SELECTIVE RECORD OF PUBLICATION

SELECTIVE RECORD OF PUBLICATION

Boria Sax, Ph.D.

The following record is not exhaustive. Pieces in newspapers, newsletters or small magazines have generally been omitted. The list includes primarily publications subsequent to 1979. A few earlier publications are, however, included, because they seemed relatively noteworthy.

BOOKS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND TRANSLATION

Imaginary Animals. London: Reaction Books, under contract and expected to be published ca. 2013.

City of Ravens: How Ravens Came to the Tower of London, Why They Stayed, and What They Tell Us About Nature and Humankind. London: Duckworth Publishers, forthcoming 2011.

Crow. London: Reaktion Books, 2003 (Published in Turkish translation by Kitapyayinevi in Istanbul, 2007; in French by Delachaux et Niestlé [part of La Martiniere Group] in Paris, 2007; in Korean by Karam Publishing Co in Seoul, 2008; SDX Join Publishing in Chinese, 2009; and Kalima in Arabic, 2009, and due to be published in Russian in 2011).

The Mythical Zoo: An A-Z of Animals in World Myth, Legend, and Literature. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002.

Animals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats, and the Holocaust. New York: Continuum Publishing, 2000, to be reprinted 2007 (Published in Japanese translation by Seidosha Press in Tokyo, Japan, 2002; published in Czech translation by Dokoran Press in Prague in late 2003).

The Fantastic, Ordinary World of Lutz Rathenow (edited anthology of translations). Sacramento: Xenos Books, 2001.

The Serpent and the Swan: Animal Brides in Literature and Folklore. Austin: U. of Tennessee Press, 1998 (formerly published by McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co.).

The Parliament of Animals: Legends and Anecdotes from Books of Natural History, 1775‑1900 New York: Pace University Press, 1992.

The Frog King: On Fairy Tales, Fables and Anecdotes of Animals. New York: Pace University Press, 1990.

The Romantic Heritage of Marxism: A Study of East German Love Poetry. Bern: Peter Lang, 1987.

Contacts/Kontakte: Poems and Writings of Lutz Rathenow (edited anthology of translations). Providence: The Poet's Press, 1985.

B. MEMOIR

Stealing Fire: A Childhood in the Shadow of Atomic Espionage. Decalogue Books: Yonkers, to be published in 2010.

BOOKS FOR THE POPULAR MARKET

Thomas Mann's Death in Venice (study guide). Piscataway, NJ: Research and Education Association, 1996.

The Romance of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (study guide). Parsippany, NJ: Research and Education Association, 1996.

William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. (study guide). Parsippany, NJ: Research and Education Association, 1996.

CHAPBOOKS, BOOKS OF POETRY AND SHORT PROSE

The Raven and the Sun: Poems and Stories. Providence: The Poet's Press, 2010.

I am that Snowflake. Providence: The Poet's Press, 1987.

Rheinland Market. Buffalo: Textile Bridge Press, 1983.

When the Glaciers Melted. New Paltz: Cloud Mountain Press, 1974.

ARTICLES, SCHOLARLY AND POPULAR

"The Tower Ravens: Invented Tradition, Fakelore, or Modern Myth." Storytelling, Self, and Society 6, no. 3 (2010): 231-40.

"Alterity and the Non-Human" (by Roberto Marchesini, translated and edited by Boria Sax). Humanimalia: Journal of Human-Animal Interface Studies. 2/1 (Spring 2010) <http://www.depauw.edu/humanimalia/issue02/sax.html>.

"The Posthumanism of Roberto Marchesini". Humanimalia: Journal of Human-Animal Interface Studies. 2/1 (Spring 2010). <http://www.depauw.edu/humanimalia/issue02/sax.html>.

“The Magic of Animals: European Witch Trials in the Perspective of Folklore.” Anthrozoös 22.4 (2009): 317-346.

"Knowledge and Wisdom in Academia." Dialogue and Universalism XIX.1-2 (2009): 75-85.

"The Tower Ravens as Mascots of Britain in World War II." In Tiere Im Krieg: Von Der Antike Bis Zur Gegenwart. Ed. Rainer Pöppinghege. Paderborn: Schoeningh-Verlag, 2009, 199-216.

“Foreword” to Rod Boddice, A History of Attitudes and Behaviors toward Animals I in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth Century Britain. Lewiston, UK: Edwon Mellen Press, 2008.

"How the Ravens Came to the Tower." Society and Animals, vol. 15, # 3 (Fall 2007).

"Medievalism, Paganism, and the Tower Ravens.” The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, vol. 9, # 1 (Summer 2007), 62-77.

"Konrad Lorenz and the Mythology of Science." In What Are Animals to Us? Approaches from Science, Religion, Folklore, Literature and Art. Ed. Dave Aftandilian et al. Knoxville: U. of Tennessee Press, 2007, p. 269-276.

"From Totems to Tales: Folklore, Myth, and Animals." In What Are Animals to Us? Approaches from Science, Religion, Folklore, Literature and Art. Ed. Dave Aftandilian et al. Knoxville: U. of Tennessee Press, 2007, p. 1-4.

"Animals as Tradition." In The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings. Ed. Linda Kalof and Amy Fitzgerald. New York: Berg, 2007, p. 270-277.

Entries on “Animals” and “Nature.” World Fascism: A Historical Encyclopedia. Ed. Cyprian P. Blamires. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2006, vol. 1, p. 32-34 ; vol 2, p. 254-255.

"All That Knowledge and So What? Scholarship in the Digital Age." On the Horizon 13.4 (2005): 216-19.

“Black Birds of Doom.” History Today, vol. 55, #1 (January 2005), p. 38-39.

“NILAS at a Decade.” NILAS Newsletter, Fall 2004, p. 5.

“Students as Customers.” On the Horizon, vol. 12, # 2 (2004), p. 157-159.

“Module 26: The Misrepresentation of Identity.” In Integrating Computer Ethics Across the Curriculum, ed. by Marion G. Ben-Jacob, Dobbs Ferry: Mercy College, 2004, p. 104-105.

“Wirtualny Kampus, Mercy College” (article published in Polish and English). E-mentor, #2 (fall 2003), p. 37.

“Academic tradition is a digital age.” On the Horizon, vol. 11, # 3 (2003), p. 5-8.

“The Wizard’s Program at Mercy College.” Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN), vol. 7, #2 (July 2003), p. 43-49.

“The Mermaid in the Renaissance.” Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies Newsletter. Spring 2003, p. 6.

“New Roles for Tutors in the Online Classroom.” Journal of College Reading and Learning, fall, 2002.

“The Spindle: Everything Hangs by a Single Thread.” Parabola, vol 25, #4 (fall 2000), p. 88-90.

“The Mermaid and Her Sisters: From Archaic Goddess to Consumer Society.” ISLE, vol. 7 (summer/fall 2000), p. 43-54.

“Facing both Ways at Once: Janus, the Roman god of beginnings.” Parabola, vol 25, #1 (summer 2000), p. 94-96.

“The Holocaust and Blood Sacrifice.” Anthrozoös, vol. 13, #1, p. 22-33.

“Jacob von Uexküll and the Anticipation of Sociobiology” (with Peter H. Klopfer). Semiotica, vol. 134-3 (2001). P. 767-778.

"The American Apple: A Trick or a Treat." Rooted in America, ed. by David S. Wilson and Agnus Gillespie. Memphis: U. Of Tennessee Press, 1999: p. 1-22.

“Der Perfekte Krieg.” Gegengift, June 1, 1999, p. 13-15.

Entries on Paul Wiens, Environmental Literature, Lutz Rathenow, Konrad Lorenz. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. Ed. John Sandford. London: Routledge, 1998, p. 201, 466, 528, 816.

“Bestial Wisdom and Human Tragedy: The Genesis of the Animal Epic.” Anthrozoös, vol. 11, #3 (fall 1998), p. 134-141.

“Historikerstreit, amerikanisch.” Gegengift, August 15, 1998, p. 13-16.

Lutz Rathenow and the Adenauer Prize: Some Thoughts on Politics, Kitsch and Literature.@ GDR Bulletin, vol. 24 (Spring 1997), p. 81-85.

“New Beginnings.” The Museletter, vol. 10, #3 (October 1997).

“Literature, Ethics and Activism” (Contribution to A Bison Roundtable). ASLE News, vol. 9, #1 (spring 1997), p. 5.

"Totemic Literature" (editorial). Nature in Legend and Story Newsletter, #3, p. 1-3.

"Totemism, Traditional and Modern" (Editorial), Nature in Legend and Story Newsletter, vol. 1, #2 (fall 1996), p. 1-4.

"The Zoo: Prison or Paradise?" Terra Nova, vol. 2/ #1 (winter 1997), p. 59-68.

"What is a Jewish Dog?: Konrad Z. Lorenz and the Cult of Wildness." Society and Animals, vol. 5/#1 (spring 1997), p. 3-21.

"Evolution: Why the Fuss?" International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) Newsletter, #10, December 1995, p. 3-5.

"If We Could Talk to the Animals" Storytelling Magazine (January 1995), p. 10-14.

“Lutz Rathenows jüngste Arbeiten: Eine neue DDR Lyrik? Poesie Europe, Fall 1996, p. 134-138.

"What is a Dissident?" GDR Bulletin, vol. 22, # 3 (spring 1995), p. 7-9.

"Volk ohne Vergangenheit" Gegengift, August 1995, p. 41-43.

"Am Rande der Kulturen." Eßlinger Zeitung, Saturday/ Sunday, March 25-6, 1995, p. 34.

"Nazi Treatment of Animals and People" (co-authored with Dr. Arnold Arluke). Reiniventing Biology, edited by Lynda Birke and Ruth Hubbard. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.

"After Literature, What?" (editorial). The Nature in Legend and Story Newsletter, # 1 (Winter 1994), p. 15.

"Animal Deities." Sacred Path, vol. 2, # 1 (winter 1994/5), p. 11-13, 26-28.

"A New GDR Poetry? Recent Writing of Lutz Rathenow" (review-article). GDR Bulletin, vol. 20, #1 (spring 1994), p. 25-27.

"Was bedeutet es, e Hund zu sein." Gegengift (Pfaffenhofen, Germany), July/August 1994, p. 20-22.

Section on German Literature (chap. 17) The Reader's Adviser. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1994, p. 562-618.

"The Basilisk and Rattlesnake: A European Monster Comes to America." Society and Animals, vol. 2, #1 (1994), p. 3-15.

"Animals in Religion." Society and Animals, vol. 2, #2 (1994), p. 167-174.

"Holocaust Images and other Powerful Ambiguities the Debate on Animal Experimentation." Anthrozoös, vol. 6, #2 (winter 1993).

"The Prophet Tradition East German Literature." Index on Censorship, vol. 21, #1 (spring 1992), pp. 24‑ 27.

"Understanding Nazi Animal Protection and the Holocaust" (written jointly with Prof. Arnold Arluke) Anthrozoös, vol. 5, #1 (spring 1992), pp. 6‑31.

"The Allure of Animal Anecdotes." Storytelling, vol. 4, #3 (spring 1992), p. 14‑17.

"Antwort auf Jan Faktor" (in German). GDR Bulletin, vol. 18, #1 (spring 1992), pp. 46‑47.

"Anthropomorphism in Animal Encyclopedias of Nineteenth Century America." New York Folklore, vol. XIV, # 1‑2 (1988), p. 107‑ 122.

"Some Reflections on the Utopian Commonwealth of Beavers." Anthrozoös, vol. II, # 2 (fall 1988), pp. 76‑ 82.

"German Democratic Republic" and "Hungary" (sections of a reference work). Human Rights Internet Directory: Eastern Europe and the USSR. Edited by Laurie S. Wiseburg. Cambridge: Human Rights Internet, 1987.

"Beyond Censorship" (guest editorial). In Index on Censorship, vol. 14, #4, 1985, p. 2.

"With Blood and Indelible Ink." In Commonweal, May 17, 1985, pp. 300‑301.

East Germany's human Rights Record (report presented to the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations in Geneva by the International League for Human Rights on July 17, 1984). New York: International League, 1984.

"The Peace Movement in East Germany." Cross Currents, vol. 32, #4, 1982‑3, pp. 388‑394.

"Figures of Love. Some Observations on the Poetry of Georg Maurer." GDR Monitor, #7, 1982, pp. 40‑47.

"East German Writers and the State." Index on Censorship, vol. 11, #4, 1982, pp. 33‑35.

"Working in a Cannery." Seeds of Change, vol. 2, #2, 1980, pp. 36‑39.

POETRY AND FICTION

“Crow Totem.” NILAS Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2004, p. 40-43.

"That Village." The Nature in Legend and Story Newsletter, # 1 (Winter 1994), p. 15.

"The Man Who Discovered Fire" (poem) and a retelling of a Lithuanian fokltale. Sacred Path, vol. 1, # 2 (spring 1994), p. 5, 28-29.

"Zemyne and the Peasant" (retelling of a folk story). Storytelling Magazine (September 1994).

"The Peasant and Zemyne" (story loosely based on a folktale). Storytelling Magazine (July 1994).

"Zemyne" (folktale). Parabola (fall 1994), p. 51.

"Die Hinrichtung des Himmels." Lilegal (Salzburg, Austria), # 14 (Oct. 1994), p. 47-50.

"The Doe" . Parnassus of World Poets 1994. Ed. by Ramasamy Devaraj. Madras: Venus Printers, 1994.

“Ishmael: The Story of a Tree.” The Second Word Thursdays Anthology: Poetry and Prose by Bright Hill Press Writers, ed. by Bertha Rogers. Treadwell, NY: Bright Hill Press, 1994, p. 290-291.

"My Destination" . Greenprints, # 16 (winter 1993-94) p. 45.

"Die Hinrichtung des Himmels" (story). Gegengift (Pfaffenhofen, Germany), Nov./Dec. 1993, p. 1-4.

"One Being" & "The Doe" (poems). Poesie Europe, October 1990, pp. 17 & 27.

"Pennies" (story). Poesie Europe, October 1990, pp. 54‑ 57.

"Roses and Lilacs" . Archae, vol. 1, #1 (fall 1990), p. 35.

"August: Die Geschichte eines Baumes" (short story in German). Esslinger Zeitung, Weekend, January 21/22, 1989, p. 26.

"August: Die Geschichte eines Baumes" (short story in German). In Nürnberger Zeitung am Wochenende, July 9, 1988, p. 64.

"The Forgery" (short Story). In Critique of America, Feb./March 1988, pp. 50‑51.

"Dezember" (a poem in German). In Schreiben und Lesen (Berlin, West Germany), vol. 5, #6, 1985, p. 14.

"Hay Buques a la Espera" (poem translated into Spanish by Jose Kozer). In Liminar (Trinidad), #13/14, 1983, p. 86.

"Bestiary" (poem printed as a poster on parchment). Buffalo: Serendipity Arts, 1980.

Two Poems. In Poet and Critic, vol. 11, #1, 1979, pp. 17‑18.

"Two in the Morning.” In Poet and Critic, vol. 11, #2, 1979, P. 32.

"4000 B.C." (poem published in the English original with a translation into Japanese by Takao‑‑Oka‑‑Furakawa). In Kahen (Tokyo, Japan) #73, 1974, pp. IV‑V.

Two Poems (published in the English original with a translation into Japanese by Takao‑‑Oka‑‑Furakawa). In Kahen (Tokyo, Japan) #74, 1974, pp. 40‑43.

Six Poems (published in the English original with a translation into German by the author). In Sassafras (Krefeld, Germany) #17, 1975, no page numbers.

REVIEWS, TRANSLATION AND MISCELLANEOUS SHORT PROSE

“Introduction to the work of Martine Myrup.” In Peculiar Flight by Martine Myrup. Glasgow: Hungry Dog Press, 2008.

Review of The London Pigeon Wars by Patrick Neate. Society and Animals, vol. 12, # 4 (2004), p. 348-351.

“NILAS in the New Millennium.” Nilas Newsletter, vol. 1, #1 (fall 2001), p. 2-3.

“New York after the Bombings.” Liberal, #4 (December 2001), p. 6-10.

Review of Goethe’s Way of Science, edited by David Seaman and Arthur Zajonc. Science Group of the Anthrophilosophical Society in Great Britain Newsletter. March 1999, p. 8.

Review of Hunting the Wren by Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence. ISAZ Newsletter, #18 (November 1999), p. 19.

Review of Veterinärmedizin im Dritten Reich, edited by Johann Schäffer. Anthrozoös, vol. 12, #2 (fall 1999), p. 127-128.

Review of The Wild Animal Story, edited by Ralph H. Lutts. Anthrozoös, vol. 11, #3 (fall 1988), p. 180-181.

Review of Animals in the Middle Ages, edited by Nona C. Flores. ISLE, vol. 5, # 2 (fall 1998), p. 131-132.

Review of Goethe’s Way of Science, edited by David Seaman and Arthur Zajonc. Parabola, vol. 23, #4 (winter 1988), p. 102-104.

Review essay on Mensch und Tier, vol. XI (winter 1992-95). Anthrozoös, Vol. IX, # 2/3 (winter 1996), p. 123-8.

Review of The Others: How Animals made us Human by Paul Shepard, Trans-Species Interactions Bibliography, vol. 7, #2 (fall 1996), p. 35-6.

Review Essay on Staatssicherheit in Rostock, edited by Thomas Ammer and Hans-Joachim Memmler. GDR Bulletin, Fall 1994.

Reviews of Talking Animals, by Jan M. Ziolkowski, and Birds and Bests of the Middle Ages, ed. Willene B. Clark and Meradith T. McMann. Anthrozoös, vol. 7, # 2 (1994), p. 154-155.

Review of Kunst und Politik im Sonntag 1946-1958 by Verena Blaum. GDR Bulletin, vol. 20, #1 (spring 1994), p. 29-30.

Review of the journals Mensch und Tier, vol. 9-10 (1990-92) & Bestia, 1994, p. 75-77.

Review of American Wildlife in Symbol and Story, edited by Mechtal and Gillespie. Anthrozoös, Vol. 3, # 1 (summer 1989), pp. 63‑64.

Review essay on Die Lautere Bosheit by Lutz Rathenow. German Politics and Society, #32 (summer 1994), p. 155-157.

Review written In German of Berlin/Ost by Rathenow and Hauswald. Universitas, January 1992, pp. 96‑97.

Review of Henry's Jupitergestik by Jan Faktor. German Politics and Society, #26 (summer 1992), pp. 154‑157.

Review of Störenfried by Wolfgang Rüddenklau. German Politics and Society, #27 (winter 1992‑93).

Translation of poem by Lutz Rathenow entitled "For Uwe Gressmann." The McGraw‑Hill Book of Poetry, edited by DiYanni & Rompf. New York: McGraw‑Hill, 1993.

Review of The Book of the Toad by Robert M. DeGraaff. The Interactions Bibliography, December 1992, p. 24‑25.

Review of Der Wolf und die widerspenstigen Geisslein by Lutz Rathenow. GDR Bullet, vol. 17, #1 (spring 1991), p. 28.

"A Visitor" (story). Passager, #4 (winter 1991), pp. 20‑ 21.

Review of The Animal Wife by E. M. Thomas. Anthrozoös, 4/5 (1991), pp. 267‑268.

"Adolescent Friendship" (story). Poesie Europe, 1991, p. 55‑ 57.

Review of the journal Mensch und Tier. Anthrozoös, vol. 4, #2 (fall 1990), pp. 134‑135.

"A Marxist Perspective of Grimm" (review of The Brothers Grimm by Jack Zipes and The Complete Tales of the Brothers Grimm translated by Jack Zipes). Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 15, #3 (fall 1990), pp. 149‑150.

Reviews of Tausendundzweite Nacht by Christa Kozik, Sterne Jonglieren by Lutz Rathenow and Zärtlich kreist der Faust by Lutz Rathenow. GDR Bulletin, vol. 16, #1 (spring 1990), pp. 13‑14. 15‑16.

"Skepsis" (review of Rathenow's Zärtlich kreist die Faust) Deutsche Tagespost, Nov. 10, 1990, p. 10.

Review of three books for children by Lutz Rathenow. GDR Bulletin, vol. 15, #1 (spring 1989), pp. 52‑54.

Review of the journal Mensch und Tier. In Anthrozoös, vol. II, #1 (spring 1988), pp. 68‑70.

"Will the Real Peter Hacks Please Stand Up?" (review of The Children's Literature of Peter Hacks by Thomas Di Napoli). In Children's Literature Quarterly, Vol. 13, #4 (winter 1988), pp. 207‑208.

Laws in the German Democratic Republic Restricting Freedom of Expression (series of three flyers prepared for public distribution). New York: Amnesty International, 1983.

Translations of Three Poems by Lutz Rathenow. In Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology. Edited by Emery George. Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1983, pp. 194‑196.

Reviews of Bertolt Brecht: Poems 1913‑1956, ed. by Willet and Manheim, and Time for Dreams, ed. by Deicke. In Translation Review, 1/8 (1982), pp. 27‑29 and 40‑41.

Translations of poems by Peter Beicken and Lutz Rathenow. Dimension, 15/1 (1982), pp. 12‑15 & 146‑49.