This month we offer the wisdom and solace of Robin Wall Kimmerer's closing words from her essay in Portraits of Earth Justice:
"I sometimes despair of my inability to change the fearsome trajectory of our species, but there is one place where I have total power—and that is in how I think. I choose to jump off the jagged pyramid of human exceptionalism and land in the soft embrace of all my relations. I choose kinship. You could, too."
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Books and Authors in the Media |
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The Book of Judith official book trailer
Don't miss this beautiful new book trailer for The Book of Judith with poignant video of the late Judith Tannenbaum speaking her own poetry about her experience teaching in prison—on the New Village Press YouTube channel! Our thanks to Meg and Sarah Weck, Nicolas Snyder, Rainer Komers, Sara Press, and Spoon Jackson for making this possible! |
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Meeting the Moment in American Theatre
A merican Theatre magazine has excerpted selections from Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira's new book on socially engaged performance, including this from Jill Dolan's foreword: "Performance allows us to imagine the potential of the future, even as we debate the best way forward, standing beside one another, engaging one another’s palpable humanity." Read the full article here. |
Meeting the Moment in Princeton Alumni Weekly
Aaron Landsmann reviews great three books for his article about civic engagement and the arts, including Meeting the Moment. Find the article here. |
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Edvige Giunta on Talking to the Girls for the Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society
Nancy DeSanti writes about Talking to the Girl's coeditor Edvige Giunta's passionate talk and knowledge of the impact of the Triangle Fire tragedy. Read the article here. |
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Thursday, December 1, 7 pm ET
Boston College
John J. Burns Library
140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA
TONIGHT! Hear Glenna Lang, author of Jane Jacobs's First City, in conversation with Richard Keeley about Jane Jacobs! The discussion will be followed by a reception and book signing.
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Friday, December 2, 2 pm ET
365 5th Avenue New York, NY
Room 5203 or Zoom
Join the CUNY European Union Studies Center for a celebration of the life and work of the late Ann Snitow, beloved feminist scholar and author of Visitors: An American Feminist in East Central Europe. Visitors is a book about forging enduring relationships and creating formerly unimaginable institutions—a feminist school, the Network of East-West Women, women’s centers, gender studies programs.The hybrid event will take place both on Zoom and in-person at the CUNY Graduate Center.
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Wednesday, December 14, 6 pm ET, Virtual
Our congratulations go to educator, organizer and Project NIA founder—Mariame Kaba—who will be the third annual recipient of the Ann Snitow Prize. The award recognizes a feminist of outstanding vision, originality, generosity, and effectiveness, whose work combines intellectual and/or artistic pursuits with feminist and social justice activism.
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December 2-4, 2022
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA
Robert Shetterly will give a presentation on Friday, December 2, at 3:50 pm – "Portraits and Stories Inspire Action for the Common Good" – for the National Conference for Social Studies (NCSS). Americans Who Tell the Truth will also exhibit some of Shetterly's stunning portraits and his books Portraits of Racial Justice and Portraits of Earth Justice.
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Book Launch!
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Collected Works Bookstore and Coffee House in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will host a launch event for In the Camp of Angels of Freedom, Arlene Goldbard's forthcoming book about the impact of credentialism on U.S. society and what we can do to set it right.
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A Culture of Possibility Podcast
Starting December 16th, tune into A Culture of Possibility, the podcast cohosted by New Village author Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso. In episode 24, they discuss Arlene’s book, In The Camp of Angels of Freedom: What Does It Mean to be Educated, coming out January 24. (Preorder HERE.) Arlene and François focus on the book’s backstory, including family drama, fifties cultural alienation, outrage at the conversion of social goods to profit centers, a visit to a psychic, and a pandemic silver lining. You can find all episodes at miaaw.net, on Stitcher, on iTunes, or anywhere you get podcasts.
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Ceres Gallery, New York City
December 13–17
Artwork curated by Ecoart in Action contributor M. Annenburg will speak to the urgency of addressing climate change. An accompanying panel discussion featuring Dr. James Hansen and climate justice writer and Portraits of Earth Justice contributor Bill Mckibben will take place on December 17.
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University of Alaska, Juneau
Through Dec. 8, Egan Library
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A free public series of scheduled events about the U.S. soldiers and veterans who opposed the Vietnam war. Examine the history and consider the lessons for today.
- Dec. 3: Film Screening: Sir! No Sir! with Director David Zeiger
- Dec. 8: Symposium
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Through December 11, 2022
Museum of Art - DeLand
600 N. Woodland Blvd, DeLand, Florida
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Through December 3
University of New Mexico Art Galleries
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Selected works that make outstanding gifts for loved ones!
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Louise Dunlap takes a hard look at her ancestors' role in American colonization. Inherited Silence is both a powerful read and an important tool for starting dialogue on decolonization.
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Robert Shetterly's, Portraits of Racial Justice highlights fifty contemporary and historical champions of social justice. The book is as inspiring as it is stunning.
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Ecoartist and activist Aviva Rahmani's intimate yet sharply political memoir will resonate deeply with readers who are passionate about climate justice, feminism, and an artist's conscience.
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Margaret Randall illuminates the lives and works of more than a dozen artists who influenced her, including Frida Kahlo and Elaine de Kooning in her rich color book, Artists in My Life.
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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?
Through her evocative paintings and narrative, author Arlene Goldbard portrays eleven people whose work most influenced her—what she calls a Camp of Angels. She sees each as a brave messenger of love and freedom for a society that badly needs “uncolonized minds.” Readers will learn about the author’s own self education, issues of formal higher education and its discontents, and the damage done by a society that prizes profits over people.
January 24, 2023
Paperback, 224 pages, 16 color illus.
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"I now know what it means to be educated in Arlene Goldbard’s In the Camp of Angels of Freedom. It is a story circle of gentle radical thinking that celebrates clear sight and truth-based compassion. I discovered more of my own story in its embrace, and my courage grew on every page. This book inspires and empowers with the forthrightness of the telling and the beauty of the stories told. Arlene is a master artist in the medium of the possible."
— Eric Booth, Founder, International Teaching Artist Collaborative, author of Tending the Perennials: The Art and Spirit of a Personal Religion and six other books
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A Peaceful Superpower:
Lessons from the World's Largest
Antiwar Movement
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As the Bush administration prepared to wage war against Iraq, millions of people in the United States and around the world took to the streets to warn against the impending disaster. It was the largest wave of antiwar protest in history. This is the story of those dramatic events and the breadth of continuing dissent following the ill-fated invasion of Iraq in 2003, told by distinguished peace scholar and activist David Cortright.
February 14, 2023. Paperback, 240 pages, 18 b/w illus.
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“The enormous international protest against the US-UK criminal invasion of Iraq, even before the invasion was officially announced, was unprecedented. It did not stop the war, but had a major impact, examined in careful detail in this study by a leading participant-observer -- a virtual handbook for activism and organizing that could not be more timely and needed.”
—Noam Chomsky
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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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