VOICES OF A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
an evening of readings from a new collection,
edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove
Friday, October 22, 2004
7:00 PM
The New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th Street at Central Park West
For this new book, Voices of a People's History of the United States,
Zinn and Arnove have selected testimonies--speeches, letters, poems,
songs--left by the people who make history happen but who are usually
left out of history books. Here, in their own words, are Cesar
Chavez, Frederick Douglass, Bob Dylan, Fannie Lou Hamer, George
Jackson, Helen Keller, Public Enemy, Patti Smith, Tecumseh, and
hundreds of others.
On October 22, selected testimonies will be performed by:
Sarah Jones * Lili Taylor * John Sayles * Wallace Shawn * Howard Zinn
* Brian Jones *
and others to be announced soon
TICKETS: $10
Available in advance, ONLY online (with credit card) at
www.sevenstories.com/
Available at the door on the night of the performance.
Doors open at 6:15 PM. CASH ONLY.
For more information on Seven Stories Press, Voices of a People's
History, and the full line-up of performers for October 22, visit:
www.sevenstories.com or call 212.226.8760
For more information on the New York Society for Ethical Culture,
visit:
www.nysec.org
Howard Zinn is author of the celebrated A People's History of the
United States (HarperCollins, 1980) and many other books and plays,
including Artists in Times of War (Seven Stories, 2003). Zinn's
autobiography, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon, 1995),
has been adapted into a documentary film of the same name, now
showing in theaters. Zinn is a member of the National Writers Union.
Anthony Arnove is editor of Terrorism and War with Howard Zinn (Seven
Stories, 2002) and Iraq Under Siege (South End Press, 2000). He is a
regular contributor to ZNet, and his writing has also appeared in The
Nation, Red Pepper, Financial Times, Mother Jones, L'Humanite, and Le
Nouvelle Observateur. Arnove is a member of the International
Socialist Organization and the National Writers Union.