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Published on Saturday, Sep 15, 2007
How far did Canton native Eric Nuzum go to chase down vampire lore for The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula?
At least as far as Transylvania, where his tour, hosted by Butch ''Eddie Munster'' Patrick, drew two dozen other Dracula enthusiasts on queasy bus rides. And to Las Vegas, for a topless revue called Bite. He planned to watch every vampire movie ever made 605 but made it through only No. 216: Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, a 1979 kung fu film. So Nuzum is kind of a slacker there.
But anybody who faithfully follows the directions for ''How to Become a Vampire in 6 Easy Lessons'' just for research (spoiler alert: it doesn't work) gets props for a book that is not only hilarious, but highly informative, with background about Bram Stoker, Vlad Dracula and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The Dead Travel Fast (256 pages, hardcover, Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Press, $23.95) takes its name from a German poem quoted in Stoker's Dracula. It's a scream. Nuzum, former director of programming and operations at WKSU, now works for National Public Radio in Washington, D.C.
'Behind the Veil' in Iran
Debra Johanyak was a single mother and a secretary at the University of Akron when she married a young Iranian student. In 1977, they moved to his homeland, where she was welcomed by his warm, loving family and where she began teaching while working on a master's degree.
But storm clouds were gathering. In Behind the Veil: An American Woman's Memoir of the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Johanyak draws on her recollections and journal to describe the transition between the Shah and Ayatollah Khomeini. Johanyak went from being a hip American transplant to a suspected outsider; in hindsight, she acknowledges her ''stubborn'' and ''selfish'' refusal to wear a headscarf or chador.
Johanyak's story is very much a personal one, and she brings the reader into her world as wife and mother before discussing the political climate. Behind the Veil (258 pages, softcover) costs $24.95 from http://www.uakron.edu/uapress.
Johanyak, now a professor at the University of Akron Wayne College, will appear at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at E.J. Thomas Hall. Tickets are $8.
Footnotes
Cleveland author Paul Bures will sign America: The Oil Hostage from noon to 3 p.m. today at Borders Express in Chapel Hill Mall on Brittain Road. Bures will answer questions about global warming and achieving energy independence.
Beacon Journal retiree Russ Musarra and Crankshaft cartoonist Chuck Ayers will visit the Maple Valley branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library, 1187 Copley Road, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss their new book Walks around Akron: Rediscovering a City in Transition.
The Viking Store at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst will host chef Michael Lyons at 7 p.m. Tuesday; he will sign A Cook at Heart: A Recipe for Transforming Your Life. Joseph-Beth Booksellers is co-sponsor. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Paul Bures will visit neighboring Joseph-Beth to sign America: The Oil Hostage.
Massillon author Beka DeWitt will sign Holding His Hand: A Devotional for Teen Girls from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Logos Christian Bookstore, 976 W. Main St., Kent.
Teri Crane, author of Potty Train Your Child in One Day, will appear and sign her book at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sept. 23 at the 2007 Healthy Baby Fair at the John S. Knight Convention Center, 77 E. Mill St., Akron. Admission is free.
Canton native Josephine Caruso Sethi will be at Borders Book Store on The Strip in Jackson Township from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday to sign Faces Behind Breast Cancer. Sethi, who has terminal lobular breast cancer, will donate all proceeds to MD Anderson Cancer Center for research. Barbara McIntyre Special to the Beacon Journal
Send information about books of local interest to Lynne Sherwin, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309 or lsherwin@thebeaconjournal.com. Event notices should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
How far did Canton native Eric Nuzum go to chase down vampire lore for The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula?
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