Massachusetts Book Census for the Year 2002
Each year the Massachusetts Center for the Book will report on books published by Massachusetts writers or about Commonwealth themes. Contact us to add a book published in 2002 to the list at massbook@hampshire.edu.
Fiction
Ali, Thalassa, A Singular Hostage ( Bantam Dell Publishing Group)
Almond, Steve, My Life in Heavy Metal ( Grove / Atlantic Inc.)
Borders, Lisa, Cloud Cuckoo Land ( River City)
Burgess, Dean, An Unclean Act ( The Permanent Press)
Butman, John, Townie ( The Permanent Press)
Connors, Rose, Absolute Certainty ( Scribner)
Cook, Claire, Must Love Dogs ( Viking Books)
Cornwell, Bernard, Vagabond ( HarperCollins)
Corriveau, Art, Housewrights ( Penguin Books)
Crowley, John, The Translator ( Perennial)
Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner &, The Fall of the Kings ( Bantam Spectra)
Foos, Laurie, Bingo Under the Crucifix ( Coffee House Press)
Fumento, Rocco, A Decent Girl Always Goes to Mass ( Xlibris)
Gautreau, Norman, Sea Room ( MacAdam/Cage)
Gross, Gwendolyn, Getting Out: A Novel ( Henry Holt and Company)
Haldeman, Joe, Guardian ( Ace Books)
Hartmann, Elizabeth, The Truth About Fire ( Carroll & Graf)
Hough, John, The Last Summer ( Simon & Schuster)
Huntington, Geoffrey, Sorcerers of the Nightwing ( Regan Books)
Just, Ward, The Weather in Berlin ( Houghton Mifflin)
King, Roger, A Girl from Zanzibar ( Helen Marx Books/Books & Co.)
Kobin, Joann, Woman Made of Sand ( Delphinium Books)
Langton, Jane, Escher Twist ( Viking Books)
LeClaire, Anne D., Leaving Eden ( Ballantine Books)
Leithauser, Brad, Darlington's Fall: a Novel in Verse ( Alfred A. Knopf)
Levine, Miriam, In Paterson ( SMU Press)
Lowenthal, Michael, Avoidance ( Graywolf Press)
Mazur, Grace Dane, Trespass ( Graywolf Press)
Merullo, Roland, In Revere, In Those Days ( Shaye Areheart Books)
Murray, Sabina, The Caprices ( Houghton Mifflin)
Osborn, Karen, The River Road ( William Morrow / Harper Collins)
Palmer, Michael, Fatal ( Bantam Dell Publishing Group)
Pearlman, Edith, Love Among the Greats ( Eastern Washington UP)
Robinson, Patrick, Slider ( HarperCollins)
Sedgwick, John, The Education of Mrs. Bemis ( HarperCollins)
Slater, Harrison G., Night Music ( Harcourt)
Tate, James, Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee ( Verse Press)
Tritsch, Electa Kane, Old Wives Tales ( 1st Books Library)
Waldron, Robert, Blue Hope ( Paraclete Press)
Nonfiction
Anastas, Peter, At the Cut ( Dogtown Books)
Bacevich, Andrew, American Empire ( Harvard University Press)
Basbanes, Nicholas A., Among the Gently Mad ( A John Macrae Book/ Henry Holt)
Beckwith, Jon, Making Genes, Making Waves ( Harvard University Press)
Birkerts, Sven, My Sky Blue Trades ( Viking Books)
Carroll, James, Toward a New Catholic Church ( Houghton Mifflin)
Crawford, Rachel, Poetry, Enclosure, and the Vernacular ( Cambridge University Press)
Cunningham, Michael, Land's End ( Crown Journeys)
Doezema, Marianne, Changing Prospects ( Cornell University Press)
Fitzpatrick, Ellen, History's Memory ( Harvard University Press)
Gibbon, Peter H., Call to Heroism ( Grove / Atlantic Inc.)
Gibson, Gregory, Demon of the Waters ( Little, Brown, and Co.)
Gomes, Peter J., The Good Life ( Harper San Francisco)
Groome, Thomas H., What Makes Us Catholic ( Harper San Francisco)
Haglund, Karl, Inventing the Charles River ( The MIT Press)
Halley, Patrick S., On the Road with Hillary ( Viking Books)
Hirsch, James, Riot and Remembrance ( Houghton Mifflin)
Hulliung, Mark, Citizens and Citoyens ( Harvard University Press)
Jha, Stefania Ruzsits, Reconsidering Michael Polanyi's ( University of Pittsburgh Press)
Kanigel, Robert, High Season ( Viking Books)
Kass, Amalie M., Midwifery and Medicine in Boston ( Northeastern University Press)
Kaufman, Barry Neil, No Regrets ( New World Library)
Keller, Evelyn Fox, Making Sense of Life ( Harvard University Press)
Kennedy, Pagan, Black Livingstone ( Viking Books)
Lapatin, Kenneth, Mysteries of the Snake Goddess ( Houghton Mifflin)
Malcolm, Joyce Lee, Guns and Violence ( Harvard University Press)
Mann, Bruce H., Republic of Debtors ( Harvard University Press)
Manso, Peter, P Town ( Scribner)
Marcia Weaver, Joseph Mont &, Ghosts of Boston ( Snakehead Press)
Mariani, Paul, Thirty Days ( Viking Books)
Merullo, Roland, Revere Beach Elegy ( Beacon Press)
Mitchell, John Hanson, Following the Sun ( Counterpoint)
O'Toole, James M., Passing for White ( University of Mass. Press)
Piercy, Marge, Sleeping with Cats ( Perennial)
Pinker, Steven, Blank Slate ( Viking Books)
Pinsky, Robert, Democracy, Culture & the Voice of Poetry ( Princeton University Press)
Richard Johnson, Glenn Stout &, Yankees Century ( Houghton Mifflin)
Schwartz, Evan, The Last Lone Inventor ( HarperCollins)
Shea, Suzanne S., Songs from a Lead-Lined Room ( Bacon Press)
Shulman, Seth, Unlocking the Sky ( HarperCollins)
Vale, Lawrence, Reclaiming Public Housing ( Harvard University Press)
Wasserman, Carol, Swimming at Suppertime ( Crown Publishing Group)
Watson, Bruce, Man Who Changed How Boys & Toys .. ( Viking Books)
Weinberger, David, Small pieces loosely joined ( Perseus)
Whitaker, Jan, Tea at Blue Lantern Inn ( St. Martins)
Widmaier, Eric P., The Stuff of Life ( Henry Holt and Company)
Zuckoff, Mitchell, Choosing Naia ( Beacon Press)
Poetry
Bidart, Frank, Music like Dirt ( Sarabande Books, Inc.)
Braverman, Melanie, Red ( Perugia Press)
Chester, Laura, Sparks ( The Figures)
Conte, Linda Haviland, Slow as a Poem ( Ibbetson St. Press)
Dobyns, Stephen, Porcupine's Kisses ( Penguin Books)
Duehr, Gary, In the Bar Apocalypse Now ( Ibbetson St. Press)
Emerson, Jocelyn, Sea Gate ( Alice James Books)
Esposito, Nancy, Mem' Rain ( Pudding House Publications)
Fein, Richard, I Think of our Lives ( Creative Arts Book Co.)
Flynn, Nick, Blind Huber ( Graywolf Press)
Funkhouser, Erica, Pursuit ( Houghton Mifflin)
Goldring, Elizabeth, Eye: Poems & Retina Prints ( BkMk Press)
Graham, Jorie, Never ( Ecco)
Greenberg, Arielle, Given ( Verse Press)
Hoffman, Richard, Without Paradise ( Cedar Hill Publications)
Jenkins, Paul, Six Small Fires ( Four Way Books)
Kennedy, X.J., The Lords of Misrule: Poems, 1992-2001 ( Johns Hopkins University Press)
Knox, Caroline, A Beaker - New and Selected Poems ( Verse Press)
Martin, Richard, Marks ( Asylum Arts)
Mnookin, Wendy, What he Took ( BOA Editions)
Ruefle, Mary, Among the Musk Ox People ( Carnegie Mellon University Press)
Shaw, Robert B., Solving for X ( Ohio University Press)
Solomon, Laura, Bivouac ( Slope Editions)
Wald, Diane, Yellow Hotel ( Verse Press)
Whitley, James R., Immersion ( Lotus Press)
Wier, Dara, Hat On a Pond ( Verse Press)
Zapruder, Matthew, American Linden ( Tupelo Press)
Children's/Young Adult Literature
Adler, C. S., The No Place Cat ( Clarion Books)
Anderson, M.T., Feed ( Candlewick Press)
Bailey, Mary Bryant, Jeoffry’s Christmas ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Bang-Campbell, Monika, Little Rat Sets Sail ( Harcourt)
Bonners, Susan, Making Music ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Brett, Jan, Daisy Comes Home ( G. P. Putnam's Sons)
Carle, Eric, "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth ( Philomel Books)
Carrick, Carol, The Polar Bears are Hungry ( Clarion Books)
Chesworth, Michael, Alphaboat ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Clements, Andrew, Jake Drake, Class Clown ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
__________, A Week in the Woods ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
__________, Big Al and Shrimpy ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
__________, Pets to the Rescue: Dolores ... ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
__________, Pets to the Rescue: Tara ... ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
__________, The Jacket ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
__________, Things Not Seen ( Philomel Books)
Collins, Pat Lowry, Schooner ( Commonwealth Editions)
Dahlie, Elizabeth, Bernelly & Harriet ( Little, Brown & Company)
Davies, Jacqueline, Where the Ground Meets the Sky ( Cavendish Children's Books)
Davol, Marguerite W., The Snake’s Tales ( Orchard Books/ Scholastic)
Demas, Corinne, The Boy Who Was Generous With Salt ( Cavendish Children's Books)
Dooley, Norah, Everybody Brings Noodles ( Lerner Publishing Group)
Duble, Kathleen B., Bridging Beyond ( Philomel Books)
Dyer, Jane, Little Brown Bear Won't Go to School! ( Little, Brown & Company)
__________, Little Brown Bear Won't Take a Nap! ( Little, Brown & Company)
Elleman, Barbara, Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art ( Houghton Mifflin)
Gantos, Jack, Hole in My Life ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
__________, Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
__________, What Would Joey Do? ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Gerstein, Mordicai, What Charlie Heard ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Glassman, Miriam, Halloweena ( Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Golden, Christopher, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Oz ( Simon Pulse)
__________, Buffy: The Wisdom of War ( Simon Pulse)
__________, Prowlers: Wild Things ( Simon Pulse)
Goodman, Susan E., Brave Kids: Cora Frear ( Aladdin Paperbacks)
Harris, Robie H., Growing Up Stories: Hello Benny! ( Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Hazen, Barbara Shook, Katie’s Wish ( Dial Books for Young Readers)
Hobbie, Holly, Toot & Puddle: Top of the World ( Little, Brown & Company)
Hoffman, Alice, Indigo ( Scholastic Press/ Scholastic)
Hurst, Carol Otis, In Plain Sight ( Houghton Mifflin)
Jango-Cohen, Judith, Fire Trucks ( Lerner Publishing Group)
__________, Penguins ( Benchmark Books / Marshall Cavendish)
Johnson, D. B., Henry Builds a Cabin ( Houghton Mifflin)
Kaczman, James, A Bird and His Worm ( Houghton Mifflin)
Kennedy, X. J., Elefantina's Dreams ( Philomel books)
__________, Exploding Gravy ( Little, Brown)
Koller, Jackie French, Baby for Sale ( Cavendish Children's Books)
__________, Someday ( Orchard Books/ Scholastic)
Kraft, Erik P., Lenny and Mel ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Krensky, Stephen, Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig ( Aladdin Paperbacks)
__________, Ben Franklin and His First King ( Aladdin Paperbacks)
__________, Paul Revere's Midnight Ride ( HarperCollins Children's Books)
__________, Sacagawea and the Bravest Deed ( Aladdin Paperbacks)
Lasky, Kathryn, Porkenstein ( Blue Sky Press/ Scholastic)
Lee, Jeanne M., Bitter Dumplings ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Lester, Julius, Why Heaven is Far Away ( Scholastic Press/ Scholastic)
Logan, Claudia, The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Lowry, Lois, Gooney Bird Greene ( Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books)
Maguire, Gregory, Three Rotten Eggs ( Clarion Books)
Meddaugh, Susan, Lulu’s Hat ( Houghton Mifflin)
Michelson, Richard, Too Young for Yiddish ( Charlesbridge)
Mills, Lauren, Fia & the Imp ( Little, Brown & Company)
Morrison, Gordon, Pond ( Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books)
Murphy, Stuart J., Bigger, Better, Best! ( HarperCollins Children's Books)
__________, One…Two…Three…Sassafras! ( HarperCollins Children's Books)
Murphy, Stuart J., Slugger’s Car Wash ( HarperCollins Children's Books)
Murphy, Kelly, The Boll Weevil Ball ( Henry Holt and Company)
Newman, Leslea, Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
__________, Runaway Dreidel! ( Henry Holt and Company)
Nivola, Claire A., The Forest ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
O'Connor, Barbara, Leonardo daVinci: Renaissance Genius ( Lerner Publishing Group)
Ogren, Cathy Stefanec, The Adventures of Archie Featherspoon ( Aladdin Paperbacks)
Pallotta, Jerry, The Skull Alphabet Book ( Charlesbridge)
Philbrick, Nathaniel, Revenge of the Whale ( G. P. Putnam's Sons)
Raven, Margot Theis, M is for Mayflower ( Sleeping Bear Press)
Rouillard, Wendy W., Barnaby Goes to School ( Cartwheel Books/ Scholastic)
Savage, Deborah, Kotuko ( Houghton Mifflin)
Schertle, Alice, All You Need for a Snowman ( Harcourt)
Schnur, Steven, Henry David’s House ( Charlesbridge)
Sklansky, Amy E., From the Doghouse ( Henry Holt and Company)
Sleator, William, Parasite Pig ( Dutton Children's Books)
Steig, William, Potch & Polly ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
__________, Which Would You Rather Be? ( HarperCollins Children's Books)
Stewart, Melissa, Life in a Lake ( Lerner Publishing Group)
Stites, Clara, Naming the Stones ( Spinner Publications, Inc.)
White, Ellen Emerson, Where Have all the Flowers Gone? ( Scholastic)
Wittlinger, Ellen, The Long Night of Leo and Bree ( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Yolen, Jane, Harvest home ( Harcourt)
__________, Horizons ( Boyds Mills)
__________, The Bagpiper’s Ghost ( Harcourt)
__________, The Firebird ( HarperCollins)
__________, Wild Wings ( Boyds Mills)
Ziefert, Harriet, Egad Alligator! ( Houghton Mifflin)