Category Archives: New Books

Michon Mackedon Signs Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert

Posted on October 19, 2011 by BRI

Author Event at Barnes & Noble in Reno, Nevada Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert is a crucial linchpin in Atomic Revival studies. Michon Mackedon recounts Nevada’s relationship with the nuclear industry. Please join us today and meet the author. … Continue reading →

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Book of the Year Awards

Posted on July 2, 2011 by BRI

ForeWord Reviews 2010 Winner in the Regional Category: Gold award: Bombast:  Spinning Atoms in the Desert by Michon Mackedon

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Author examines how Nevada became Ground Zero of nuclear testing

Posted on July 2, 2011 by BRI

Events in the 1950s and the 1980s concerning the nation’s nuclear future produced redundant journeys. Both searches led seekers to Nevada (Nye County, specifically) first to what became the Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas as a place to … Continue reading →

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Bombast Wins Awards

Posted on June 3, 2011 by BRI

Black Rock Institute is pleased to announce that Bombast Spinning Atoms in the Desert has been chosen as the winner of the Indie Excellence® Awards 2011  in the  category Regional-Non-Fiction. And a silver award from the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards  in … Continue reading →

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Radiation: A Literary Analysis – by Matthew Wald

Posted on April 26, 2011 by BRI

The New York Times – Green – A Blog About Energy and the Environment Nevada is home to the largest nuclear bomb test site, and the proposed host for a nuclear waste repository. The scientists and engineers, the corporate executives, … Continue reading →

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Finalist, ForeWord Review Book of the Year

Posted on March 25, 2011 by BRI

The Black Rock Institute Press of Reno is pleased to announce that its new release, Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert by Michon Mackedon, is a Finalist for a 2010 ForeWord Review Book of the Year Award. The Award program … Continue reading →

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Review by David Stentiford

Posted on March 3, 2011 by BRI

Precipitate – Journal of the New Environmental Imagination David Stentiford teaches developmental writing at the University of Nevada, Reno. To spin the atom in the Nevada desert, explains Michon Mackedon—to get people on board with nuclear testing and repository sites—is … Continue reading →

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Michon Mackedon talks about Bombast

Posted on February 16, 2011 by BRI

Thinking Aloud with Author Michon Mackedon (listen here) Michon Mackedon, retired professor of English and Humanities at Western Nevada Community College, talks about her recent book, Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert, about the history of nuclear testing in Nevada. … Continue reading →

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WNC NEWS & NOTES: Former professor’s book seeks to stimulate conversation

Posted on February 1, 2011 by BRI

From the Nevada Appeal, Sunday, October 10, 2010:  According to Western Nevada College Emeritus English Professor Michon Mackedon,“If you place on a map of Nevada ‘X’s to mark areas used for nuclear testing and ‘O’s to mark areas examined as … Continue reading →

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“The rest is history, and an example of one great interdisciplinary partnership.”

Posted on November 17, 2010 by BRI

Nevada professors collaborate on California Ag Field Guide Thursday, November 04, 2010 By Claudene Wharton With fall upon us, hordes of children recently got a taste of their first “agricultural experience” – a trip to the pumpkin patch. Other city … Continue reading →

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