Dear Friends of New Village Press,
Happy New Year! Though the challenges we faced in 2020 won't simply disappear, 2021 brings many sources of hope and joy. We're grateful for a new vaccine, continued advocacy for marginalized groups, and the many hard-won lessons we'll carry with us into this new year.
We're also grateful for you, as your continued support for our press has made it possible for us to start 2021 strong. This coming season, we'll release two new books that pull meaningful, timely lessons from the lives of exceptional community champions. We look forward to sharing these works and helping many more unfold.
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Main Street Events with Mindy Fullilove
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As the pandemic leaves Main Streets empty across the globe, Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, describes the impact these centers of connection have on the wellbeing of communities. Purchase your copy of Main Street: How a City's Heart Connects Us All.
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Wednesday, January 6, 6:00 PM EST
In this Zoom conversation moderated by foreword author Andy Merrifield, Mindy Fullilove will discuss Main Street with students, scholars and clinicians. The event is hosted by the Division of Narrative Medicine in the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics. It's free and open to the public.
Wednesday, January 13, 2:00 PM EST
Join America Walks’ Executive Director Mike McGinn in a conversation with Dr. Fullilove about Main Street.
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In an event hosted by Belmont Books, Margaret Randall read from her recently released memoir, My Life in 100 Objects. New Village Executive Director Lynne Elizabeth joined her in a conversation about her writing process, experiences, and friends. Watch the recording.
Starting in a museum in Jordan and ending in the Latin American Studies Association in Boston, Margaret Randall's My Life in 100 Objects beautifully describes the moments that have shaped her as a writer and activist.
"A heartwarming celebration of the author's compelling life."
— Kirkus Reviews
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We are honored to announce that in 2022 New Village Press will release another memoir by Margaret Randall: Artists in My Life.
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Ann Snitow Prize 2020 Award Ceremony |
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Thursday, January 14, 6:00 PM EST
Please join us to celebrate Premilla Nadasen, winner of the inaugural Ann Snitow Prize for an extraordinary feminist intellectual and activist. After a short ceremony, Dr. Nadasen will be joined by Barbara Ramsy in a conversation about care work, race, and grassroots organizing. For more information about the prize, visit www.annsnitowprize.com.
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Ann Snitow's memoir Visitors: An American Feminist in East-Central Europe describes her adventures helping to build a feminist movement in post-Communist Europe. It is about unity amid fractiousness and perseverance through uncertainty, Snitow’s flickering lodestar.
"Ann Snitow’s extraordinary gifts for friendship and organizing spill off the pages of this illuminating memoir, which lights up a formerly obscure but important aspect of our history."
— Alix Shulman
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Forthcoming 2021 Releases |
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by Glenna Lang
Jane Jacobs’s First City vividly reveals how this influential thinker and writer’s classic works germinated in the once vibrant, medium-size city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Jane spent her initial eighteen years. Through interviews with contemporary Scrantonians and research of historic newspapers, city directories, and vital records, author Glenna Lang has uncovered Scranton as young Jane experienced it and shows us the lasting impact of her growing up in this thriving and accessible environment.
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by Daniel O'Connell and Scott Peters
From the early twentieth century and across generations to the present, In the Struggle brings together the stories of eight politically engaged scholars, documenting their opposition to industrial-scale agribusiness in California. The findings and the pressure put upon the work of these scholars—Paul Taylor, Ernesto Galarza, and Isao Fujimoto among them—are a damning indictment of the greed and corruption that flourish under corporate agriculture.
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Outdoor Learning Resource on Kindle |
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As the pandemic presents a new need for outdoor learning environments, we are delighted to announce Asphalt to Ecosystems by Sharon Gamson Danks is now available on Kindle. The compelling color guidebook documents exciting green schoolyard examples from over 150 schools, offering K-12 curriculum connections for a wide range of disciplines. This rich resource illustrates what is possible when school grounds are envisioned as outdoor classrooms for hands-on learning.
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Bill Cleveland, author of Art and Upheaval, is the host of a new podcast from the Center for Art and Community: Change the Story / Change the World. Hear the stories of creative change agents investing in community transformation across the globe. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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In a recent episode of Main Street Cape Breton, coauthor of Placemaking with Children and Youth Mara Mintzer met with Professor Tom Urbaniak to discuss the importance of child-friendly communities and how they can be created.
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Hyperallergic recently reviewed a new Hulu TV series cowritten by and based on the life of syndicated cartoonist Keith Knight. Knight is the coauthor and illustrator of one of our most popular books, Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts.
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Labor Arts has launched a series of interviews connecting longtime activists with young changemakers. Activists include Sonia Goldstein, Ed Murphy, and our executive director, Lynne Elizabeth.
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Visit New Village Press on social media!
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