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New books galore!

I'm really excited about two books coming out in the next few weeks. The first one's from The Baffler, called No Future For You. An extended essay I wrote on Vice and Rupert Murdoch a few months ago's been included, and I'll be reading from it next Monday at Seminary Books in Hyde Park.



The other one's by my good friend Maya Schenwar, called Locked Down, Locked Out. Maya got her start writing about prison issues with me at Punk Planet magazine a decade ago, and this is her first book … on prison reform. I'm both proud of her and impressed with her work, and I can't wait to see what impact this book has on prison reform in the US.

Manifesti of Radical Literature ships this week!

In celebration of the month-long birth party that is April, Goodreads is giving away a single copy of the about-to-be-released THIRD edition of the Manifesti of Radical Literature. Easily the most nonsense-laden 88 pages you have ever read, The Manifesti of Radical Literature's third edition features illustrations, corrected typos, a whole new chapter on social media, and slightly larger text than the previous editions because even we could not read many of our own jokes. Plus an intro by Liz Mason and postface by Mikki Halpin, and a back-cover blurb from Lupe Fiasco. What more could you possible want in a book? You can order your own copy here. Ships this week!

"Post-empirical, proto-fourth-wave-feminist memoir," says Bust

Rave review for New Girl Law: Drafting a Future for Cambodia from Bust magazine:

"New Girl Law is a post-Empirical, proto-fourth-wave-feminist memoir-cum-academic abstract that scrutinizes the current reality and future hope for women aspiring to positions of power in Cambodia. If that sounds heady, know that it also makes our country’s Mommy Wars look like child’s play—and proves, in the meantime, why we should be paying attention to Cambodia’s record of human rights and gender equity."

Read the rest here.

New Girl Law in the Phnom Penh Post

The esteemed Phnom Penh Post wrote up a feature on New Girl Law: Drafting a Future for Cambodia today:

"One by one, human ideals – of rights, freedom and of perfect solutions to everyday problems - were mulled over by the students. While the time-old tradition of theChbap Srey hovered, spectre-like in the background, new ‘laws’ emerged that managed to fit both what the group wanted to have and what they wanted to say to society.

Don’t speak in the way that you consider [your husband] as equal, says the original Chbap Srey.

No matter what happen we have to wait to listen [to] the bad word (even if he say something bad you have to listen.)

To this the ‘new girl laws’ state: Girls should be brave enough to make eye contact with and speak to boys.

Girls should also be allowed to chose their own marriage partner [in consultation with their parents], have access to free menstrual protection and learn to protect themselves, to name a few. The ‘laws’ then widen into broader human rights concerns."

Read the whole thing here: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/20130329...

Check excerpts here: http://www.anneelizabethmoore.com/ngl

And keep an eye out for the book itself this weekend!

Drafting a Future for Cambodia

Goodreaders!

New Girl Law: Drafting a Future for Cambodia, my long-awaited follow-up to Cambodian Grrrl: Self-Publishing in Phnom Penh has come back from the printers and will officially launch on March 31. This was the hardest book I've ever written—so apologies for the delay—but I'm excited to see it out in the world. Plus the cover, by MariNaomi, is luscious.

Keep an eye out for it this Spring and let me know what you think!

Culture Queue

I was delighted to be asked to contribute a short story about ghosts from Hip Hop Apsara: Ghosts Past and Present to Radio K's Culture Queue for the Halloween segment. It turned out pretty great, so if you want to, you can listen .

Hip Hop Apsara: Month One

It's been a little over a month since Hip Hop Apsara: Ghosts Past and Present came out, and I've been high-tailing it around the country promoting it—in person, online, and over the phone—to some incredibly enthusiastic response, including early inclusion on a few "Best Books of 2012" lists! (No links, since I sort of fear they'll change before the end of the year.)

Have you read the book, and love it? Here are a few Goodreads-specific lists you can vote it up on, if you're so inclined:

Cambodia and Vietnam
Best Asia Photography Books
Exceptional Photography Books
Best Travel Photography Books
Best Traveling Vicariously

Of course, I also look forward to reading the reviews! I'm hoping at least one mentions how great stripey shirts look on Cambodian women.

SATW Foundation Award for Cambodian Grrrl

I couldn't have been more excited to win a prestigious Society of American Travel Writers Foundation award for Cambodian Grrrl—in the category of Best Travel Book!



Prior to this I was the honored recipient of many awards that I created to bestow upon myself.

Living the Dream: Woodland Pattern and other tour stops

It's like this: Physical Tour Stop, Blog Tour Stop, Actual Stop. Blog Tour Stop, Physical Tour Stop, Actual Stop. Repeat. It's pretty fun, I'll be honest. But I do forget stuff. What day it is, whether the cats have been feed. Mostly what day it is. Although yesterday I watched a whole episode of Breaking Bad before realizing I'd seen it before, just a few days earlier.

I had this friend who used to tell me, you're living the dream! That's the dream! Maybe this is the dream. It's a weird dream, though. In dreams you at least think you know what day it is.

What I do know is that Women Writers: Women, Books published my guest post today on the Messenger Band, the group that staged the concert that ends Hip Hop Apsara: Ghosts Past and Present.

Then tomorrow, Wednesday, I'll be in Milwaukee at Woodland Pattern. I've always wanted to read there, but I haven't yet. I'll also show slides. It will be great.

Also recently—but you'll forgive me if I can't tell you exactly when, For Books' Sake ran this great interview with me. Then, just today, they also ran this review. Here's an excerpt:

"The passion in Moore’s work and the myriad stories and personal narratives that come from her commitment to giving voice to these communities make Hip Hop Apsara essential viewing/reading in my opinion. It is challenging and intelligent, inspiring and creative; it takes a country with such a densely documented, troubled past and presents something fresh and vital. ... giving in to the beat of Hip Hop Apsara is a rewarding experience well worth stepping outside your literary comfort zone for."

And that's when it feels most like a dream: When something weird you made really far away touches someone, and they get it. It's pretty great.

Hip Hop Apsara—released!

We had a very delightful book release party last night at HJB Photo here in Chicago and even, after a harrowing day wherein my publisher drove to Matoon Illinois with a pal to pick them up in a Zip Car, Hip Hop Apsara itself!

So the book finally exists. I can't wait to hear what you think of it! Or see you in person at one of the tour stops. Next up: San Francisco on September 4.