Waging Peace in Vietnam
Book Launch October 18th at Columbia University!
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Friday, October 18th
12:00 – 2:00 PM (ET)
School of International Affairs
Room 1512
420 W. 118th Street, New York
For this launch, co-editor and co-author of
Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War
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Ron Carver
will be joined by four more Vietnam veterans who opposed the war:
Jan Barry, JJ Johnson, Howard Levy MD
, and
Susan Schnall
. Program will be moderated by Professor Sarah Kovner.
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The event is open to the public and is hosted by The Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Oral History Master of Arts. More details, including how to reserve your seat, available
here
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Waging Peace
Launch in Vietnam a Success!
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A duplicate version of the Waging Peace exhibit is on display now at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)! Ron Carver who curated the exhibit and coauthored the book was honored at the reception and book launch in Vietnam on September 20. Copies of the book are now available for purchase in the War Remnants Museum, and the exhibit will be on display thru March of 2020.
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Waging Peace
Exhibition Tour
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The Waging Peace in Vietnam
exhibit has been to New Bedford, U Mass Boston, and is currently at U Mass Amherst, where there will be a p
anel discussion: "Moral Injury and The Traumas of War" Friday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. Room E470, South College
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UMass Amherst
Now thru October 11th
Integrated Learning Center Main Lobby
650 N. Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA
Columbia University
Mini exhibit & book launch, October 18th
School of International Affairs, Room 1512
420 W. 118 Street, New York, NY
George Washington University
November 11th thru December 12th
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St NW, Washington, DC
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Edited by Ron Carver, David Cortright, and Barbara Doherty,
Waging Peace in Vietnam
shows how the GI movement unfolded, from the numerous anti-war coffee houses springing up outside military bases, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force. For more information, see the new and detailed
Wikipedia page on Waging Peace in Vietnam
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“The popular protest and resistance to the US war in Vietnam that developed...among the soldiers who refused to take part in a criminal war, played a leading role in revealing its horrors. This powerful record of their struggles and achievements is a most welcome contribution, with critical lessons for the future.”—Noam Chomsky, Author of
At War with Asia
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The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race
is now an Audiobook!
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Carl C. Anthony’s memoir, which interweaves urban history, racial justice, and cosmology with personal experiences as an architect/planner, environmentalist, and black American, is now available on Audible! We thank Martin Nicholaus for his tremendous work narrating the 11-hour book. The audio book also offers a 20-minute supplement of Carl Anthony, himself, discussing the influences that shaped his early career.
Audiobook available
here
. Physical book available
here
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Upcoming Nadina LaSpina
Interviews & Readings
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Italian American immigrant and disability rights activist, Nadina LaSpina will discuss her memoir,
Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride,
on Pushing Limits, a radio show designed to spread awareness about current events in the grassroots disability movement. A copy of Nadina's book will be given as a thank you to anyone who joins KPFA at a $60 or above level.
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Friday, October 4th at 2 – 3 PM (Pacific): Pushing Limits Radio
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Nadina LaSpina will deliver a free public reading from her book.
Community Room 8 A
343 Eighth Avenue, New York
accessible
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Saturday, October 5th, 3:00 PM (ET): Penn South
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Saturday, October 12th at 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (ET): New York Public Library Mulberry Branch
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Nadina LaSpina will be presenting her memoir in a joint program with poet Marisa Frasca — a free public event hosted by the Italian American Writers Association.
New York Public Library Mulberry Branch
10 Jersey St, New York
accessible
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Tuesday, October 29th at 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM (ET): Independence Care System Brooklyn Office
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Celebrate and learn about women’s health with wheelchair zumba, food, and a reading by Nadina LaSpina from her memoir! This event is hosted by Independence Care System (ICS), a nonprofit dedicated to helping people with disabilities lead healthy, independent lives.
More details available
here
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Nadina LaSpina on
Ability Fierce
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Michael Astor interviewed Nadina LaSpina for Ability Fierce, aired on Brooklyn Free Speech TV. Ability Fierce advocates for disability access and provides news on issues related to disability rights. Watch Part I of the two-part episode
here
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Such a Pretty Girl Recent Reviews
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Sonya Huber
“LaSpina battles against toxic pity. She is a human being, not an 'inspiring' two-dimensional story, and she offers her own conflicts and doubts to let the reader fully into the complexity of her life.” Read the full review
here
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Ben Mattlin
“It’s powerful prose…. By the end, you will learn a lot about [the disability rights] movement. But you will also feel as if you’ve made a new friend.” Read the full review
here
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Nadina LaSpina’s detailed and poignant memoir traces her life from early years in Sicily, where she contracts polio, to the struggles of growing up with a disability in the United States, to eventually finding community and strength through disability rights activism.
From a recent review by Sonya Huber: “Nadina LaSpina’s
Such a Pretty Girl...
is a riveting chronicle of a coming-to-political awareness and then a long commitment to disability justice.”
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New Village Press will have booths filled with books at the following events. Come say hi!
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The People's Book Fair
Saturday, Oct. 12th
The People's Forum
320 W. 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
More details available
here.
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Imagining America National Gathering
Friday, Oct. 18th - Sunday, Oct. 20th
University of New Mexico, Main Campus
1700 Lomas Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
More details, including registration
here
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Chellis Glendinning Interview
on The Rag Blog
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Author Chellis Glendinning was recently broadcast discussing her memoir,
In the Company of Rebels
, on Rag Radio. Rag Radio is a progressive, alternative news outlet “in the spirit of the Sixties underground press.” Keep an eye on
this link
for the podcast version of Glendinning’s interview.
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More Author Programs & Events
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Healthy Urban Childhoods Conference - Oct 8–9
Placemaking with Children and Youth
coauthor,
Mara Mintzer
, will present at the
Uppsala Health Summit
in Sweden.
Click here
to tune into the live stream of the opening session from 9:00 – 10:30 AM (EST) on October 8th. You can also look for updates on Twitter under
#UaHS2019 or follow @Ua_HealthSummit.
Mintzer’s workshop, “
Listen to the Kids
,” will begin at 11:30 AM EST, Tuesday, October 8.
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Public Lecture
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 7:00 PM (ET)
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Author
Mindy Thompson Fullilove
will deliver the 2019
Lefkowitz Lecture
, Urbanism Is a Participatory Sport,
at Marymount Manhattan College.
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