{"id":108159,"date":"2025-12-11T16:13:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=108159"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:30:02","slug":"turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn a New Page With Wintertime Reads by UMW Faculty and Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Offering readers fresh perspectives to explore during the winter season, recently published works from University of Mary Washington faculty and alumni span history, international relations, poetry, young-adult fiction and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/press.georgetown.edu\/Book\/NATO-After-Russias-Invasion-of-Ukraine\"><strong><em>NATO After Russia\u2019s Invasion of Ukraine: Threat Perceptions and Their Consequences<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Jason Davidson<br \/>\nPublished by Georgetown University Press, forthcoming Jan. 2026<br \/>\nDavidson challenges the assumption that Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine unified the NATO alliance, instead analyzing how member states interpret threats differently and how these perceptions shape defense planning. Davidson, also a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, offers a comparative look at several of the alliance\u2019s most influential members. Early reviewers, including <em>Foreign Policy<\/em> columnist Emma Ashford, praised the book as a \u201cnuanced, thorough and thoughtful\u201d assessment of NATO\u2019s internal dynamics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsfurlong.com\/product-page\/magick-squared\"><strong><em>Magick Squared<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Jen Furlong \u201914<br \/>\nPublished by Abante Press, 2025<br \/>\nThe third instalment of Furlong\u2019s award-winning <em>Unimaginables<\/em> young-adult, vampire-centric fantasy series continues the saga with fresh mysteries and magical twists. The UMW alumna also launched <em>The Wandering Wordsmith<\/em>, a pop-up bookshop travelling through Renaissance fairs in Virginia and West Virginia, bringing young-adult literature to new audiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brides-War-Vietnam-Novel-ebook\/dp\/B0FRSYST29\">The Brides of War: A Vietnam War Novel<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nSteve Gladis<br \/>\nPublished by Steve Gladis Leadership Partners, 2025<br \/>\nIn this book, Gladis, who is married to Mary Washington alumna Donna Sheehan Gladis \u201968, writes about the Vietnam War and its effect on four young women on the campus of what was then Mary Washington College. Told through strong female voices, the novel exposes the grief inflicted on these four friends, whose lives were forever changed by the conflict and the men who were sent into combat to attempt to resolve it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Song-North-Mountain-Morgan-Golladay-ebook\/dp\/B0D1P64FHC\/ref=sr_1_1\"><strong><em>The Song of North Mountain<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Elizabeth Morgan Golladay \u201968<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Published by Old Scratch Press, 2024<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>An artist, author and UMW alumna, Golladay draws on her upbringing on Virginia\u2019s North Mountain to create a d\u00e9but poetry collection that earned second place in the Delaware Press Association\u2019s 2025 Communications Contest. In addition, a poem from the collection, \u201cGhost Light,\u201d took second place in the contest\u2019s individual poems category. Now based in coastal Delaware, Golladay lives in a vibrant art and writing community and continues to explore themes of place, memory and the wild.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/11\\\/turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 415px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"415\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 283px; height: 415px;\" data-original-width=\"283\" data-original-height=\"415\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni\/screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11-32-01-am\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"279\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"411\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"108164\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.01-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"474,698\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.01-AM-204x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.01-AM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.01-AM.png?w=279&#038;h=411&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.01-AM.png 474w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.01-AM-204x300.png 204w\" width=\"279\" height=\"411\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"279\" data-original-height=\"411\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Photo of the book NATO After Russia&#039;s Invasion of Ukraine\" style=\"width: 279px; height: 411px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 278px; height: 415px;\" data-original-width=\"278\" data-original-height=\"415\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni\/screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11-32-32-am\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"274\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"411\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"108165\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.32-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"990,1486\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.32-AM-200x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.32-AM-682x1024.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.32-AM.png?w=274&#038;h=411&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.32-AM.png 990w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.32-AM-200x300.png 200w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.32-AM-682x1024.png 682w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.32-AM-768x1153.png 768w\" width=\"274\" height=\"411\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"274\" data-original-height=\"411\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Photo of the book Magick Squared\" style=\"width: 274px; height: 411px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 278px; height: 415px;\" data-original-width=\"278\" data-original-height=\"415\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni\/screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11-32-50-am\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"274\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"411\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"108166\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.50-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"578,868\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.50-AM-200x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.50-AM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.50-AM.png?w=274&#038;h=411&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.50-AM.png 578w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.32.50-AM-200x300.png 200w\" width=\"274\" height=\"411\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"274\" data-original-height=\"411\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Photo of the book The Brides of War\" style=\"width: 274px; height: 411px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 261px; height: 415px;\" data-original-width=\"261\" data-original-height=\"415\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni\/screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11-33-13-am\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"257\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"411\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"108167\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.13-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"582,930\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.13-AM-188x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.13-AM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.13-AM.png?w=257&#038;h=411&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.13-AM.png 582w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.13-AM-188x300.png 188w\" width=\"257\" height=\"411\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"257\" data-original-height=\"411\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Photo of the book The Song of North Mountain\" style=\"width: 257px; height: 411px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/6197814110\"><strong><em>State Builders from the Steppe: A History of the First Bulgarian Empire<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Eric D. Halsey \u201911<br \/>\nPublished by This Is Rethink, 2025<br \/>\nA historian and podcaster, Halsey presents the premier comprehensive English-language narrative of the First Bulgarian Empire, tracing more than three centuries of political transformation and cultural achievement. With degrees in history and political science from UMW, additional study at the American University in Bulgaria and a stint as a Fulbright-supported researcher in the capital city of Sofia, Halsey is a widely respected resource on the topic.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Football-What-game-does-through\/dp\/B0FK5D3TP9\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KJQLJTNUYZFA&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lC0Wvz4utNyrB_Pn6B0yc6TueI58cRXfHmSrI8BRc1TPaSJne6pQb-Td1zo9-rXTCtmXWmGzhT7n_7BIUDgUmc56oXNi6J2FDDpUqgGwHfA.K9wBotFAtKDjQvI6PJGs4MLLexoeKwwMo-9XatWos6o&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=football+is+humphrey&amp;qid=1754905048&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C86&amp;sr=8-1\"><strong>Football Is\u2026: What The Game Does To Us, For Us, Through Us<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em>Associate Professor of Economics Shawn Humphrey<br \/>\nIndependently published, 2025<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Through 40 personal essays and 10 game-day speeches, Humphrey explores the emotional and transformational moments that unfold far beyond wins and losses. The book examines why football remains a powerful, sometimes sacred space where mentorship deepens, boys grow into young men and the game becomes a lifelong source of meaning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/us\/universitypress\/subjects\/languages-linguistics\/applied-linguistics-and-second-language-acquisition\/language-work-speechwriters\"><strong><em>The Language Work of Speechwriters<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Gwynne Mapes \u201908<br \/>\nPublished by Cambridge University Press, 2025<br \/>\nA linguist and UMW alumna, Mapes draws on ethnographic fieldwork to examine the hidden world of political speechwriting. Her book investigates how speechwriters craft messages for public figures, navigate professional constraints and operate within a rhetorical marketplace shaped by ideology and power.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.virginia.edu\/title\/10161\/\"><strong><em>The Buried Cause: Unearthing Hidden History in the Lee Monument Cornerstone<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Adjunct Instructor of Historic Preservation Katherine Ridgway<br \/>\nPublished by University of Virginia Press, forthcoming 2026<br \/>\nState Archaeological Conservator Ridgway, who returned to UMW this fall as an adjunct instructor, co-edited and contributed to this volume documenting the recovery and analysis of the 1887 copper time capsule discovered beneath the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond. The book examines how the capsule\u2019s contents illuminate Civil War memory, Richmond culture and the politics of public history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/11\\\/turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 400px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"400\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 267px; height: 400px;\" data-original-width=\"267\" data-original-height=\"400\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/turn-a-new-page-with-wintertime-reads-by-umw-faculty-and-alumni\/screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11-33-31-am\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"263\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"396\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"108168\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.31-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"582,876\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.31-AM-199x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.31-AM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.31-AM.png?w=263&#038;h=396&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.31-AM.png 582w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.33.31-AM-199x300.png 199w\" width=\"263\" height=\"396\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"263\" data-original-height=\"396\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Photo of the book State Builders from the Steppe\" style=\"width: 263px; 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