Looks like a book, feels like a book

The uncorrected page proofs of 37 Words arrived, and for the first time it all looks like a book and feels like a book! Until now, it’s felt more like a brain dump from me to Word and then a bunch of people playing around with that.

I know the trend these days moves authors to post on social media every little step in the process of releasing a book. The cover reveal. And the page proofs. And a grand opening of a box of the first copies when they arrive. I’ve tried to limit my book posts to the times I truly get excited about something happening. (You’re welcome.)

But more than just the joy of feeling the book in my hands inspired today’s post. We’ve got blurbs coming in! I’m thrilled and humbled by some of the endorsements.

The comments that make me swoon include these:

• “The struggle to win, implement and preserve Title IX, the bedrock 1972 law banning sex discrimination in education, comes alive in these pages. Boschert’s vivid biographical portraits of key leaders of these efforts, from the 1960s to the present, make this a page-turner that illuminates the historical roots and antecedents of the #MeToo movement.” — Ruth Milkman, professor of sociology and history, City University of New York Graduate Center, and author of On Gender, Labor, and Inequality.
• “Boschert’s exquisite achievement in 37 Words rests on deeply researched history, eloquent prose, and perhaps most surprising of all, the page-turning story of how one unassuming yet brave woman–Bernice Sandler–turned sexist oppression into educational liberation for millions of women. There is sobering and uplifting brilliance dancing off the pages of this book, page after page. Do not miss it.” – Jennifer Freyd, founder and president, Center for Institutional Courage.
• “Indispensable reading for anyone who cares about education, including students, teachers, administrators, parents, and graduates–so basically everyone.” — Nancy Chi Cantalupo, assistant professor of law, Wayne State University.

Please think of me in the year ahead. If you’d like me to speak somewhere during Title IX’s fiftieth anniversary year, let me know. I’m meeting with my publishing team at The New Press soon to start planning my 2022.

Meanwhile, you can preorder the book for deliveries starting March 8, 2022. Tell your friends. Share this post. Or just know that I’m already grateful for your support this far.