It’s been heartbreaking to witness the tragedies of climate change, including the flooding in Southeastern Kentucky. Ben Fink, series editor for a forthcoming two-volume anthology of Appalachian plays—Art in a Democracy—brought me up to date on the situation in the Letcher County area where many have lost their homes and whole communities may not have running water for weeks or even months. He offers this link with ways to help from the local organization Hands Across the Hills. Do pitch in if you can. —Lynne Elizabeth
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Coming August 23!
We Built a Village: Cohousing and the Commons
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Diane Rothbard Margolis describes the development of one of the first cohousing communities in the U.S. and offers a social understanding of its commons
As both a memoir and a sociological analysis that probes the differences between commons and markets, We Built a Village is unique among books about cohousing. When this group of people began in the late 1990s to construct their cohousing community, they set in motion a counterpoint between the physical spaces and the social configurations that would guide their lives together, even up to creative responses to the recent pandemic.
Foreword by David Bollier
Paperback, 240 pages, 41 b/w illustrations
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"The Diane Margolis’ rendition of cohousing is a very human one, and overdue. Putting together a custom high-functioning neighborhood is never simple, and this book does not shy away from the complexities. But getting these communities together is getting easier—the foibles are fewer because of stories like this—and one day cohousing will be the norm, not the exception."
—Charles Durrett, architect, AIA, and cofounder of cohousing in North America
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In front of the entrance to Cambridge Cohousing during construction ca. 1997.
Author Diane Margolis (center, holding an umbrella).
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Diane Rothbard Margolis is a founding member of Cambridge Cohousing where she has lived for more than twenty years. She is a former member of the Coho/US Board of Directors and co-founder and Director Emeritus of the Cohousing Research Network. She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study 1980–1981. She has published many research articles, and her books include The Fabric of Self, which won Honorable Mention at the First Annual Book Award of the Eastern Sociological Society. She is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.
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2022 National Cohousing Conference, Madison, WI |
Diane Margolis will launch her new book in Madison at Cohousing US 2022. She will be offering three program sessions!!
Main Conference August 26–28
pre-conference intensives and tours
August 25–26
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Truth Tellers screenings!
The documentary film, Truth Tellers, about Robert Shetterly's work will screen
Saturday, Aug 20, 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET
In Bucksport, Maine, watch the film and meet Robert Shetterly and filmmaker Richard Kane in person! Presented by the
Castine Historical Society.
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Screening of Truth Tellers
Monday, Aug 22, 3:00 – 6:00 PM ET
University of Michigan Museum of Art
The University of Michigan School of Education is hosting an in-person screening and panel discussion with Robert Shetterly and one of his portrait subjects from the forthcoming Portraits of Earth Justice—Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.
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For info about a private screening, talk, and book signing of both volumes near Damariscotta, Maine, on Sunday, Aug 28, 5:30 – 7:30 PM ET, please write Lynne Elizabeth lynne@newvillagepress.net
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Authors and books in the media |
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When the Writing Itself is a Dialogue |
In an article for Women Writers, Women's Books, Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira write about their collaboration across racial, age, gender-identity, and nationality as co-authors of Meeting the Moment. It was a core aspect of the work of their book.
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Interview with Aviva Rahmani, author of Divining Chaos
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Aviva Rahmani in Conversation with Andrew Keen. Watch it Here. |
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Book review of Divining Chaos by Aviva Rahmani on the blog 'Dear Harry'
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"In view of the now imminent despoliation of our planet, [Rahmani] points to the culpability of the patriarchal heritage of entitlement, domination, ownership and exploitation." —Peter Clothier |
"the edges of any habitat are crucial to its integrity." —Aviva Rahmani |
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"Ecological art does not fit neatly inside any one field, yet practitioners may use the tools of painters, sculptors, and performance artists to make meaning beyond the personal."
—Cynthia Close
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"Talking to the Girls is a deceptively simple title for a rich collection of essays about teaching the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire." —Doris Friedensohn
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"The book is not simply a recollection of what happened but a conversation with the past to identify how “the memory of Triangle exists in a space that is both personal and collective.” —Nicole Greaves
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Reviewer, David Canarie, Jr., describes Robert Shetterly's painting and how "the subjects’ eyes that look out directly at the reader are especially expressive and consistently among the most engaging aspects of the portraits. They establish a sense of personal connection with the reader." |
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Activist-Artist Sabra Moore Returns to Barnard |
Don't miss Sabra Moore’s solo exhibition WORDY, which tackles themes of race, class, and violence.
Hosted by Barnard College’s Archives.
Thru August 12th on Fridays 11am–5pm
or by appointment other days (archives@barnard.edu)
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Sept 6 through Dec 3
University of New Mexico Art Galleries
The show relates to the 1984 Artists Call, curated by Erina Duganne and Abigail Satinsky, and features the collective Reconstructed Codex from Sabra Moore's NYC Women’s Art Movement Collection at Barnard and Renew, a seven-foot artwork Sabra made for Reconstruction Project.
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Artists Call organizational meeting at Leon Golub’s and Nancy Spero’s studio, New York, 1984. Courtesy of Doug Ashford. |
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Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War Exhibition
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June 29th through August 14th
Open 1–6pm, Wednesday thru Sunday
Free Admission
San Francisco Veterans Gallery
401 Van Ness Avenue, first floor
For info, contact Paul Cox: PaulCox@sonic.net
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The book and exhibit, Waging Peace in Vietnam, shows how American soldiers opposed and resisted the war in Vietnam. It sheds light on how the GI protest movement unfolded and confronts the legacies of war, raising questions that connect to current events.
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Due to popular classroom demand, New Village Press has reduced the price of the Waging Peace in Vietnam eBook — available from various eBook retailers.
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Forthcoming Titles to Preorder |
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Inherited Silence:
Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind
September 6, 2022
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Portraits of Earth Justice:
Americans Who Tell the Truth
September 20, 2022
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In the Camp of Angels of Freedom:
What Does It Mean to Be Educated?
January 24, 2023
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