2013

IGNATIAN NEWS NETWORK

1. “A Gay Identity Can Inspire and Deepen a Christian Faith”

2. For Gay Catholics, “Next Step” Is “Public Integration” into Parishes

 

2012

AUTHOR LEARNING CENTER

Exuberant Author Shares “Epiphany” for Writing an American Memoir

 

2011

“GENEALOGY GEMS”

1. Different Family Perspectives, Similar Immigrant Histories

2. From Ellis Island to Iowa: Excavating the Family Archives

3. How to Make Sense Out of a Family of Individualists

“DRESSER AFTER DARK”

1. American Family in Decline: Fact or Fiction?

2. Does Cultural Sensitivity Training Belong at Home?

3. Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and the Family

BOOKEXPO AMERICA

Librarians of the World, Unite! (And Thanks for Your Support!)

 

2010

VILLAGE BOOKS EVENT

1. Godges Outsells Bush, Nears Keith Richards at Village Books

2. Crowd Creates Buzz Before Godges Event at Village Books

3. Godges Cites 50th Anniversary as Inspiration for Family Memoir

4. Godges Shares Secrets of Extracting Family’s Oral History

5. Godges Reveals How Ellis Island Helped Solve Family Riddle

6. Story of Italian Immigrant Shows How Little Has Changed

7. Godges Characterizes Prohibition as Culture War

8. “I’ve Done the Bare Minimum I’ve Been Put Here to Do”

9. Godges Rekindles Great Com-
passion from Great Depression

10. Godges Invokes “Sound of Music” as Catholic Milestone

11. Godges Stokes “Fun, Fun, Fun” of Surfer Girl

12. Godges and Grodeck Salute Polish Solidarity

13. Godges Bids Farewell to Family and Friends

14. Village Books Owner Raves about Godges

 

Enjoy the “Oh, Beautiful” Videos
Now Playing Here!

2010 Ida and Joseph Godges

IN 2010, IDA AND JOSEPH GODGES, the principal protagonists of Oh, Beautiful:
An American Family in the 20th Century, watch YouTube videos of the Village Books event on an iPad, each with one earplug connected to the tablet. Call it a wePad.

PHOTO BY MARY JO GODGES

 

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