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Temple University Press NEWS OF THE WEEK 6.3.26

Temple University Press NEWS OF THE WEEK 6.23.26 Temple University Press was saddened to hear of the passing of Richard Scotch, coeditor of Family and Disability Activism, coauthor of Allies and Obstacles, and author of From Good Will to Civil Rights. A Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Public Health at the University of Texas at Dallas, he aut...

Two upcoming opportunities to see Anndee Hochman, author of PARENT TRIP!

Anndee will sign copies of her book at the Barnes and Noble, 1708 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, PA, on May 30 at 1:00 pm.

Hochman will also present her book at the Falls of Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Avenue in Philadelphia, PA on June 1 at 5:30 pm.

Thank you, Stephen Silver, for calling A CENTURY OF MUSIC UNDER THE STARS "[A] handsome new book by local music historian Jack McCarthy that offers an exhaustive history of the institution... [T]here’s nowhere in Philly quite like the Mann, and Jack McCarthy’s book has given the place its due." in the Broad Street Review.

A Century of Music Under the Stars: A History of the Mann Center of… The Robin Hood Dell, opened in 1930, was the start of the institution we know today as the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts. A new book by…