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How I resist : activism and hope for a new generation  Cover Image Book Book

How I resist : activism and hope for a new generation / [edited by] Tim Federle and Maureen Johnson.

Federle, Tim, (editor.). Johnson, Maureen, 1973- (editor.). Petrus, Junauda, (contributor.). Marron, Dylan, 1988- (contributor.). Lo, Malinda, (contributor.). Duca, Lauren, (contributor.). Roanhorse, Rebecca, (contributor.). Reynolds, Jason, (contributor.). Dewitt, Carolyn, (contributor.). Jamal, Hebh, (contributor.). Muñoz, Javier, (contributor.). Weiner, Jennifer, (contributor.). Brammer, John Paul, 1991- (contributor.). Watts, Daniel J. (Daniel Jay), 1943- (contributor.). Stroker, Ali, 1987- (contributor.). Taub, Shaina, 1988- (contributor.). Green, KC, (contributor.). Sinker, Dan, (contributor.). Rupert, Maya, (contributor.). O'Donnell, Rosie, (contributor.). Woodson, Jacqueline, (contributor.). Bray, Libba, (contributor.). Sun, Jonny, (contributor.). Picoult, Jodi, 1966- (contributor.). Welsh, Kate Linnea, (contributor.). Gino, Alex, (contributor.). Mikita, Justin, (contributor.). Ferguson, Jesse Tyler, (contributor.). Tahir, Sabaa, (contributor.). Schwartz, Dana, (contributor.). Rowland, Jeffrey, (contributor.). Riazi, Karuna, (contributor.).

Summary:

In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250168368
  • ISBN: 1250168368
  • Physical Description: xiv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Wednesday Books, [2018]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Acknowledgements -- What is resistance -- Could we please give the plice departments to the grandmothers? / Junauda Petrus -- Interview / Dylan Marron -- Keep doing what you're doing / Malinda Lo -- Why we all need to be activists right now / Lauren Duca -- Thoughts on resistance / Rebecca Roanhorse -- Interview / Jason Reynolds -- 5 things teens can do to enegage politics before turning 18 / Carolyn Dewitt -- Essay / Hebh Jamal -- Interview / Javier Munoz -- Lucky ones / Jennifer Weiner -- Letter to a sensitive brown queer / John Paul Brammer -- Clap back / Daniel J. Watts -- Interview / Ali Stroker -- When / Shaina Taub -- Part of the problem / KC Green -- Making stuff that matters / Dan Sinker -- I, wonder: imagining a black Wonder Woman / Maya Rupert -- Rosie O' Donnell's five resistance steps / Rosie O' Donnell -- Interview / Jacqueline Woodson -- An announcment from Muffy Higginbottom, President of Delta Sigma Tau Sorority Resistance Committee / Libba Bray -- Media-consciousness as part of resistance! / Jonny Sun -- Essay / Jodi Picoult -- Three easy steps to contact your reps / Kate Linnea Welsh -- Essay / Alex Gino -- Interview / Justin Mikita and Jesse Tyler Ferguson -- Poem / Sabaa Tahir -- Jewish we / Dana Schwartz -- Cartoon / Jeffrey Rowland -- Refilling the well / Karuna Riazi -- Bigness trap -- Beginner's guide to books on resistance
Subject: Youth > Political activity > United States.
Political participation > United States.
United States.

Available copies

  • 6 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.

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  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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