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Witnessing with compassion is a theme in our January newsletter. It is a priceless skill for both individuals and communities, and a perspective that many of our authors bring to their engagement with others. How can we set aside interpersonal disagreements and focus instead on common ground, common values, common aims in our exchanges? Listening without judgement is a first step, but often the hardest.
An example that comes to mind is something François Matarasso offered in a short, exceptional publication he wrote with Arlene Goldbard, Ethics and Participatory Art. In it he describes a project in which women with migrant backgrounds recorded the lullabies that they sang to their children. The lullabies were shared in a performance and the power of that everyday compassionate act transcended social boundaries. Imagine, if you will, the parents of the world singing for us all.
In community,
Lynne Elizabeth
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Judith Letting Go
Six Months in the World's Smallest
Death Cafe
Mark Dowie
For the entire six months that Mark Dowie became friends with Judith Tannenbaum, they both knew she was going to die. In fact, for most of that time they knew the exact hour she would go. They talked about many things, but the rapidly approaching moment of Judith’s death came to inform and shape their entire conversation. Death was, as she said, “the undercurrent and the overstory of our relationship."
This is a book about the lost human art of releasing everything that matters to the living in preparation for the inevitable. It is a rare lesson offered by the late poet Judith Tannenbaum who somehow taught herself, and then the author, how to let go.
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Point Reyes Light review
by Doris Ober
“By the end of this book, readers will have a repository of questions
and ideas with which to open a Death Café of their own, or to approach the subject
with some aplomb instead of fear.”
Read the full review HERE
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Mark Dowie at Capital Books, Sacramento
Sunday, February 18, 2 PM PST
Come celebrate the release of Judith Letting Go: Six Months in the World's Smallest Death Cafe with author (and former publisher and editor of Mother Jones Magazine), Mark Dowie, at Capital Books' free and in-person book-signing event!
Judith Letting Go supports the right to plan one’s death, but it is ultimately about the lost human art of releasing everything that matters to the living in preparation for the inevitable.
Event info HERE
RSVP HERE
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Margaret Randall at Bookworks, Albuquerque
Wednesday, February 28,
6 PM MT
Join author Margaret Randall at Bookworks in Albuquerque for an in-person reading and book signing of her latest work, Luck. This beautiful set of her newest essays also features drawing by artist Barbara Byers.
Event info HERE
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Muriel Fox, NYC Events
February 7; May 15-17; June 18
February 7
Feminist icon Muriel Fox will be honored at the 23rd Annual Aiming High Awards Luncheon – A Celebration of the Power of Women.
Register HERE
May 15-17
Muriel Fox, author of the forthcoming The Women’s Revolution, will be honored at the International Women's Forum 50th Anniversary Conference.
More info HERE
June 18
The New-York Historical Society will host the launch of Muriel Fox's memoir, The Women's Revolution.
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Broadcast Episode with Muriel Fox: Feminine Mystique 60 Years Later
Explore the triumphs and shortcomings of Betty Friedan's 1963 bestseller in the context of today's feminism, with Muriel Fox, Brittney Cooper, and Rebecca Traister in this outstanding panel discussion recorded at the Marlene Meyerson JCC, Manhattan.
Episode broadcasts on JBS
January 17, 8 PM
January 19, 5 AM
January 20, 9 PM
January 21, 4 AM
More info HERE
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Muriel Fox cofounded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and NOW’s powerful Legal Defense & Education Fund (now Legal Momentum), one of the most pivotal forces in the Second Wave Feminist Movement. An organizing lieutenant to Betty Friedan and head of NOW’s communications, Fox was central in creating both national NOW and its New York Chapter. Muriel Fox was also cofounder and president of The Women’s Forum and chair of the Veteran Feminists of America. At age 96, she honors 30 leaders of the feminist movement in her forthcoming memoir—The Women's Revolution: How We Changed Your Life. | |
Lucy Lippard in the Media for Stuff | |
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Artnet/The Art Angle Podcast
"It’s a fitting way to tell the story of a writer who has thought so much about how images and words fit together, and how meaning emerges from place and community."
In this candid conversation with host Ben Davis, Lucy Lippard takes us into the world of her newest book, as well as "a life in and out of art."
Listen to the full podcast HERE
The Lonely Palette Podcast
Lippard is interviewed by Tamar Avishai.
“A lot of art historians leave life out.”
Listen to the full podcast HERE
National Museum of Women in the Arts review
Elizabeth Lynch: "Her 'stuff' enables her to pay homage to good friends, revisit past enthusiasms, and reflect on an inspirational life."
Read the full review HERE
The New York Times included Stuff in their roundup of the best art books of 2023. Holland Cotter hails Stuff, Lucy Lippard’s “maverick” new “antimemoir,” in his write up. “Admirers of the art writer and activist Lucy R. Lippard have long hoped that she would produce an autobiography, and at last, and with wry reluctance, she has.”
Read the full list and review HERE
Hyperallergic lauded Lucy Lippard’s Stuff as “snappy, often humorous writing,” which “takes readers on a journey through Conceptual Art and the Feminist Art movement in New York in the 1960s through the ‘80s.”
Read the full list and review HERE
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Humanities Behind Bars reviews That’s a Pretty Thing to Call It
"Blending prose, poetry, and art, this work centers the voices of teachers, students, and organizers in ways that highlight humanity, creativity, healing, and collective learning."
"This is a great work for those interested in teaching on the inside but unsure where to start or how to approach it."
Read the full review HERE
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Journal of Peace Research reviews A Peaceful Superpower
Jørgen Johansen on A Peaceful Superpower: Lessons from the World's Largest Antiwar Movement:
“David Cortright has a long history in the US peace movement and unique insight into its internal discussions. He describes the importance of new ways to communicate globally through the Internet as well as traditional methods of community-based organising. He also analyses the complexity of the movement. . . . The book is an important source to understand the movement opposing the war in Iraq.”
Read the full review HERE
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Italian American Review reviews
Talking to the Girls
Jessica Femiani on Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (Summer 2023):
“While Talking to the Girls illuminates the importance of collectivity in social justice movements, it also demonstrates how storytelling is a tool critical to influencing social change. The personal essays collected here provide rich testimonial accounts of the Triangle community, advancing a robust interest in women’s marginalized histories, and generating awareness of contemporary labor struggles, both local and international, in resistance to the challenges of twenty-first-century global capitalism.”
Read the full review HERE
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Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems reviews In the Struggle
Miguel A. Altier concludes in his outstanding review of In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California:
"Undoubtedly, the new breed of agroecologists inspired by this book will confront the wrath of agribusiness, but the work with farmers and consumers in the creation of diverse,resilient and equitable food systems is non-negotiable.”
Read the full review HERE
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Americans Who Tell the Truth | |
Artist, activist, and author Robert Shetterly has painted over 260 portraits of Americans Who Tell the Truth. These exquisite paintings of inspiring activists are exhibited in dozens of communities and used to support a variety of public programs—see news below. | |
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Truth Tellers documentary to broadcast on American Public Television
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The feature-length documentary film about Americans Who Tell the Truth, Truth Tellers, will begin broadcasting nationwide on February 1, 2024. Nearly 300 public television stations will air the program multiple times through 2025.
In Maine the broadcast schedule:
February 8, 2024 8pm
February 10, 2024 2pm
February 29, 2024 on the World Channel
To find out when it will be broadcast in your area contact your local PBS affiliate.
Also, DVDs are now available for order HERE.
Maine libraries and K-12 schools get 50% off. Send them the TRAILER
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Through February 15, 2024
St. Joseph's College of Maine
278 Whites Bridge Road, Standish, Maine
An exhibit of portraits honoring civil rights leaders will open on Martin Luther King Day and close on Presidents Day weekend.
Event info HERE
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Through February 6
Queer Stories Tell the Truth, Orono, Maine
A multi-event celebration of queer story telling
Event info HERE
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