Archive for October, 2013
Enter to win a free copy of One Game at a Time!
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013a Rafflecopter giveaway About One Game at a Time: Sports are serious stuff. Football, basketball, tennis, mixed martial arts, and beyond: these are arenas of immense power, with mass appeal, yet far too many of us have abandoned the sporting world as a legitimate site of contestation and innovation. Why? What do we gain by [...]
Kristian Williams and more “Life During Wartime” Wooden Shoe Philadelphia, PA 11/14
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013“Together, the writers sound a sobering warning: the American government is an iron fist in a velvet glove whose purpose remains preserving the status quo and enriching the rich.”—Publishers Weekly Counterinsurgency has existed as the state’s implicit strategy for a generation, and increasingly this strategy is becoming explicit. In this chilling collection of sociological and [...]
Kristian Williams “Life During Wartime” Bluestockings New York, NY 11/17
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013“Together, the writers sound a sobering warning: the American government is an iron fist in a velvet glove whose purpose remains preserving the status quo and enriching the rich.”—Publishers Weekly Counterinsurgency has existed as the state’s implicit strategy for a generation, and increasingly this strategy is becoming explicit. In this chilling collection of sociological and [...]
Kristian Williams “Life During Wartime” Burning Books in Buffalo, NY 11/13
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013“Together, the writers sound a sobering warning: the American government is an iron fist in a velvet glove whose purpose remains preserving the status quo and enriching the rich.”—Publishers Weekly Counterinsurgency has existed as the state’s implicit strategy for a generation, and increasingly this strategy is becoming explicit. In this chilling collection of sociological and [...]
Kristian Williams and Will Munger “Life During Wartime” Reed College – Portland, OR 10/9
Monday, October 7th, 2013“Together, the writers sound a sobering warning: the American government is an iron fist in a velvet glove whose purpose remains preserving the status quo and enriching the rich.”—Publishers Weekly Counterinsurgency has existed as the state’s implicit strategy for a generation, and increasingly this strategy is becoming explicit. In this chilling collection of sociological and [...]
Half-Price AK Press Titles for October
Monday, October 7th, 2013With a new month comes new deals! Each month we like to pick a few of our AK Press titles to feature, and when we do, we mark them down to half price all month! Of course we think they’re all awesome books (that’s why we published them to begin with). And they’re even more [...]
Editor Q&A with Lisa Factora-Borchers of Dear Sister: Letters From Survivors of Sexual Violence
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013Available through AK Press in January 2014 Why did you decide to edit this book, and how do you feel it is contributing to the conversation and work around sexual violence? Lisa Factora-Borchers: When I first worked as a legal and medical advocate for survivors of sexual violence, I often wished I had something to [...]