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Her friend and literary executor, Avis Berman ’71,
stepped in to edit and complete it, seamlessly
preserving Kuh’s commanding voice and passion. An
important record of a phenomenal era in world art
was rescued.
Kuh was an intensely private person who chose to
write not about herself but about what and whom
she knew. Infused with excitement and affection, her
narrative divulges encounters and
friendships with the likes of
Brancusi, Rothko, and Hopper, to
name a few. Listening at her feet is
pure delight.
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Successful Habits Following
the stock market crash of 2000,
hedge funds gained popularity
because of their flexibility. In particular,
global macro hedge funds outperformed
against volatile markets and
world events. Yet their recent arrival
and idiosyncratic nature are barriers to
wider application. Steven Drobny ’94,
an international expert in hedge funds,
has written Inside the House of Money
(Wiley) to demystify them.
Drobny recorded hours of
conversations with global macro
investors deploying a breadth of
investing styles and philosophies.
Their best practices and thinking
are presented in an engaging question-and-answer
format attracting
critical favor and a strong performance
on Amazon.com’s extended
bestselling list for business and
economics titles. Visit www.
insidethehouseofmoney.com to
learn more.
Rather than profile successful
role models, George Naimark ’45
does just the opposite in How to
Be a Truly Rotten Boss (Xlibris).
His marketing ploy: Give the
book anonymously to the office
ogre. Warning to recipients: Change
your ways.
General Reading Histories,
poetry, novels, and children’s books
are “Books” staples. The shelves are
well stocked.
Monkey Farm (Bucknell University
Press) by Donald Dewsbury ’61, a professor
of psychology at the University
of Florida, records the history of the
Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology
in Orange Park, Fla., from 1930–65,
where today’s knowledge of nonhuman
primates and their behavior
was advanced. Dewsbury considers the
research, institutional politics, and the
lab’s Yankee scientists who experienced
culture shock in the rural South.
Educators Richard Mix ’56 and his
wife, Miriam, find vintage postcards
to be priceless time capsules and
pressed them into service for A
Bicentennial Postcard History of
Williamsport (Lycoming County
Genealogical Society).
Regional history from his
native Illinois Valley inspired the
novel LaSalle County: A Family Saga
(iUniverse!), by Dan Hoffman,
professor emeritus of biology at
Bucknell. Set against the background
of the Eastern European
immigrant community, it spans
the 20th century, weaving
personal drama with cultural
codes and the larger events of
the times.
Mischief, she wrote. In
Murder Wears a Red Hat
(PublishAmerica), Polly Mitchell
Savidge ’63 pits an annoying ex-husband
against the wily Red Hat Society,
two things she knows about.
Glenn McLaughlin ’77, a scientist
by training, has added literary endeavor
to his résumé. He has published an
energetic poetry selection, Something
Catches (Roland Street). The natural
world dominates his work, informed
by science, art, and current events.
Finally, the versatile
Meredith Sue Willis ’68 is
back, this time with a children’s
novel, Billie of Fish
House Lane (Montemayor
Press). Biracial Billie Lee leads
a harmonious life in a funky
New Jersey neighborhood
until her white cousin comes
to town. There’s that, and a
mysterious neighbor alerts her
inner detective. Billie Lee’s an
appealing problem solver.
Claudia Ebeling reviews books in
the September and January issues
of Bucknell World. W