http://acebauer.com Home of author A.C.E Bauer on the web Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:37:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the mid ‘80s, when I was in law school, I participated in a seminar about how American law has treated African-American women over history. One lively discussion that stuck with me concerned whether a white person could ever fully understand, let alone properly describe, the life of a black ... http://acebauer.com/no-castles-here/the-wrongs-of-white-default The Minnesota Parent magazine came out with its "100+ great books to read this summer" issue. Much to my pleasure, No Castles Here was mentioned as recommended for "tween idealists and deep thinkers." Thank you Minnesota Parent! http://acebauer.com/no-castles-here/among-100-actually-more Great news! An audio version of No Castles Here will be released at the same time as the paperback edition. That's March 10, 2009, to be more specific. I can't wait to hear the production! http://acebauer.com/no-castles-here/the-audio-book-is-coming I'm visiting beautiful Minneapolis and St. Paul in the next few days. If you'd like to say hello, I'll be doing a book signing at Auntie Em's Bookstore on Saturday April 19 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Hope to see you there! http://acebauer.com/no-castles-here/auntie-ems Karen L. Day and I had a great visit at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library in Monroe, Connecticut today. We received a warm welcome and had some interesting questions from the audience. One of my favorites was from a mother: whenever her daughter writes an essay for her teacher, it ... http://acebauer.com/class-of-2k7/breaking-rules Just a reminder that on Monday April 14, at 2:00 p.m., I'll be appearing with fellow author Karen L. Day at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library. Hope to see you there! http://acebauer.com/no-castles-here/reminder Fellow Class of 2k7 member Eric Luper emailed me the other day. He had read a blurb about No Castles Here in the recent on-line Rutgers Alumni newsletter in their "Off the Shelf" column. I liked the blurb, but what tickled me was finding out that we are both alumni ... http://acebauer.com/no-castles-here/alumni-news Colleen Mondor, in her March "Bookslut in Training" column for Bookslut, wrote some very nice things about No Castles Here. In particular she picked up that the book has something to say about surviving in a poor community. [T]his is a book about class, something that is rarely ever present in ... http://acebauer.com/no-castles-here/bookslut-weighs-in It's pretty outside. Large flakes thickly carpet the ground, the trees, the road. And there's the rub -- it's also very slippery. So the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library had to cancel my presentation today with Karen Day. Bummer. But don't worry. We'll reschedule. In the meantime, back to work! http://acebauer.com/appearances/snow-snow Children librarian and blogger of A Patchwork of Books has given No Castles Here a fabulous review. She starts off: What a gem this book is! It isn't often that I come across a book that I truly love from the first page, but this was, indeed, one of them. First ... http://acebauer.com/no-castles-here/a-gem