An escape to the woods of Maine brought me toe to toad with grounding moments. I had come to join friends for a screening of Truth Tellers and to celebrate the arrival of the first copies of Robert Shetterly's Portraits of Earth Justice. I also found clouds reflected in still ponds and surprises in the pine duff. Across the country, Louise Dunlap is celebrating the arrival of her new book born from her observations of the land and ancestors—Inherited Silence. And, also in California, friends of the late Judith Tannenbaum prepare to share readings from the collected poetry and prose honoring her life—The Book of Judith. I invite you to discover, as I did, how all three of these exquisite works stir a love and sense of justice for the Earth and fellow beings.
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Inherited Silence – Sept 6
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Louise Dunlap reveals the thought provoking story of her own family, colonizers in the land of California's Napa Valley
Inherited Silence brings readers to California’s Napa Valley, where author Louise Dunlap’s ancestors were among the first Europeans to claim ownership of traditional lands of the Wappo people during a period of genocide. Dunlap looks back into California’s and America’s history for the key to her ancestors' silences and a way to heal the wounds of the land, its original people, and the harmful mind of the colonizer. Inherited Silence offers a way for readers to evaluate their own life actions and the lasting impact they can have on society and our planet.
Paperback, 240 pages, 10 b/w illustrations
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"Louise Dunlap is not afraid to look at the truth and then tell the truth of her early California settler family, a reckoning that becomes an important history of Napa Valley’s wine country."
—Greg Sarris, Chairman, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria; author of Becoming Story
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Louise Dunlap is a sixth-generation Californian. She has taught writing to undergraduates and grad students in urban and environmental planning, worked with writers in advocacy groups, wrote Undoing the Silence, and began journeys into the hidden history of white supremacy that led to her new book. She honors the spiritual teachings of many traditions and was ordained by Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh into the Order of Interbeing, with the name True Silent Teaching.
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Photograph by Skip Schiel |
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Friday, September 2, 5–7 pm PT
Location: Temescal CoHousing outdoor common space, 480 42nd St, Oakland. (Bring a mask to wear if you step indoors.)
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Thursday, September 29, 7pm PT
Join Louise Dunlap and Patricia Damery online as they discuss their new books, Inherited Silence and Fruits of Eden. This is a VIRTUAL EVENT hosted by the Napa Bookmine Literary Foundation. Learn more and register here.
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Thursday, November 10, 6–7 pm PT
Louise Dunlap will be hosted by the Napa Valley Genealogical Society and the Napa County Historical Society for a reading, Q&A, and book signing. This event will be both in-person and virtual. Learn more and register here.
Location: Napa County Library, 580 Coombs Street, Napa, CA
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The Book of Judith – Sept 13
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An homage to the life of poet, writer, and teaching artist Judith Tannenbaum and her impact on incarcerated and marginalized students
The Book of Judith: Opening Hearts Through Poetry honors the late Judith Tannenbaum and pays tribute to different aspects of Judith—poet, teaching artist, friend, mentor, colleague—through a collection of original poetry, prose, essay, illustration, and fiction from 33 contributors. In so doing, it echoes Judith's own determination to perceive contradiction without judgment. For the next generation of teaching artists in corrections and elsewhere, the book serves as an inspiration on the qualities needed to survive and thrive in a multi-faceted, ever-changing environment.
Paperback, 224 pages, 5 b/w illustrations
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“The Book of Judith contains remembrances of someone who gave so much to so many. And it is more—a call to action, a call to community, and a call, in so many ways, to our soul-making. The people who were touched by Judith Tannenbaum give testimony to what one person can do . . ."
—Laurie Brooks, Executive Director and Arts Administrator, William James Association
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Spoon Jackson is a poet serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in California state prisons. It was through Judith Tannenbaum’s poetry classes in San Quentin State Prison that Spoon discovered the power of words. In addition to his own extensive list of published work, Spoon co-authored the double memoir with Judith, By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives. He most recently authored a chapter in the PEN America book, The Sentences that Create Us: Crafting a Writer's Life in Prison.
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Mark Foss is a Montreal-based author whose works include the novels Molly O and Spoilers, as well as essays and creative non-fiction. He became friends with Spoon Jackson following work on the production of Spoon, a film by Michka Saäl completed in 2015. The film is a poetic and political dialogue between Spoon and Michka.
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Sara Press is Judith Tannenbaum’s daughter, who grew up listening to her mother’s raw stories about teaching poetry in San Quentin. Sara witnessed how her mother shared her convictions about teaching, writing, and social justice. Continuing her mother’s love of the natural world, Sara is now a professional conservationist for a land trust in Sonoma County, California.
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The Book of Judith Events
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Honoring Judith Tannenbaum |
Friday, September 16 at 7pm PDT
Location: 546 9th Street, Oakland, CA
Readings and reception for the release of The Book of Judith: Opening Hearts through Poetry will feature Tenesha Smith, Roseli Ilano, Tiffany Golden and (technology willing) Spoon Jackson. Hosted by Chapter 510
For more details & RSVP: info@chapter510.org
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Thursday, October 6, 7–8 pm ET
The Justice Arts Coalition will offer a lively online program featuring readings by contributors Allie Horevitz, Fury Young, and devorah major and conversations to honor Judith Tannenbaum and the publication of The Book of Judith.
Mark your calendars!
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Five compelling essays and fifty stunning portraits and profiles of American environmental activists
This second volume in the Americans Who Tell the Truth book series is a collection of environmental and climate activists whose remarkable color portraits were painted by artist Robert Shetterly. The crisis of climate change and environmental degradation is the greatest crisis humanity has ever confronted, and the people in this book diagnose the truth of the problem and point a way forward. Besides the inspiring portraits, seminal quotes, and profiles, the book features original essays by Bill McKibben, Leah Penniman, Diane Wilson, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Bill Bigelow, as well as Robert Shetterly's moving preface.
Hardcover, 128 pages, 51 color illustrations
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"Americans Who Tell the Truth offers much-needed rays of hope in times made dark by the climate crisis and deep inequality. It provides uplifting portraits, both verbal and pictorial, of courageous activists who have devoted their lives to the fight for climate justice."
—David M. Driesen, University Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
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Robert Shetterly is a visual artist, social activist, and writer. For the past twenty years, he has painted portraits of citizens who address issues of social, environmental, and economic fairness in the portrait project Americans Who Tell The Truth, now the subject of the Kane Lewis documentary Truth Tellers and represented in a book series, the first of which is Portraits of Racial Justice (2021). Since 1990, Shetterly has been a producer of the Maine Masters Project, a video documentary project highlighting Maine artists, and has served as president of the Union of Maine Visual Artists. He lives and works in Brooksville, Maine.
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Truth Tellers Screenings with Robert Shetterly
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SUNY POLYTECH
Thursday, September 15, 2:00 PM 2:00 PM
Screening of Truth Tellers, followed by a virtual conversation with Robert Shetterly.
VERMONT ACADEMY
Monday, September 19, 8:00 AM & Tuesday, September 20, 12:00 PM
Campus Truth Tellers screenings with Robert Shetterly, class visits, and more.
BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY
Wednesday, September 21, 12:00 PM 7:00 PM
In person Truth Tellers screening and talkback with Robert Shetterly, sponsored by The Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice. The school is also hosting an exhibition of Shetterly’s portraits in the Maxwell Library.
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Americans Who Tell the Truth – Exhibitions |
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Portraits of Courage – EXHIBITION
September 9 – December 11, 2022
Museum of Art - DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL
Opening Reception with Robert Shetterly
Sept 9, 5 – 7 pm ET
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Without Courage There Are No Other Virtues – EXHIBITION
September 10 – October 29, 2022
Art Rage Gallery
505 Hawley Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13203
ArtRage Gallery in Syracuse welcomes back Robert Shetterly with this exhibition of twenty portraits not previously exhibited in their space. Dik Cool, the president of Syracuse Cultural Workers, and Rose Viviano, now Gallery Director, founded ArtRage Gallery with its unique mission to exhibit art for social change.
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September 6 – December 3
University of New Mexico Art Galleries
The show revisits 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 College and Renew, an 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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Sunday, September 4, 11 am ET |
The Ethical Culture Society of New York will host an in-person and online book talk and book signing with Mary Anne Trasciatti, coeditor of Talking to the Girls, who will explore the legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and the continuing fight for labor rights.
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Monday, September 19, 7 pm ET |
Write America: A Reading for Our Country and Byrd’s Books will be hosting a virtual book event with Edvige Giunta, coeditor of Talking to the Girls, and Richard Rabinowitz, author of Curating America.
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Monday, September 23, 7 pm ET |
I AM Books, Boston, will be hosting a virtual book event on Talking to the Girls with Edvige Giunta, Mary Anne Trasciatti, Annie Lanzillotto, and Annie Valliere. Organized in partnership with the National Italian American Foundation.
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At the CohoUS National Cohousing Conference in Madison, author Diane Rothbard Margolis co-led the session "Conversation with Cohousing Leaders" and also launched her new book, We Built a Village: Cohousing the Commons.
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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.”
—Charles Durrett, architect, AIA, and cofounder of cohousing in North America
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Forthcoming Titles to Preorder |
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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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Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Volume 1: The Appalachian History Plays, 1975–1989
Edited by Ben Fink
March 14, 2023
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Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Volume 2: The Intercultural Plays,
1990–2020
Edited by Ben Fink
March 14, 2023
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