 . . . June 1995
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The Wayward Preacher in the Literature of African American Women
by James Robert Saunders '86 DA. McFarland & Co., Jefferson, NC, 1995, $27.50.
This slender but absorbing volume examines the captivating and often flawed figure of the African American preacher as depicted in fiction by generations of female writers. The result is a richer rendering of Black American life than is afforded by most fatter volumes of social science.
How to Live Green, Cheap, and Happy
by Randi Hacker '73. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 1995, $8.95.
"What's good for the planet is good for the bottom line," writes
eco-nomist Hacker. Her book focuses on easy ways in which people can live a more environmentally-aware life, while living more cheaply, healthily and. possibly, happily at the same time.
I Am a Man
by OyamO. Applause Books, New York, 1995, $6.95.
This powerful two-act play was premiered at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in 1994. Oyamo, associate professor of theater in the U-M Theatre and Drama Department, sets the play in Memphis during the 1968 sanitation worker's fight that fatally drew Dr. Martin Luther King to that city. The protagonist of this play is not King, however, but T.Q. Jones, the gritty leader of the workers struggling for dignity and decent wages.
The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine in the Dynamics of European Human Rights Jurisprudence
by Howard Charles Yourow '93 SJD,'86 LLM. Kluwer-Nijhoff, Cambridge, MA, 1995.
Yourow, a teacher of international and comparative law, examines the European Human Rights Convention to trace the evolving relationship between national and international arrangements for the protection of "basic civil and political rights." This is among the first full-length analyses of the critical legal and judicial processes that are emerging within the global integration of commercial, financial and political systems. Despite the mouthful title, the text is clear and of interest not only to officials and experts, but also to students and laypersons interested in how the European-advanced concept of human rights is being codified and expanded through national and international courts.
Hunts' Highlights of Michigan, 2nd edition,
by Mary '70 MA and Don Hunt '70 MA. Midwestern Guides, Albion, $14.95
With over 800 pages, featuring photos, maps and a wealth of historical and anecdotal information on 180 highly recommended destinations, Hunts' Highlights of Michigan presents not just the typical cacation sites around the state, but points out many under-appreciated wonders. The book includes short, in-depth essays on each "highlight," as well as notes on over 800 beaches, parks, shops and scenic drives. The highlights noted by the Hunts are diverse enough to please all tastes, from Dreier's Butcher Shop in Three Oaks, noted for their homemade sausages and bologna, to Berrien County's wineries to Ann Arbor's book and music stores. The Hunts also include a large section on Upper Peninsula highlights like Pictured Rocks and Kitch-iti-kipi springs. As Mary Hunt sums it up, "Surprising worlds close to home--that's become my favorite phrase."--MQ Thorburn
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