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The choices are many: New books from 嘿嘿视频 include all genres: novels, poetry, biography, history, memoir, scientific analysis and more.

From music and history to beer and poetry, new books by 嘿嘿视频 authors offer something for every reader this summer.

鈥淐ontents May Have Shifted鈥 by Pam Houston (W.W. Norton and Co., $25.95, 320 pages) 鈥 In her latest novel, bestselling author Houston, a professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at 嘿嘿视频, takes her readers on a spiritual journey 鈥 and a trip around the world. A key theme of the book: We all have baggage, so we might as well get used to traveling with it. Houston is the author of two collections of short stories, 鈥淐owboys Are My Weakness (W.W. Norton), which won the 1993 Western States Book Award and has been translated into nine languages, and 鈥淲altzing the Cat (W.W. Norton), which won the Willa Award for Contemporary Fiction. Her stories have been selected for the 1999 volumes of 鈥淏est American Short Stories,鈥 鈥The O. Henry Awardsand The Pushcart Prize.鈥 Her story, 鈥淭he Best Girlfriend You Never Had,鈥 was John Updike's only addition to 鈥淏est American Short Stories of the Century.鈥

 鈥淢alaquias Montoya鈥 by Terezita Romo (UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, distributed by University of Minnesota Press, $24.95, 200 pages) 鈥 This is a major biography of Montoya, a professor emeritus in Chicana/o studies at 嘿嘿视频 and one of the most influential painters, printmakers and muralists of his generation. Montoya, who has taught at 嘿嘿视频 for more than 20 years, describes his own work this way: 鈥淎s a Chicano artist I feel a responsibility that all my art should be a reflection of my political beliefs 鈥 an art of protest. The struggle of all people cannot be merely intellectually accepted. It must become part of our very being as artists, otherwise we cannot give expression to it in our work.鈥

鈥淗otels, Hospitals, and Jails鈥 by Anthony Swofford (Twelve, $26.99, 276 pages) 鈥 This second memoir by Swofford, a 嘿嘿视频 alumnus and Gulf War veteran, takes on his relationship with his father, also a veteran and Marine. 鈥淢y father and I lived with the wickedly exciting and doggedly exhausting knowledge that we had once, for a short period of time, flirted with death and won,鈥 he writes. Swofford earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in English from 嘿嘿视频 in 1999.

鈥淗and Me Down鈥 by Melanie Thorne (Dutton Books, $25.95, 311 pages) 鈥 In her first novel, Thorne, a graduate of the English master鈥檚 degree program at 嘿嘿视频, tells the story of a girl who travels between California and Utah in search of her true family. The book, based on the author鈥檚 own life, has been selected by the School Library Journal for its 鈥淎dult Books 4 Teens鈥 list. The publisher describes it as 鈥渁 tough, tender, debut novel.鈥

鈥淐ertain Uncollected Poems,鈥 by Sandra McPherson (Swanscythe Press, $17.50, 60 pages) 鈥 McPherson, an emeritus professor of English at 嘿嘿视频, gathers some of her previously published poems into her latest book. 鈥 鈥楥ertain Uncollected Poems鈥 is meant to extend the life of writings that I never found chance or occasion to weave into other books,鈥 says the author. McPherson鈥檚 honors and awards include three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, a Guggenheim fellowship, two Ingram Merrill grants, an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and a nomination for the National Book Award. She was featured on the Bill Moyers television series 鈥淭he Language of Life.

鈥淔rontier Figures: American Music and the Mythology of the American West鈥 by Beth E. Levy (University of California Press, $34.95, 470 pages) 鈥 Examining the works of such composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris and Virgil Thomson, Levy, an associate professor of music at 嘿嘿视频, looks at how western Americana was woven into American culture by way of sheet music, radio, lecture recitals, the concert hall and film. The author says of her book: 鈥淎merican music has almost always been discussed in comparison with European classical music, but that comparison obscures major regional and ethnic differences within American music.鈥

鈥淐alifornia: On-the-Road Histories鈥 by Laurie Glover and Victor Silverman (Interlink Publishing, $22, 390 pages) 鈥 California has a tumultuous history, from the European conquest to today鈥檚 economic woes, and this book presents the sometimes bitter, often triumphant history behind the California myth with humor. It also includes recommendations for tourist destinations. The book is one in a series of on-the-road guides offered by the publisher. Glover is a lecturer in the 嘿嘿视频 University Writing Program. Silverman teaches history at Pomona College.

鈥淐harles Munch鈥 by D. Kern Holoman (Oxford University Press, $35, 352 pages) 鈥 This first full biography of violinist and conductor Munch traces the giant of 20th-century music from his dramatic survival in occupied Paris through his triumphant arrival at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and his later years, when he was known and admired by presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy. Author Holoman is a professor of music at 嘿嘿视频 and conductor emeritus of the 嘿嘿视频 Symphony Orchestra.

鈥淔rom Goods to a Good Life: Intellectual Property and Global Justice鈥 by Madhavi Sunder (Yale University Press, $35, 272 pages) 鈥 Sunder, a law professor at 嘿嘿视频, calls for a richer understanding of the impact of intellectual property law on social and cultural life, not just economics. The author writes in her introduction, 鈥淚ntellectual property law bears considerably on central features of human flourishing, from the developing world鈥檚 access to food, textbooks and essential medicines; to the ability of citizens everywhere to participate democratically in political and cultural discourse; to the capacity to earn a livelihood from one鈥檚 intellectual contributions鈥 .鈥

鈥淔oam鈥 by Charles Bamforth (American Society for Brewing Chemists, $39.95, 80 pages) 鈥 First in a forthcoming series by Bamforth titled 鈥淧ractical Guides to Beer Quality,鈥 this book examines the more technical aspects of beer foam 鈥 but lightly. Among other topics, the volume tackles the age-old debate about whether beer is better from a glass or a can. 鈥淒espite my frequent protestations that the only civilized way to sip beer is from a glass, I am prepared to admit that there are drinking occasions when the informal approach is relevant 鈥 when fishing, for example,鈥 writes Bamforth, professor in the 嘿嘿视频 Department of Food Science and Technology. He adds: 鈥淚 do not fish.鈥 Bamforth is also the author of 鈥淏eer Is Proof God Loves Us,鈥 published in 2010. (鈥滷oam鈥 is available directly from the publisher).

鈥淎s If: Modern Enchantment and the Literary Prehistory of Virtual Reality鈥 by Michael Saler (Oxford University Press, 27.95, 304 pages) 鈥 Saler, an associate professor of history at 嘿嘿视频, traces the world鈥檚 fascination with virtual reality back hundreds of years. Readers will learn, among other things, that Sherlock Holmes was an early virtual reality character.

鈥淭ime鈥檚 Shadow: Remembering a Family Farm in Kansas鈥 by Arnold J.  Bauer (Kansas University Press, $24.95, 176 pages) 鈥 In chapters with titles such as 鈥淗ouses,鈥 鈥淒epression and Drought鈥 and 鈥淗aving Company,鈥 Bauer examines a way of life that has disappeared. Bauer is an emeritus professor of history at 嘿嘿视频.

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