Dear Friends,
This May we show appreciation for our activist authors who are in it for the long haul—how they take care of shared goals, each other, and their communities. Not only do they initiate movements, they show us how to sustain them. Much of it is about good faith, good listening, and honoring each person. We give thanks for their deep compassion that started them on their paths and for their ability to stay focused, yet in balance.
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In the Company of Rebels
releasing May 14!
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Chellis Glendinning's animated, intimate account of remarkable activists, artists, radicals, and thinkers of the 60s and 70s arrives in bookstores this month. From it you will learn about history makers who transformed the political and spiritual landscape of America and laid the foundation for many of today's social movements. Through a series of 46 vignettes of her personal encounters with each, Glendinning creates a collective portrait of the rebels, whistleblowers, and dissidents who, through word and action, raised key issues we still grapple with.
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Chellis Glendinning is interviewed by KBOO Radio in Portland, Oregon,
about her new memoir.
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Events (and a Conference) in May
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An evening with New Village author and Urban Habitat founder Carl Anthony
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Tonight, May 2, 6:00–8:00pm, Oakland, CA!
Celebrate Urban Habitat's 30th anniversary in an evening with Carl Anthony, revered father of the environmental justice movement and Urban Habitat's founder and first executive director!
In support, New Village is offering a discount coupon for Carl's book:
VILLAGE20
(valid through June 1).
The event is free. Learn more
here.
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Thursday, May 16, 7:30pm, Dallas:
Teatro Dallas will present a dramatic reading of conversations between Diego Rivera and Alfredo Cardona Peña, titans of Mexican art and literature. The performance at Turner House will be followed by a panel discussion about the connection between artists from Mexico and Texas led by director of Teatro Dallas, Sara Cardona, the granddaughter of Alfredo Cardona Peña.
Turner House 214.946.1670 or Teatro Dallas 214.689.6492
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New Village authors to present at EDRA50
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EDRA50 Sustainable Urban Environments Conference
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Monday–Sunday, May 22–26, Brooklyn:
Whoohoo, it's the 50th anniversary conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, EDRA50!
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, author of
Root Shock
,
Urban Alchemy
, and
Homeboy Came to Orange
, will be a Plenary Speaker on Friday, May 24, 3:45–5:00pm. "Place-Based Observance: 400 Years of Inequality and Urban Sustainability"
Mindy will discuss methodologies for communities, designers, and planners to engage in placemaking in both local and global contexts.
New Village Press will have a book table. We look forward to seeing many friends!
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Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride
by Nadina LaSpina
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Coming out in July to honor the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Such a Pretty Girl
is Nadina La Spina's story—from her early years in her native Sicily, where still a baby she contracts polio, a fact that makes her the target of pity and messages of hopelessness; to her adolescence in America, spent almost entirely in hospitals, where she is relentlessly operated on in the quest for a cure; to her empowerment as a woman and professional and to her life-affirming activism in the disability rights movement.
The book's new cover is an image of the author at age 4 or 5
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Sabra Moore Receives Lee Krasner Award!
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Our heartfelt congratulations to artist Sabra Moore on receiving a Lee Krasner Award in recognition of her lifetime of artistic achievement! This nomination-only honor is a tribute to and recognition of artists with long and distinguished careers.
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Margaret Randall Awarded the Poet of Two Hemispheres Prize
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We wish to congratulate Margaret Randall, revered poet and social activist, on being the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Poet of Two Hemispheres Prize at the annual Poetry at the Equator festival in Quito, Equador. She was honored as "a woman who has contributed with her voice, body and heart to building a better world . . . even when taking that position was painful.”
A week later, Margaret was surprised to receive the Haydee Santamaria Medal, the highest award given by Casa de las Americas in Cuba!
New Village looks forward to publishing Margaret Randall's photo-illustrated book in 2020—
My Life in 100 Objects
—which
will cover issues of justice; gender, race and economic equality through objects that are significant to her
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Margaret interviewed by PBS ¡Colores! New Mexico
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"Poetry can do that: it can introduce us to other people, other places, other times . . .
For me, poetry is like breathing. I can't conceive of a life without poetry."
Watch the interview and poetry reading
here!
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New Village authors' latest work with children, youth, and environments
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The Inner Game
Interviews Illéne Pevec
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"[Children] are so curious, and they’re so totally engaged in what they do, it’s just enchanting to watch them develop. . . . It’s really about creating the proper environments in which children can find themselves. We are a part of nature and nature is . . . where you’re happy when you’re little."
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The Nation's First Printed Child-Friendly City Map!
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"Growing Up Boulder's Child-Friendly City Map seeks to educate and inspire children, families, and community organizations through the creation of a printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map that highlights favorite locations in Boulder."
Learn more and see the map
here!
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Bringing school grounds to life!
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"Green Schoolyards America believes school grounds are very important to children and youth, and shape their experience of the world around them. If you agree with us, we hope you will take some time in May, and year round, to go outside on school grounds with students of any age, to engage in outdoor learning, play, and other activities."
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Resisting Displacement and Dispossession
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June 21-22, New York, Tacoma, & Montreal
In cities throughout the nation and world people are facing powerful economic and political forces that lead to evictions from their homes and displacement from their communities. In response, people are organizing, resisting, and developing their own plans and policies as alternatives. The conference will explore strategies that affirm another world is possible! New Village Press is a conference cosponsor and will exhibit books in NYC.
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Imagining America 20th Anniversary National Gathering
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October 18-20, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Imagining America Gathering is an annual convening of public scholars, artists, students, designers, and cultural organizers who are addressing the nation's most critical issues. Come connect, dialogue, learn, and strategize about ways the arts, humanities, and design build public knowledge and collective imagination!
And visit our New Village Press book table at IA.
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If we don't see you at any upcoming events, please write us with news of your own!
In community,
Lynne Elizabeth
Director, New Village Press
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