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Although carried to extremes in the 1980's, "Three Farces" pokes fun at topics Americans continue to obsess over: sex, money, power and Jesus. Being an unholy blend of all four, the "Tim & Fanny Show" leads the way. "White Collar Time" is mostly about greed and dollars, but with sex and power as subplots. "Doctor Sperm" is focused on sex and man's inability to control his second brain, but also features dollar and power subplots. Merle McClung has created a website/blog to help counter such dysfunction, since the excess of the 1980's repeats itself today. He invites all "Goodheads" (those who seek the common good) to join the discussion at MakeOurDemocracyWork.com.

Merle McClung compiled "A Muse of Fire" from the works of Shakespeare in 1965 as a Rhodes Scholar at Trinity College, Oxford. The play gathered dust on Mr. McClung's library shelves until 2014 when failing health convinced him to publish it before it ended up in a landfill. Reading some of Shakespeare's most beloved poetry in a different context has obvious drawbacks, but also enables Shakespeare lovers to appreciate him in a new light. Prince Hal, Falstaff, Hotspur, Hamlet, and other luminaries come together in surprising symmetry as the play transitions from comic fantasy to the historic tragedy of war. The "Use Muse" section suggests challenging tests and stimulating games for literary-inclined adults to identify the source of selections from "A Muse of Fire."

A "must read" story for anyone interested in the beauty and challenges of late love. In "Love Story," Erich Segal told the romantic story of a Harvard hockey player from a wealthy New England family falling in love with a Radcliffe girl from a blue-collar background. Segal's simple story of young love captured America's heart, first in print and later on the big screen, and catapulted the obscure Harvard classics professor to fame and fortune. Now, forty-five years later, Steven McMann tells a reverse love story between two Harvard graduates late in life as they struggle to find love in spite of socio-economic, age and gender gaps. Steve is a never-married lawyer and book collector from an impoverished Michigan background, and Liz is a recent divorce from a wealthy blue-blood Boston family. They think their story of seasoned love with its emphasis on mutuality and explicit sex, as tempered by metaphor, opens the possibility for a deeper more realistic form of love. But will the practice prove as good as the theory? Enjoy the read.

Guilford College 1974-2020: Sort of a Memoir, in Two Parts combines two previously published works into one useful volume that explores various aspects of life in a small Quaker-affiliated liberal arts college in the south. Professor Richie Zweigenhaft looks closely at the relationships between Jews, Palestinians, and Quakers on campus--especially as these relationships transform over the decades of this memoir. Remarkably, Zweigenhaft also started what might be the oldest continuously running pickup basketball game in the country at Guilford College. This half of the memoir offers sly wisdom on how to keep a community of disparate individuals together. Remember: friendship first. Together as one volume, Guilford College 1974-2020 is a first-hand observation of community as it shatters, reforms, and perseveres.

Richie Zweigenhaft''s Jews, Palestinians, and Friends: 45 Years at a Quaker College (Sort of a Memoir) is a history of the intersection of religions, political positions, and debates at a small academic institution in the "New South." This history is filtered through Zweigenhaft''s memories and experiences as he navigates the complex mix of faiths as a Jewish, "Quakerly," secular agnostic. Open-minded and generous, Jews, Palestinians, and Friends charts the steps forward and the missteps and misdirections of individuals and institutions in the slow arc of progress toward racial, ethnic, and religious diversity. Although it is a personal narrative, this "sort of a memoir" addresses issues that have been faced by every college in America over the past 45 years.Jews, Palestinians and Friends: 45 Years at a Quaker College is relatable, relevant, and an extremely enjoyable read. Zweigenhaft sheds light on the complexity of the multi-faceted issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while simultaneously showing how that conflict impacts both the ivory tower and the local community it finds itself in. Anyone who has ever taught in a small liberal arts college will no doubt find similarities between this "sort of a memoir" and their own experience. A must read for anyone concerned with the uncertain future of small liberal arts institutions.Rhonda F. LevineΓÇâProfessor of Sociology, Emerita, Colgate UniversityMost, if not all, American campuses, struggle in dealing with the politics of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Richie Zweigenhaft narrates, from his Jewish identity experience, the story of Guilford College, a Quaker school, and how its community and institutions were enriched by the dynamics of having Jewish and Palestinian faculty and students. His message is certainly inspiring and offers important lessons for other academic institutions to learn from.Mohammed Abu-NimerΓÇâProfessor, School of International Service, American UniversityRichie Zweigenhaft''s book is more than a delightfully readable memoir. It has much to tell us about how Guilford College shed its provincialism. It is also a case study of how American higher education since the 1970s responded to one of the world''s most contentious issues, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Tom HammΓÇâProfessor of History, Earlham College