In this collection of interviews with one of the central poets of the San Francisco Literary Renaissance (which preceded the Beat movement) William Everson/Brother Antoninus ponders the mystical dimensions of poetry. The interviews span the final fifteen years of his life and contain his final thoughts on the prophetic, the shamanistic and the aesthetic dimensions of his craft, as well as his own life, characterized by the Portuguese proverb that God writes straight with crooked lines. The interviews, accompanied by selected poems, were conducted, edited and introduced by Clifton Ross and were first published two years after the poets death by Stride Publications, UK, republished by Freedom Voices to honor the centennial of the poets birth.

William Everson

Literature & Fiction

EVERSON, William

Poetry

Freedom Voices

Essays. Art. A new gathering of celebrated artist Jo Babcock's low-tech photographs, THE INVENTED CAMERA pairs the artist's haunting photographs with images of the homemade cameras that produced them, made from suitcases, paint cans, and soap boxes. This unique format, along with an introduction by Bill Berkson and essay by Douglas R. Nickel, offers a fresh perspective on the artist's work. "Rawness bespeaks actuality. The evidence here is the fact of something having been photographed, sans any pretense that what we see is an exact graphic replica. Process and product both intimate how strange photographic mimesis ultimately is"--Bill Berkson, from the Introduction.

Invented Camera Low Tech Photography & Sculpture / Jo Babcock ; Introduction by Bill Berkson ; Essay by Douglas R. Nickel

Arts & Photography

Babcock, Jo

Photography & Video

Margot Pepper's memoir propels us through the blockade to post-cold war Cuba. It's a surreal world where high-ranking officials are required to pick up hitch-hikers. Root canals, cosmetic surgery and graduate school are free, but toilet paper is exorbitant. There's no income tax nor homelessness, yet no house-paint either. As the story unfolds, Margot pursues a passionate love affair with a penniless Mexican poet who shakes up her views about Cuba. With cinematic vividness, Through the Wall reveals the failures and successes of one of the few functioning alternatives to corporate-run government, and draws out lessons that will be embraced by all who believe another world is possible. Being a great read also helps!

Through The Wall: A Year In Havana

Travel

Margot Pepper

Caribbean

Set in the South Carolina coastal area Lowcountry in the late Depression years, Sugaree Rising is the story of community resistance to a massive community relocation forced by a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)-style dam building and rural electrification project. The novel also details the struggles of a unique group of Lowcountry African-American people-commonly known as ""the Gullah""-to maintain a religion and culture largely based in their ancestral African homeland.

Sugaree Rising

Allen-Taylor, J. Douglas

United States

The life of graphic novel artist Lynd Ward (19051985) is told by author and scholar David A. Beronä in a series of vignettes that are accompanied by woodcut prints illustrating the story. Seven contemporary artists provide the original woodcut prints. The illustrators include Olivier Deprez, Jules Remedios Faye, Drew Grasso, Art Hazelwood, Frances Jetter, Billy Simms, Kurt Brian Webb.

Imagining Lynd Ward

Beronä, David A.

History & Criticism

"Healing our bodies, returning to natural patterns of sleeping and eating and being in community and with the earth...whatever that looks like for you, may be the first steps towards sustainability and balance.For me it started with tapping into my own abundant energy field by harvesting greens with my own hands, from local soil and herbs and local seasonal fruit and blending all into a power pack of life and richness. All of this is what we share with community via THE ELECTRIC SMOOTHIE LAB APOTHECARY.This is an amazing opportunity to make meals for folks using food that would otherwise end up in the dumpster because it was unattractive and therefore unsellable. In America every year, billions of pounds of edible food ends up as waste, even though a quarter of households do not have enough food to make it through to the end of the month.I see a vision clearly before my eyes: children happy healthy preparing their own green smoothies and enjoying the abundance of the Earth as God intends for us to enjoy."

Until the Streets of the Hood Flood with Green: The Story of the Electric Smoothie Lab Apothecary (Reimagine!)

Biographies & Memoirs

Curry, Kelly

Leaders & Notable People

Mujeres Mágicas is a bilingual Spanish-English anthology of domestic workers writing stories that. cross languages, genres and borders to reveal lessons of survival and celebration for all. Mujeres Mágicas is a brave, moving, and powerful collection that carries us inside the lives and truths of Latina immigrant women, narrated on their own terms. Over and over, I found myself floored and moved by the courage, pain, resilience, and insight found in these pages. This book is essential reading, beautifully woven, and an enormous gift. Carolina de Robertis, Author of Cantoras and the Gods of Tango This luminous blend of poems and essays from leaders within the domestic workers movement reveal the universal power of story and storytelling. Through childhood memories, life at the border and building political power here in the US, I was touched by the strength, awareness and vulnerability the writers brought to the page. An inspiring must-read. Ai-Jen Poo, Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance I can think of no other book cutting through the rhetoric of hate to speak truth to power in the ways that have been enacted by Mujeres Mágicas. This is literature at its most immediate, urgent, and necessary existence in our world. This is resistance. I celebrate these women, their words, and their lives. I celebrate this book as it tears through the fabric of these dark times. Truong Tran, Visual artist and poet En Español Mujéres mágicas es una antología valiente, conmovedora y poderosa que nos lleva al interior de las vidas y verdades de las mujeres inmigrantes Latinas narradas en sus propios términos. Una y otra vez me vi sorprendida y emocionada por el coraje, el dolor, la resiliencia y las observaciones que encontramos en estas páginas. Este libro es una lectura esencial, bellamente entretejida y un enorme regalo. Carolina de Robertis, autora de Cantoras y Los dioses del tango Esta mezcla luminosa de poemas y ensayos de las líderes del movimiento de trabajadoras del hogar revela el poder universal de las historias y el contar historias. A través de los recuerdos de la infancia, la vida en la frontera y la construcción de poder político aquí en Estados Unidos, me conmovió la fuerza, la conciencia y vulnerabilidad que las escritoras plasman en la página. Es una lectura inspiradora obligada. Ai-Jen Poo, Directora Ejecutiva de la Alianza Nacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar No puedo pesar en ningún otro libro que corte con la retórica del odio y le hable al poder con verdad como Mujéres Mágicas. Esto es literatura en su manera más inmediata, urgente y necesaria en el mundo. Esto es resistencia. Celebro a estas mujeres, sus palabras y sus vidas; celebro este libro y sus lágrimas a través del tejido de estos tiempos oscuros. Troung Tran, artista visual y poeta

Mujeres Mágicas - Domestic Workers Right to Write: A Bilingual Anthology

Las Malcriadas

Community & Culture

Image and imagination: Encounters with the photography of Dorothea Lange

Clarke, Ben

Whatever Comes Of Not Knowing

Robertson, Eric

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