[AGL] Fwd: A message from Alice Embree on her new book, Voice Lessons

[Michael Eisenstadt]

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Subject: 	A message from Alice Embree on her new book, Voice Lessons
Date: 	Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:07:34 -0500
From: 	Hunter Ellinger <hunter at ellinger.org>
To: 	mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com



Dear fellow Ragstaffer,

     I am asking for your help in getting the word out about my new 
book, /Voice Lessons/.  It starts with my experience in our time 
together and continues to present day activism.

     My purpose in writing /Voice Lessons/ was to document the pieces of 
our story that I know, starting in the civil rights movement, even 
before the University Free Speech movement and SDS. In the process of 
producing our 2016 Rag reunion book, /Celebrating The Rag/, it became 
clear to me that if we do not write our story, it is lost forever, and 
what we did is worth remembering. Documentation is critical. Leaving 
crumbs so future generations can find the trail is so necessary.  It's 
an obligation, as well as a joy.

/Voice Lessons/ is being published by Tower Books and distributed by UT 
Press.  Follow my website link below to order the book from UT, or get 
it through BookWoman in Austin.  UT's Briscoe center will promote an 
October 19th event.  Because of Covid, that event may be virtual and 
will certainly have limited seating.

     However, Book Woman is sponsoring a Zoom meeting for me to 
introduce /Voice Lessons/ to the public on Thursday, September 2, 2021.  
It will be a conversation with Melissa Hield of People's History in 
Texas, producers of The Rag film documentary.  There is no limit on 
attendance, but you will be asked to pre-register for the Zoom event.  
You can do that by going to https://AliceEmbree.com and the Events tab.  
We will record it, and plan to post it on YouTube.  I would appreciate 
it if you would come, and also ask any friends of yours that you think 
would be interested.

     With your support, I'm hoping for a successful gathering with 
further events to follow.  I'd especially like to do one with younger 
activists on "Then and Now".  If you are interested in participating in 
or simply checking out future events, they will be posted on my website.

     Also, we are still looking for libraries to order /Celebrating The 
Rag/.  Please contact your local libraries and ask them to order it 
(Austin has), and if you or anyone you know writes reviews for library 
journals, New Journalism Project, sponsor of The Rag Blog, would like to 
know!  We have another book in the works about /The Rag/'s Houston 
cousin, /Space City!/.  We hope to publish /Exploring Space City!: 
Houston's Historic Underground Newspaper/ in November 2021.  We want to 
make sure both books can be found in libraries across the land.

     You can reach me at alice at nuevoanden.com email. I prefer that to a 
phone call right now.

     Thank you for considering my requests,

     Sisterhood is Powerful!, Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win!, and Onward 
Through the Fog.

             Alice Embree


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