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The Graduate School of Journalism is proud of its long tradition of published alumni authors. The Alumni Book Fair was created to celebrate the tremendous work of J-School graduates. It has become one of the most popular events of Alumni Weekend, with dozens of authors participating in the book signing. This year, the Alumni Book Fair will take place on Friday, April 24, 2009, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Rotunda of Low Library, directly following the Alumni Awards ceremony that begins at 6:30 p.m.
Registration for the Alumni Book Fair is now closed. Please contact Kathleen Dowling (212-854-3864) with any questions. Participants for Book Fair 2008 The authors in boldface type below will be present to sign their books. Other titles will be on display and for purchase only.
1938 William Kaufman
"The Day My Mother Changed Her Name and Other Stories"
(Syracuse University Press, September 2008) 1946 Doloris Cogan
"We Fought the Navy and Won: Guam’s Quest for Democracy"
(University of Hawaii Press, April 2008) 1949 Tom Mackin
"Brief Encounters: From Einstein to Elvis"
(Authorhouse, July 2008) 1954 Yuval Elizur
"31 Shapers of the First Sixty Years of Israel (in Hebrew)"
(Carmei Publishers, May 2008) Phyllis Meras
"Martha's Vineyard: Quiet Pleasures"
(Globe Pequot Press, April 2008) 1958 Lansing Lamont
"You Must Remember This: A Reporter's Odyssey From Camelot to Glasnost"
(Beaufort Books, June 2008) 1967 Edward Omotoso
"A Life Around the World: Surprise International Career Leads to Global Odyssey"
(Publish America, November 2008) 1969 John Hewitt
"Documentary Filmmaking: Contemporary Field Guide"
(Oxford University Press, 2009) Dick Riley
"Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals and Kings: The Real History Behind the Plays"
(Continuum International, April 2008)
1974
Joann Lee
"Asian Americans in the 21st Century"
(New Press, October 2008)
1976
Robert Engelman
"More: Population, Nature and What Women Want"
(Island Press, May 2008)
Elizabeth Wissner-Gross
"What High Schools Don't Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want You to Know)"
(Penguin-Plume Imprint, July 2008)
1977 Fergus Bordewich
"Washington: The Making of the American Capital"
(Amistad/Harper Collins, May 2008) Jill Jonnes
"Eiffel's Tower: and the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count"
(Viking Press, April 2009) 1979 Mark Levine
"Negotiating a Book Contract: A Guide for Authors, Agents and Lawyers (revised edition)"
(Scarf Press, September 2008) 1981 Stephen Baker
"The Numerati"
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, September 2008) 1982 Thomas Maier
"Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, The Couple Who Taught America How to Love"
(Basic Books, April 2009) 1983 William Cohan
"House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street"
(Doubleday & Co., March 2009) Charles Fountain
"Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training"
(Oxford University Press, March 2009) 1984 Robert Camuto
"Corkscrewed: Adventures in the New French Wine Country"
(University of Nebraska Press, July 2008) Lisa Aronson Fontes
"Interviewing Clients Across Cultures: A Practitioner's Guide"
(Guilford Press, June 2008)
Kimi Puntillo
"Great Races, Incredible Places: 100 Fantastic Runs Around the World"
(Bantam Dell, March 2009) 1985 Jodie Sinclair
"Capital Punishment: An Indictment by a Death-Row Survivor"
(Arcade Publishing, March 2009) 1986 John Jeter
"The Plunder Room"
(St. Martin's Press /Thomas Dunne Books, January 2009) 1988 Russ Baker
“Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, The Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America”
(Bloomsbury Press, January 2009) 1991 Elizabeth Atkins
"Love Story (working title)"
(Sea Castle Enterprises, February 2009) Lise Funderburg
"Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home"
(Free Press, May 2008) 1992 Sarah Jay
"Knives Cooks Love"
(Andrews McMeel, October 2008) 1993 Andrew Blechman
"Leisureville: Adventures in aWorld Without Children"
(Atlantic Monthly Press, May 2008) 1994 Geoff Henley
"Beyond Reasonable Doubt: A Lawyer's Case for Disbelief in God"
(Xlibris, June 2008) William Friar
"Moon Handbooks: Panama"
(Avalon Travel, November 2008)
(Harry Abrams, October 2008)
Reed Martin
"The Reel Truth: Everything You Didn't Know You Need To Know About Making An Independent Film"
(Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux., March 2009) 1995 JP Olsen
"The Narcotic Farm"
(Harry Abrams, October 2008) Deirdre Shaw
"Love or Something Like It"
(Random House, April 2009) 1996 Michael Prince
"Stupid Wars: A Citizen's Guide to Botched Putsches, Failed Coups, Inane Invasions and Ridiculous Revolutions (written with Ed Strosser)"
(Harper Collins, April 2008)
1997
Sana Butler
"Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves"
(Lyons Press, division of Globe Pequot, February 2009)
1998 Patrick McCloskey
"The Street Stops Here"
(University of CA Press, Berkeley, April 2008) 1999 Iris Dorbian
"Great Producers: Visionaries of the American Theater"
(Allworth Press, July 2008) Farnaz Fassihi
"Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq"
(PublicAffairs, September 2008) 2000 Stephen Faris
"Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley"
(Henry Holt and Company, LLC, December 2008) Brad R. Tuttle
"How Newark Became Newark: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an American City"
(Rutgers University Press, March 2009) 2001 Lisa Sweetingham
"Chemical Cowboys: The DEA's Secret Mission to Hunt Down a Notorious Ecstasy Kingpin"
(Ballantine Books, February 2009)
Matthew Sweeney
"The Lottery Wars: Long Odds, Fast Money, and the Battle Over an American Institution"
(Bloomsbury Press, March 2009)
2003 Andrew Blackman
"On the Holloway Road"
(Legend Press, February 2009) Lisa Chamberlain
"Slackonomics: Generation X in the Age of Creative Destruction"
(Da Capo Press [Perseus Group], June 2008) Murray Greenberg
"Passing Game: Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football"
(PublicAffairs, November 2008) 2004 Mireya Navarro
"Green Wedding: Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration"
(Stewart, Tabori & Chang, January 2009) 2005 Mara Altman
"Thanks For Coming"
(Harper Collins, April 2009) Rinku Sen
"The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization"
(Berrett Koehler, September 2008) 2006 Laila Al-Arian
"Collateral Damage: America's War on Iraqi Civilians"
(Nation Books [Perseus Books Group], June 2008) Doree Shafrir
"Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages From Home"
(Hyperion, April 2009) Faculty Helen Benedict
"The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq"
(Beacon Press, April 2009) Judith Matloff
"Home Girl - Building a Dream House on a Lawless Block"
(Random House, June 2008) Betsy West
"Constantine's Sword," a documentary directed by Oren Jacoby and produced by Betsy West (DVD)
(Storyville Films, September 2008)
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