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ROBERT COTTRELL | ALTERNATIVE MEDIA | Looking Back at ‘The Village Voice’: ‘The Freaks Came Out to Write’
By Robert Cottrell | The Rag Blog | May 8, 2024 [Robert Cottrell will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, May 10, 2-3 p.m. on KOOP-FM 91.7-FM in Austin, and streamed on KOOP.org, where they will discuss the … Continue reading
ALLEN YOUNG | BOOKS | ‘To Tell the Truth: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent’ by Lewis M. Simons
Valuable insights into journalism offer a very enjoyable read. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | April 21, 2023 Reading this book has provided me with a unique experience that is both intellectual and emotional, and I think it … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Book Review, Books, Foreign Correspondents, Journalism, Lewis Simons, Memoir, Rag Bloggers, To Tell the Truth
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ALICE EMBREE | BOOKS | ‘The Ad Hoc Livers’ by Jim Simons
Simons’ book is a great trip down memory lane with a few name changes to protect the not-so-innocent. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 17, 2023 Jim Simons’ novel, Ad Hoc Livers, is now available on Amazon … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Fiction, Book Review, Books, Jim Simons, Texas Writers
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ALLEN YOUNG | BOOKS | The Activist’s Media Handbook
David Fenton’s ‘Lessons From Fifty Years as a Progressive Agitator.’ By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | January 14, 2023 Listen to Thorne Dreyer interview David Fenton and Allen Young on Rag Radio Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, from 2-3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Book Review, Books, David Fenton, Radical History, Sixties
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BOOK REVIEW | Nick Licata: ‘Student Power, Democracy and Revolution in the Sixties’
In Licata’s book, social unrest percolated on multiple levels. By Patricia Vaccarino | The Rag Blog | December 19, 2021 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s Rag Radio interview with Nick Licata, Friday, Dec. 24, 2-3 p.m. (CST) on KOOP-91.7 FM in … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Memoir, Nick Licata, Patricia Vaccarino, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Student Activism
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BOOKS | ‘In the Company of Rebels’
Jonah reviews Chellis Glendinning’s memoir about her friends, lovers, and comrades. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 26, 2019 At the very start of her new heartfelt book — In the Company of Rebels: A Generational Memoir … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Books, Chellis Glendinning, Jonah Raskin, Memoir, Rag Bloggers, Sixties Radicals
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