MANSFIELD, PA— Jimmy Guignard, associate professor of English and chair of the 
Mansfield University English and Modern Languages (EML) Department, has had his book, Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone: Teaching, Writing, and Living above the Marcellus Shale, published by Texas A&M University Press.
The EML Department is hosting a book launch event on Tuesday, September 29, 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. on the third floor of Alumni Hall. Guignard will give a brief reading from his book and will be available to sign copies. Light refreshments will be served.
The Mountie Den campus bookstore will be selling copies of the book at the event.
In addition to his duties in the EML Department, Guignard teaches mountain biking at MU.
In its review, Texas A&M University Press says, “In his new book, Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone: Teaching, Writing, and Living above the Marcellus Shale, the English professor and experienced cyclist grapples with the meaning of place and the power of words. From the 
vantage point of a cyclist, Guignard tracks the takeover, pedaling thousands of miles through Tioga and surrounding counties, where he encounters increased truck traffic, crosses pipeline construction on trails and passes a growing number of flaring gas wells… Juggling his roles as disinterested professor, anxious father and citizen and reluctant activist, Guignard reveals how the rhetoric of industry, politicians and locals reshaped his understanding of teaching and his faith in the force of language.”
Pedaling the Sacrifice Zone: Teaching, Writing, and Living above the Marcellus Shale is also available at amazon.com