By John Zedolik ’88
Wipf and Stock Publishers
This collection includes approximately 90 lyric poems ordered by the themes of observation, recollection and rumination. These poems demonstrate the importance of paying attention to aspects of one’s mental, emotional and physical life, as every moment is a source of inspiration. Zedolik is an adjunct English professor at Chatham University and Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and this is his sixth collection of poetry.
By Lisa DiGruttolo Marceau ’91
Wise Ink Creative Publishing
Breaking the System explores how employer based health care became our standard but was never about patient care. Marceau shares how the workforce, technology, the rapidly emerging women’s health market and economic shifts have made that system untenable, and why technology and the digital generations have already changed the paradigm. Marceau is president and founder of Alpha Millennial Health.
By James Calvin Davis ’92
Bloomsbury Press
What can an 18th-century clergyman and college president tell us about the political crises that threaten American democracy today? This book explores the political ethics of Founding Father John Witherspoon (1723–94). Davis is chair of the religion department and George Adams Ellis Professor of Liberal Arts at Middlebury College.
By Mike Snyder ’03
Bitter Southerner
This collection of portraits from West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania is set against the gorgeous ancient landscape of the Allegheny Mountains. Through a rich tapestry of voices and striking photography, Snyder’s new body of work brings Central Appalachia’s grit, grace and heart clearly into view. Snyder is assistant professor of visual communications at the Newhouse School, Syracuse University.
Read more from the spring 2026 issue of Dickinson Magazine.
Published June 9, 2026