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When They Come for You: new book on civil liberties

David Kirby's deeply researched and powerful new book When They Come for You publishes on October 29, with this terrific interview to introduce it:

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/oct/28...

If you care about civil liberties and the Constitution--no matter what your politics--this is an essential book.

When They Come for You: How Police and Government Are Trampling Our Liberties - and How to Take Them Back

Patty Seyburn poem on Poetry Daily

A lovely and moving poem about a mother, memory, life and death, and what we carry forward when someone passes:

https://poems.com/poem/so-when-she-lo...

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Patty Seyburn

Brian Sneeden poem on Poetry Daily

Very strong poem posted today on Poetry Daily--which is a great place, by the way, to discover new poets and read poetry reviews and news:

https://poems.com/poem/again-is-the-f...

Brian Sneeden

Paris Review on Inez Holden

Terrific Paris Review piece on this neglected (but now available for re-discovery) author who wrote fiction and nonfiction about life in wartime Britain, especially the women who worked in factories that supplied munitions to the war effort. My wife Kristin Bluemel edited Blitz Writing, just published by the UK indie Handheld Press: a great place to start!

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2...

Blitz Writing: Night Shift & It Was Different At The Time

The Sun Does Shine: paperback!

Ray Hinton's remarkable memoir The Sun Does Shine was the Oprah Book Club Summer 2018 selection. It publishes in trade paperback tomorrow, with a new reading group/discussion guide and updated material.

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

If you haven't read it, I promise you this book will open your heart and change your mind.

Points North by Howard Frank Mosher

I was honored to be Howard Frank Mosher's editor for God's Kingdom and his final book Points North--the latter of which goes on sale today, a wonderful story collection set in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont:

https://mailchi.mp/df1adfdbdfea/point...

Safe travels, Howard.

Points North: Stories

Irshad Manji on Morning Joe: diversity, listening, and learning from "others"

I love this interview with Irshad Manji about how to have those difficult conversations in fractious times--and be rewarded by deeper understanding of both "their" point of view as well as our own.

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/wat...

Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times

New Yorker multi-media feature on The Deaf Republic

I highly recommend this feature, which combines illustrations, some sign language, and poetry by Ilya Kaminsky, author of The Deaf Republic:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

Deaf Republic: Poems

Irshad Manji on diversity, shaming, blaming, and listening

A thoughtful, searching interview with Newsweek:


https://www.newsweek.com/2019/03/08/i...

Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times

The New York Times reviews The Threat by Andrew McCabe

Dwight Garner reviews The Threat:

https://nyti.ms/2V0KqFl?smid=nytcore-...

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump