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THE GRAY STOPGAP
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guide to serve as both
a training tool for copy
editors and a quick ref-
erence for editors on
deadline. He is also the
author of Heads You
Win: An Easy Guide to
Better Headline and
Caption Writing. His
wife, Paula LaRocque,
who did graduate work
at North Texas, is the
author of The Book on
Writing and Cham-
pionship Writing, also
published by Marion
Street Press.
* The Gray Stopgap by
D.L. Tolleson ('00) of
Fort Worth (Light-
house Press). Com-
bining flashbacks and
reality, this "techno-
thriller" features a
betrayed government
agent, an experiment in
biochemical synthetic
intelligence gone awry,
double agents, assas-
sins, underwater
adventure and sub-
orbital dogfights. The
novel focuses on rela-
tionships and integrity
as well as international
intrigue. Tolleson, a
freelance photographer
and artist, is working
on a film treatment
and a sequel.
* Calling Up the Dead
by Brett Weaver ('00
Ph.D.) of Hays, Kan.
(Livingston Press).
Seven international
tales include such
diverse subjects as an
Australian journalist
pursuing the story of
a lifetime, three young
African war refugees
awaiting a princess's
help and a Parisian
hotel balcony with
a mind of its own.
Weaver, an assistant
professor of English
at Fort Hays State Uni-
versity, is completing
a screenplay titled Eter-
nily Points. His Anno-
tated Bibliography
(1982-2002) off.D).
Salinger was published
in 2002 by Mellen
Press.
* Tribute by Don Bailey
('80 M.M.), flute, of
New York, N.Y., and
Donald Sulzen ('78,
'80 M.M.), piano, of
Munich, Germany
(Genuin). The two
North Texas alums per-
formed the repertoire
for this 20th-century
classical music CD in a
concert at the Richard
Strauss Conservatory
in Munich's Gasteig
three days before
recording it in Sep-
tember 2003. They say
the CD), which includes
works by Muczynski,
Boulanger, Ravel and
Poulenc, pays tribute to
their longstanding
friendship as well as to
20th-century com-
posers and chamber
music.
* Under These Skies: Art
Song by American and
British Composers by
mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Finley ('77,
'80 M.M.) of St.
Joseph, Minn., and
her husband, pianist
Edward Turley. Lyrics
in these 20th-century
compositions for voice
and piano include
poems from Robert
Browning, Alfred Lord
Tennyson and Chris-
tina Rossetti. Finley is
a professor of music at
the College of St. Bene-
dict/St. John's Univer-
sity, where she teaches
voice and opera.
* Hypnosis for Pain
Reduction: The Magic
Pond by Annie Schiola
('86) of Fort Worth
(Loxias). Schiola is the
founder of an audio
book business, Loxias
Audio Publishing. In
addition to Hypnosis
for Pain Reduction, she
has composed, pro-
duced and engineered
the hypnosis and music
CDs Hypnosis for
Relaxation: Peaceful
Mountains and Hyp-
nosis for Weight Loss:
The Road ofDecision.
Social work associate
Michael Robinson
reads the script for
each recording.
SI Had to Wait on Him
by Joe Stevenson of
Beaumont and friends
(Creative Sound Pro-
ductions). For more
than 12 years, Steven-
son wrote and
arranged the songs of
praise for this CD, his
first. A constable in
Jefferson County, he
worked nights and
weekends to produce
the gospel album. He
found his love of
music, poetry and
writing songs while
attending North Texas
during the late '70s and
early '80s. His football
teammates listened to
his singing before prac-
tice, during practice
and in the huddle.
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