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The Baldwin Bookshelf
Mary Standish Bartlett ’65, Throw a Great Party: Inspired
by evenings in Paris with Jim Haynes, iUniverse, 2007.
What do Chloë Sevigny, Molly Ivins, Allen Ginsberg,
Yoko Ono, and Germaine Greer all have in common?
They have all been guests at Jim Haynes’s studio in
Paris. A dynamic and loveable American ex-pat, Jim
Haynes welcomes anywhere fifty to a hundred people
for food, fun, and conversation every Sunday in his
home. These informal parties, now approaching their
thirty-year mark, are the inspiration for Throw a Great
Party and illustrate how to entertain a crowd at home
without being overwhelmed. Do you want to give a
party that’s fun and relaxed but also affordable? Throw
a Great Party will show you how to give exciting parties
that your friends will rave about. Inspired by Paris’ best
underground dining experience, the Jim Haynes dinners,
this book celebrates the whole concept of hospitality and
entertaining. From start to finish, this practical easy-tofollow
guide offers complete planning,
budgeting, shopping, storage, cooking,
and serving tips. The collection of
tasty international recipes and menus,
range from traditional to exotic and
are proven crowd pleasers. Tested
many times, these recipes can be
made easily in any size kitchen.
Throw a Great Party will convince
you that entertaining can be a joyful
exuberant experience.
Dava Krause ’97, Child of the 80’s,
New Wave Dynamic, April 1, 2010.
Earlier this spring, comedy’s rising
funny lady Dava Krause released
her debut album, a mix of original
songs and her live stand-up set.
With her fresh vocal ability and acoustic guitar style,
Krause incorporates odes to the notorious Bally’s gym,
her roommate’s permanent-fixture-in-their-apartment
boyfriend, a melody of impressions of the female singers
who inspired her and more. In between the catchy
comedic tunes, nothing is off limits as Krause offers her
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perspective on everything that has made her who she
is today, including sororities, online dating, marriage,
germaphobia, among many other colorful topics.
Although she has a natural funny bone, Krause has been
working hard at her comedy for many years. A regular
on the Los Angeles comedy scene appearing at The
Hollywood Improv, The Ice House and at The Laugh
Factory on Tom Arnold’s “Laughing with the Stars,”
Krause has traveled all over the country performing in
clubs, colleges and festivals. In 2009, Krause booked
a recurring role on the award-winning Fox television
show, House, M.D.; and she is a national voice-over artist
lending her voice to video games and radio and television
commercials nationwide.
Melissa Broder ’97, When You Say One Thing But Mean
Your Mother, Ampersand Books Trade Paperback
Original; February 6, 2010.
By day Melissa Broder works as a literary publicist,
but after hours this alumna can be
found in one of many roles: curator
of the Polestar Poetry Series, Chief
Editor of La Petite Zine and, not to
mention, poet. In this last role, Broder
has seen much success. Her debut
collection of poems opened to rave
reviews not only in publications such
as Publisher’s Weekly, Time Out New
York, The San Francisco Examiner, but
also from notable poets alike. Readers
and reviewers extolled her work saying,
“Broder will charm your pants off and
then show you a little tough love in this
vivid, witty first collection of poems:
Each poem is artisan-crafted in controlled
couplets, weighty triplets, tight syllabics
and assonance that will take the top of your
head off.” The winner of the Jerome Lowell Dejur Award
and the Stark Prize for Poetry; Broder’s poems have
appeared in many journals, including: Opium, Shampoo,
Conte and The Del Sol Review.
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