Jeff Leen's
THE QUEEN OF THE RING: SEX, MUSCLES, DIAMONDS AND THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN LEGEND, a biography of pioneer women's wrestler Mildred Burke, had a postive review in yesterday's
Publisher's Weekly.
"[Burke's] rise, fall and resurrection is as bizarre and titillating as wrestling's own carnival roots... Leen... deftly guides the reader through well-documented and researched accounts... Flavored with authentic speech and dedicated to accuracy, this biography is the tale of an underdog who triumphed."
THE QUEEN OF THE RING is due out August 5th from Atlantic Monthly Press.
Newsweek lists 50 books for our times this week, and one of them is Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin's AMERICAN PROMETHEUS.
Jeff Leen's THE QUEEN OF THE RING: SEX, MUSCLES, DIAMONDS AND THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN LEGEND, a biography of pioneer women's wrestler Mildred Burke, had a postive review in yesterday's Publisher's Weekly.
Iris Krasnow has started a blog! "Talk to Iris" will continue the discussions she's had with women around the country about cultivating meaningful, joyful lives and relationships. Fans will be able to share how they're living out the titles of her four critically-acclaimed books: Surrendering to Motherhood, Surrendering to Marriage, Surrendering to Yourself, and I Am My Mother's Daughter.
Kirstin Downey and her book, THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NEW DEAL, will be appearing in the "History and Biography" pavilion at the Library of Congress's 2009 National Book Festival. Kirstin will speak at the event on the National Mall on September 26 - updates coming soon.
Congrats to Ryan Grim, who had a great turnout at his book party at the Capitol Hill American Legion on Saturday night. Read FishbowlDC's coverage here; buy the book here. 
