Publicity Round Up

We'd like to share a few recent mentions of UT Press books in the news:

Bruce Jackson’s documentation of prisons and the death penalty in the US contributed to France abolishing capital punishment 30 years ago. To recognize his work, the French government recently awarded Jackson L’Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit), the country’s second-highest honor after the Légion d’honneur. Last month, Mother Jones featured Bruce's book Inside the Wire in a slideshow:

• Jeremy Lybarger of Mother Jones says of Inside the Wire, "Although many of the men pictured were convicted of brutal crimes, Jackson imbues them with dignity, or at least a degree of stoicism." View the slideshow on motherjones.com>> 
• Donna De Cesare's Unsettled/Desasosiego also graced a slideshow on Mother Jones. View the slideshow on motherjones.com>>
• MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell featured Michael Kamber's Photojournalists on War in an interview. Watch the interview on tv.msnbc.com>>

Eric Draper's Front Row Seat and Robb Walsh's Barbecue Crossroads continue to receive attention:

• Politico interviewed Eric Draper. Watch the video at politico.com>> 
• Fox News Insider featured the book. Watch the video on foxnewsinsider.com>>
• Draper's photos from the book were featured on Time's Lightbox blog. Read the post on lightbox.time.com>>
• The Washington Post published a review and slideshow, saying "the book presents a body of work that can’t be found anywhere else." Read the review on washingtonpost.com>>
• Robb Walsh appeared on Ann and Peter Haigh's On the Menu. Listen to the interview on onthemenuradio.com>> 

Mother Jones :: Desert Duty

Desert Duty
by Bill Broyles and
Mark Haynes
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This Studs Terkel-style oral history sets out to rebrand the US Border Patrol as more than just a political prop for the anti-immigration crowd. Through interviews with active and retired agents at a post in Arizona's scorching Sonoran Desert, the authors (one a former agent) cast the force not just as enforcers but humanitarians. One retired officer recalls holding impromptu funerals in the desert for migrants who didn't make it. The men in green, as the authors put it, "are the people you'd pray were on your trail and on their way." In spite of its one-sided view, Desert Duty brings to life a perspective on the border debate you rarely hear about.—Tim Murphy

See the full list at motherjones.com »