The following is a list of books recently or soon-to-be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers.
In Times of Disaster
Jennifer Tuckett, Dorothy Fortenberry and Lauren Feldman, playwriting students at the School of Drama
(Broadway Play Publishing Inc.)
"In Times of Disaster" features three plays by current first-year drama students: "Ways You Can Survive the World" by Jennifer Tuckett; "After the Flood" by Dorothy Fortenberry; and "When It Rains" by Lauren Feldman. The plays by the three students were presented together as "In Times of Disaster" in March at the School of Drama and then at the Flea Theater in New York City. "In Times of Disaster" is available at the Drama Book Shop in New York City, at Samuel French in Los Angeles and online at www.broadwayplaypubl.com.
Look! Look! Look!
Linda K. Friedlaender, curator of education at the Yale Center for British Art and lecturer in dermatology, and Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
(Marshall Cavendish Children's Books )
Written for students in kindergarten through third grade, this book tells the story of a mouse family that borrows a postcard depicting a famous painting. The mice carefully study the portrait, examining each part and what they see: patterns, colors, lines, shapes, etc. Then, having learned about these artistic elements, the mice decide they can compose their own pictures. Nancy Elizabeth Wallace and Linda Friedlaender include a glossary of art terms and lessons on how to make a self portrait in this book designed to encourage originality and inspire creativity in children.
The Nature of Creative Development
Jonathan S. Feinstein, professor at the School of Management
(Stanford University Press)
In "The Nature of Creative Development," Jonathan Feinstein explores how creative individuals come to have ideas, pursue projects and make contributions to society. He pays specific attention to the ways in which creativity grows out of, and is sparked by, personal interests and experiences. Among the creative individuals featured in the book are Virginia Woolf, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Ray Kroc and Piet Mondrian.
Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace
Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor at the Divinity School and in Religious Studies
(Zondervan)
"Free of Charge" explores the questions: "Where do we find the motivation to give?" and "How do we learn to forgive when forgiving seems counter-intuitive or even futile?" Miroslav Volf examines these questions as they relate to God's generosity and Christ's sacrifice. He draws from personal experience and popular culture, as well as from literary and theology sources, weaving his reflections around the frame of Paul's vision of God's grace and Martin Luther's interpretation of that vision.
Unreasonable Doubt: Circumstantial Evidence and an Ordinary Murder in New Haven
Norma Thompson, senior lecturer in the humanities and assistant director of the Whitney Humanities Center
(University of Missouri Press)
While serving as the jury foreperson for a murder trial in New Haven, Norma Thompson voted for a conviction, but was unable to persuade two fellow jurors to cast their vote for the same verdict. The trial -- which in an earlier courtroom resulted in a hung jury -- ended in a mistrial. In "Unreasonable Doubt," Thompson explores her experience as a juror. She argues that the indeterminate results of the trial are symptomatic of larger problems in the justice system and society, and that the reluctance of most people today to be judgmental is damaging the criminal justice system. She suggests that great literary and historical texts can help society develop this capacity for prudential judgment, gleaning insights from an imaginary jury of Tocqueville, Plato, Jane Austen and William Faulkner, among others. She shows how confrontation with the work of such authors can help create what she believes are more proper models of deliberation.
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