E-mail this storyFriday, April 3, 2009
Students celebrate new books through Pinchpenny Press with release parties
Event: Book release party for "Goshen Adventure Comics," edited by students Jacob Schlabach and Emily Taylor, and Assistant Professor of English Jessica Baldanzi
Date and time: Friday, April 3 at 6 p.m. (During April's First Friday)
Location: Better World Books, downtown Goshen
Event: Book release party for "Surviving the Khmer Rouge: Stories on the Struggle to Stay Alive," edited by Sheldon Good
Date and time: Sunday, April 5 from 6-7 p.m.
Location: Koinonia Room, College Mennonite Church
Event: Book release party for "Red Cents," Goshen College's Student Creative Arts Journal
Date and time: Tuesday, April 7 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Newcomer Center, Room 19, Goshen College
The new book "Goshen Adventure Comics" was edited by Goshen College students Jacob Schlabach (Jr., St. Paul, Minn.) and Emily Taylor (Jr., South Bend, Ind.), and Assistant Professor of English Jessica Baldanzi, based on her course "Literature and Popular Culture: The Graphic Novel" in May 2008. Contributors include Yovana Bontrager (2008 graduate), Katie Gencay (Soph., Powell, Tenn.), Annalisa Harder (Soph., Bluffton, Ohio), Hannah D. Miller (Sr., Scottdale, Pa.), Sarah Rich (Soph., N. Manchester, Ind.), Schlabach, Taylor and Daniel Vader (Sr., Grantham, Pa.). As a Horswell Anthology, which is a book that is produced as a result of a class, it will also be used a textbook the next time the course is taught.
They will have a book release party on Friday, April 3 from 6-7 p.m. at the downtown Goshen store, Better World Books, during April's First Friday events. The book costs $6 and a prize will be given for the best costume of a character from a graphic novel or comic book.
The new book, "Surviving the Khmer Rouge: Stories on the Struggle to Stay Alive," is a book of essays written by students from the spring 2007 Cambodia Study-Service Term unit. It was edited by senior Sheldon Good (Telford, Pa.) and costs $5. This is also a Horswell Anthology.
The book release party will be on Sunday, April 5 from 6-7 p.m. in the College Mennonite Church Koinonia Room. There will be a short presentation, book signing and light refreshments.
The Pinchpenny publication, "Red Cents," offers students the opportunity to solicit, select, arrange, edit and design a publication of their own.It is a journal of student art, photography, poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction and cartoons. Senior Whitney Phillips (Clinton, Ill.) was the editor and senior Chase Snyder (Denver, Colo.) was the associate editor and cover designer. It is the fifth annual publication of this literary/arts magazine.
The book release party will be on Tuesday, April 7 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Newcomer Center Room 19 on campus.
The book "Soil and Starlight," a collection of short stories and poems by Dan Vader was released on March 29. $3.50. The book is organized around the seasons and "explores life, aging and death through the eye of nature," Vader writes. This book costs $3.50.
And the book "Writing Home," by senior Peter Miller (Evanston, Ill.) was released March 15. It is a collection of poetry written during his college experience about music, travels and relationships. It costs $5 and will be available for sale again at Miller's senior cello recital on Sunday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Rieth Recital Hall.
Pinchpenny Press was begun in 1969 by Nick C. Lindsay and is sponsored by the English Department of Goshen College. It produces chapbooks, usually around 20 to 70 pages in length, for members of the Goshen College community who have their works accepted by the Pinchpenny Editorial Board. Submissions are to be made in the fall semester and books can be purchased through the English Department by e-mailing english@goshen.edu.
Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.
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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college's Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron's Best Buys in Education, "Colleges of Distinction," "Making a Difference College Guide" and U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition, which named Goshen a "least debt college." Visit www.goshen.edu.
