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° Steve Lundin '77 Steve recently a published book, e Manipulator, which is being called the "wildest business satire of the year. Steve Lundin has wrapped his insider knowledge of advertising agencies, television networks and media campaigns around an outrageous story that could be a textbook for the undocumented realities of life in the field of mass communications and what's to come." e Manipulator is available on Amazon. ° Alexander Tsesis '85 Alexander recently published his fifth book, For Liberty and Equality: e Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence (Oxford University Press). ° B.J. Epstein '97 B.J. is a Senior Lecturer in Literature and Public Engagement at the University of East Anglia in England. Her new book, True North: Literary Translation in the Nordic Countries is the first book to focus solely on literary translation from, to and between the Nordic tongues. She has previously published Are the Kids All Right? Representations of LGBTQ Characters in Children's and Young Adult Literature; Translating Expressive Language in Children's Literature, and Ready, Set, Teach! Ready-Made, Creative Lessons for the English Classroom, and was also the editor of Northern Lights: Translation in the Nordic Countries. Learn more at www.cambridgescholars.com/true-north 51 L AT I N S C H O O L O F C H I C A G O ARTS ° Gail Sonnenfeld '72 Gail produced the documentary feature, Algren: e Movie, about acclaimed Chicago author Nelson Algren. e film was an official selection of the 2014 Chicago International Film Festival. ° TJ Shanoff '92 TJ co-created an improv musical, Blank! e Musical, which opened off-Broadway at the New World Stages theater on November 1. Blank! will utilize a specially designed mobile app to allow audience members to direct the action. You can build your own Broadway show! www.blankthemusical.com ° Annika Iltis '97 e Barkley Marathons: e Race at Eats Its Young, co-directed and co-produced by Annika, had its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival in October. Synopsis: Every year 40 runners come from around the world to a small town in Tennessee to test their limits at a cult-like, quirky and virtually impossible trail race, which was inspired by a historic prison escape. With a secret application process, unknown start time and a course that changes every year, e Barkley Marathons have only had 10 people finish in 25 years. is documentary feature film is an oddly inspiring story where pain has value, failure is spectacular. www.barkleymovie. wordpress.com ° Francesca Baer '07 Francesca starred in the short film e Mortality of Sara Lenson, an official selection of the HollyShorts Film Festival. In the film, Francesca plays a young woman with a rare brain tumor that changes her from a conservative youth with a damaged relationship with her mother, to a free-spirited daughter looking for reconciliation. ° Kobi Walsh '13 Kobi recently launched a website featuring his award-winning photography. Check out his internationally acclaimed work at www.kobiwalshphotography.com