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In print 1. cynthia bardes '59 Cynthia's third picture book for three to seven year olds, Pansy in Venice, The Mystery of the Missing Parrot, came out this fall. In the third and most exotic Pansy tale, the little chocolate poodle and her best friend Avery are summoned to Venice, Italy, to help find a very important parrot. Cynthia will be signing books at Bergdorf's in NYC on December 11 and 12. Hear the music from an adaptation of her first book, Pansy at the Palace, at pansythepoodle.com. The musical adapation, "Poodleful!" opened at Riverside Theater in mid-September in Vero Beach, FL, and then traveled to the Lyric Theater in Stuart, FL. 2. mary melvin fleminG '75 Mary's novel, Someone Else, tells the story of Elizabeth Teller, a 40-something Anglo-American living in Paris. Elizabeth has it all: a well-connected French architect husband, four children and a job as editor at a revered French publishing house. But with the sudden appearance of a former lover, a less glorious past comes back to haunt her. The dream life begins to crumble. A darker side of pretty Paris emerges. The novel has garnered critical acclaim and has been described as "a gripping Paris coming of age story. …This is an everyday Paris with which few English language readers are familiar… remarkable and heartening." Get your copy today on Amazon or at your local bookseller. 3. rae lusKin '68 Rae's new book, The Creative Activist: Make the World Better, One Person, One Action at a Time, comes out June 26, 2016. Do you feel there is something significant you are meant to do? Do you long to have a life of meaning and impact? The Creative Activist is an inspiration toolbox for seekers of all kinds. It contains 36 stories from people who have embraced their personal power and creative gifts to create change in the world around them. Learn more at: www.thewinningadventure. com and join Rae's Facebook community to support and share your own creativity: bit.ly/CreativeActivists. 4. steve lundin '77 Steve is happy to provide copies of his award-winning satricial novel, The Manipulator, to alumni and friends of Latin. The Manipulator was awarded the Grand Prize, Somerset Book of the Year for satire, at the international Chanticleer Blue Ribbon Writing Competition. It also earned a positon in the Amazon top 100 in satire when it was released in July 2014 and has remained in the top 100 satire works since its release. He tweets @bigfrontier and can be found at: www.stevelundin.com, www.bigfrontier.com and www.bigfrontier.org. 5. paul raphaelson '85 Paul is publishing a photography book on the Brooklyn Domino Sugar Refinery. You can get a closer look at the project and offer your support at facebook.com/dominobook. To view even more photos of the project, visit www.paulraphaelson.com/domino. 6. frani o'toole '15 Frani was recently published in the Adroit Journal. Read her piece at: www.theadroitjournal.org/issue-thirteen- frani-otoole. Marketplace Roman Connections Poodleful! Mary Fleming's novel, Someone Else Rae Luskin's new book. Steve Lundin's satirical novel. 1 2 3 4 48 Roman Connections