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Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert — Wins Book Awards
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 – Review by Matthew Wald
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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Review by David Stentiford of Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert
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
Thinking Aloud with Author Michon Mackedon 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. —Original airdate: 2/7/2011 on BYU Thinking … Continue reading
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Red Rocks of Nevada Smudged by Less Colorful Graffiti
Red Rocks of Nevada Smudged by Less Colorful Graffiti – NYTimes.com Nevada Rock Art, the spectacular book published by Peter Goin, under the auspices of the Black Rock Institute Press, includes a chapter by BLM Archeologist and rock art specialist, Mark Boatwright, … Continue reading
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WNC NEWS & NOTES: Former professor’s book seeks to stimulate conversation
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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Nevada Rock Art wins Pinnacle Best Book Achievement Award
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Bombast in Book Talk – Reno News & Review
Book Talk By Dennis Myers, Reno News & Review This article was published on 09.30.10. “At a time when publishing is in a sharp decline, the publication of nonfiction books on Nevada seems to be booming: Bombast by Michon Mackedon … Continue reading
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Book Signing: Sept. 28 at Churchill County Museum, Fallon, NV
Fallon author Michon Mackedon will sign copies of her recently released book “Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert” in Fallon, NV. She will launch her Nevada book tour on Sept. 28 with a 7:30 presentation at the Churchill County Museum … Continue reading
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