed Michael Kamber’s Photojournalists on War: “The book—required reading for anyone interested in the way news is gathered and disseminated these days—collects Kamber’s interviews with 39 colleagues who covered the war…confidences shared among friends that we’re privileged to be listening in on.” Pick up a copy of Photograph magazine at your local independent bookstore>>

And finally, the buzz over our forthcoming fall titles has begun!

• James McWilliams, author of The Pecan: A History of America’s Native Nut, had an amusing essay in the July 7th issue of the New York Times Book Review. Read the essay on nytimes.com>> 
• Kirkus Reviews says of David Cantwell’s Merle Haggard: The Running Kind: “An incisive, critical analysis of one of the most complicated and misunderstood artists in country music...Both the Haggard fanatic and the casual country music fan will find their appreciation enriched.” Read the full review on kirkusreviews.com>> 
• Sam Shephard and Johnny Dark’s collection of letters (Two Prospectors) captivated Kirkus: “A bright pathway directly into the hearts and minds of two compelling men.” Read the review on kirkusreviews.com>> 
• Publishers Weekly listed Waltercio Caldas as one of the Top 10 books in Art, Architecture, and Photography for fall. See more fall art titles at publishersweekly.com>>