Mother Jones – September 01, 2019

BOLD Ideas, ESSENTIAL Reading

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“A killer collection of Boss

studies and stories, as varied

as Springsteen’s own body

of work and a fitting tribute

to the man—at 70, both an

American legend and an

artist as vital as ever.”

—Christopher Phillips, editor of

Backstreets.com

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Music Is Power: Popular Songs,

Social Justice and the Will to

Change takes us on a guided

tour through the past 100

years of politically-conscious

music, from Pete Seeger and

Woody Guthrie to Green Day

and NWA.

$29.95 cloth 5 color & 13 b&w photos

“Nama explores the life of

Prince through the lens

of racial politics and the

American music industry

to illuminate the ways that

Prince acted as a racial

‘shape shifter.’”

—Sheena Howard, author of

Encyclopedia of Black Comics

$24.95 paperback 27 b&w photos

“Mitchell paints a cinematic

and insightful portrait

of a year in which such

disparate characters as

Harvey Milk, Jim Jones,

Johnny Rotten, Jello Biafra,

Jerry Garcia, Bill Graham,

Dianne Feinstein, Penelope

Houston, Vida Blue and

Jack Clark all left lasting

marks. “

—Dan Epstein, Big Hair and

Plastic Grass

$34.95 cloth 31 color photos

“A smart and thought-

provoking journey that

doesn’t miss a bump or a

turn in its depiction of the

important role women have

played in the development

of American cinema.”

—Liza Minnelli

$39.95 cloth 103 color & 97 b&w photos

“A timely, important, and

deeply moving testament to

the profound ways in which

refugees have enriched our

nation.”

—Former Secretary of State

Madeleine K. Albright

$26.95 cloth 11 color photos

“Ferrara brings history alive

with vivid descriptions

of unique intentional

communities, and their

idealistic, and often quirky

founders. A fascinating

read!”

—Liz Walker, author of

EcoVillage at Ithaca

$24.95 cloth 38 color photos

“A deeply moving exploration

of history, memory, and

queerness.”

—Jeffrey Escoffier, author of

American Homo: Community

and Perversity

$39.95 cloth 240 color and 160 b&w

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REFUGEES

in

AMERICA

STORIES OF COURAGE, RESILIENCE, AND

HOPE IN THEIR OWN WORDS

LEE T. BYCEL

Photographs by Foreword byDona Kopol Bonick Ishmael Beah

“Timely, important, and deeply moving.”

—Madeleine Albright

AMERICAN

COMMUNITY

Mark S. Ferrara

Radical Experiments in Intentional Living