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Apollo in the Grass
is the first collection in English translation of Kushner’s post-Soviet poems, and also includes certain earlier ones
that could not be published during the Soviet era. Kushner speaks to us from a place where the mythic and the historic coexist
with the everyday, where Odysseus is one of us, and the “stern voice” of history can transform any public square into a harrowing
schoolroom. This layering of times and events is also embodied in Kushner’s distinctive poetic voice. Echoes of earlier Russian poets
and styles enrich and complicate an idiom that is utterly natural and contemporary. Now, as in the Soviet era, Kushner’s work is
especially cherished for its exemplary stoic integrity. But these lyrical poems are also pieces of exquisite chamber music, songs
where poetry dazzles but “greatness is . . . sooner scaled to the heart / Than to anything very enormous.”
Robert Carnevale (co-translator)
Apollo in the Grass: selected poems of Aleksandr Kushner
Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2015
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The Black Eagle of Harlem was the nick name given
to Herbert Julian, an African- American aviator who
attempted to cross the Atlantic, in 1924, years before
Charles Lindbergh. Herbert failed on that occasion,
though he was to succeed in 1929. Born in Trinidad, in
1897, Herbert was known for his flying feats and daredevil
stunts in the U.S., flying with the Five Blackbirds the
first African American precision flying troupe. He was
a larger than life character who spent time in Ethiopia,
Finland, and the Congo. Julian died in the Bronx, in
February 1983.
C. Brid Nicholson (Associate Producer)
The Black Eagle of Harlem
(documentary film)
Icon Independent Films, 2017
Educating the nation’s rapidly rising population of dual language learners
(DLLs) is as much a challenge as it is an opportunity for improving our
practice with them. Many English-speaking young children struggle with
learning to communicate effectively. DLLs face a double challenge of
learning not only academic skills, but also the social imperatives associated
with communication. To be successful in school, they must navigate the
cultural, linguistic, academic, and social terrains. This book offers a wide
variety of strategies for fostering effective communication skills in DLLs that
are needed to succeed academically and socially now and in the future.
This pictorial history of Kean University documents its transformation from
a normal school training primary school teachers in Newark in the 1800s
to the global university the institution, anchored in Union, has become
today. The photographs collected in this book tell the intellectual and
social history of Kean as the institution has grown and changed along with
America and American higher education over the past 162 years.
Jennifer Chen
Connecting Right from the Start:
Fostering Effective Communication
with Dual Language Learners
Gryphon House, 2016
Erin Alghandoor, Frank J. Esposito,
Elizabeth Hyde, and Jonathan
Mercantini
Kean University -- The Campus
History Series
Arcadia Press, May 2017
The Campus History Series
The Campus History Series
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KeanUniversity,New Jersey's third largest institution of higher education,
has a fascinating history dating back to its 1855 founding in Newark.
Initially a normal school used for training the city's teachers, it has
evolved into a university that offers outstanding undergraduate and
graduate programs in many fields, including medical and allied health,
management, speech, fine arts, liberal arts, architecture, and psychology.
Teachereducationprograms atKean result in theuniversitygraduating the
highestnumberof teachers in thestate.Keanalsooffersdoctoraldegrees in
severalareas, includingEducationalLeadership (EdD),SchoolandClinical
Psychology (PsyD),Doctorof PhysicalTherapy (PhD), andNursing (PhD).
This photographic history features striking images from the university's
archives,which span from the late 19th century to the present.Of special
interest are thedescriptionsof the campusmoving fromNewark toUnion
and the creation of new campus sites inOcean County, New Jersey, and
Wenzhou,China.
Authors Erin C. Alghandoor, Kean archivist; Frank J. Esposito,
distinguished professor; ElizabethHyde, associate professor and assistant
department chairperson; and Jonathan Mercantini, associate professor
and department chairperson, are all affiliated with the Kean University
Department ofHistory.
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Dr. Cathleen Londino
The Today Show:
Transforming Morning Television
Roman & Littlefield, 2016
The Today Show: Transforming Morning Television
provides an entertaining
and informative look at the first twenty-five years of NBC’s innovative
program, from 1952 through 1977. Focusing on Today’s broadcast history,
the personalities instrumental to the show’s success, and the show’s
contributions to the entertainment industry, this account illustrates how
the evolution of Today closely paralleled the development of the broadcast
industry and rise of themajor networks. In addition to chronicling the show’s
history, the author profiles some of the key players both behind and in front
of the camera, including Dave Garroway, Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw, and
Jane Pauley.
The Today Show: Transforming Morning Television
is a fascinating
account of the unprecedented success of this influential program and will
appeal to anyone interested in television history.
