Check back tomorrow for the second in a series of excerpts from Tell It Slant, the new biography of Chuck Fager by Emma Lapsansky-Werner. “Fearless, fabulous, flawed (and funny), Chuck Fager holds Quakers’ feet to the fire mostly so that we might see the Light again and become better Friends. Whether you love him or … Continue reading Coming June 14 from “Tell It Slant”: Encouraging Rejections
(Excerpt #1 is here.) In the spring of 1956 — Chuck was in eighth grade — orders came for the family to leave an Air Force base in California. His father, now a major, was aircraft commander of one of the largest bombers ever, the B-36. Click was assigned to join a squadron of these … Continue reading From “Tell It Slant,” Excerpt #2: Encouraging Rejections
Adapted from Tell It Slant, a biography of Chuck Fager, by Emma Lapsansky-Werner. St. Paul, Kansas, 1939 “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” — Yogi Berra This story begins with a young man coming to a fork, … Continue reading From “Tell It Slant”: Fighting for A Future
Wednesday June 12, I’ll post the first in a series of excerpts from Tell It Slant, the new biography of Chuck Fager by Emma Lapsansky-Werner. It’s a story of life in “interesting times,” and begins with two of its main motifs — religion and war — shaping lives and events. Watch for it on this … Continue reading Coming Tomorrow from “Tell It Slant”: Fighting for a Future
For years, I’ve been loudly protesting the sky-high, exclusionary prices on “academic” or “scholarly” books and monographs. The particular focus of my ire has been publications by or about Quakers and Quakerism, though the price-gouging has infected many other fields of study. Today I want to recognize and celebrate a successful challenge to this uber-inflationary … Continue reading Announcing: A Very Special Quaker Publishing Award