Natural Selections, David P. Barash
The Leper Compound, Paula Nangle
The Lives They Left Behind, Darby Penney and Peter Stastny
The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review, Danielle Ofri, Editor
Natural Selections, David P. Barash
$25.00
Trade Cloth
ISBN: 978-1-934137-05-5
192 pages
6 x 9
Nonfiction
Available September 2007
"Combining humane sensibility with commonsense, wisdom, knowledge,
wit, and sheer intelligence, David Barash's writing is a tonic for
the mind."
— Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion
"...entertaining and thought-provoking." — Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate
If we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist? Incisive and engaging, this indispensable tour of evolutionary biology runs the gamut of contemporary debates, from science and religion to our place in the universe.
David P. Barash is the author of The Myth of Monogamy and Madame Bovary's Ovaries. He lives in Redmond, Washington.
$23.00
Trade Cloth
ISBN: 978-1-934137-06-2
192 pages
5 ½ by 8 ¼
Fiction
Available January 2008
"The Leper Compound will…remain with the reader long after the book has been closed." — Stuart Dybek, author of I Sailed with Magellan
For Colleen, motherless at seven, isolated from her schizophrenic younger sister, illness unleashes the uncanny and essential of human identity. Growing into womanhood in Rhodesia's final conflict-ridden years, she transgresses social, racial, and political boundaries in her search for connection. This masterly novel is a searing evocation of late 20-century African life.
Paula Nangle was raised by missionaries in the US and southern Africa and now lives in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This is her first novel.
The Lives They Left Behind, Darby Penney and Peter Stastny, with photographs by Lisa Rinzler
$25.00
Trade Cloth
ISBN: 978-934137-07-9
256 pages
Nonfiction
Available February 2008
"a stunning achievement [that]…illuminates the tragedy of our treatment of those with mental and emotional problems." — Robert Whitaker, author of Mad in America
More than 400 abandoned suitcases filled with patients' belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. In this fully illustrated social history, they are skillfully examined and compared to the written record to create a moving—and devastating—group portrait of 20th century American psychiatric care.
Darby Penney is a leader in the human rights movement for people with psychiatric disabilities. Peter Stastny is a psychiatrist and documentary filmmaker. Lisa Rinzler is a prize-winning cinematographer.
The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review, Danielle Ofri, Editor
$16.95
Trade Paper
ISBN: 978-1-934137-04-8
320 pages
6 x 9
Nonfiction/Literature
Available January 2008
"A kaleidoscope of creativity…unsentimental and sometimes unpredictable." — JAMA
Founded just six years ago, Bellevue Literary Review is already widely recognized as a rare forum for emerging and celebrated writers — Julia Alvarez, Raphael Campo, Rick Moody and Abraham Verghese among them — on issues of health and healing. Gathered here are poignant and prize-winning stories, essays, and poems, the voices of patients and those who care for them that form the journal’s remarkable dialogue on "humanity and the human experience."
Danielle Ofri, MD, Ph.D., author of Incidental Findings and Singular Intimacies, is the Editor-in-Chief of Bellevue Literary Review. She lives in New York City.
Natural Selections, David P. Barash
The Leper Compound, Paula Nangle
The Lives They Left Behind, Darby Penney and Peter Stastny
The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review, Danielle Ofri, Editor
