Tell It Slant, Excerpt #6 [Chuck worked for the Postal Service from late 1985 to mid-1994. He first delivered mail on a rural route, then moved inside to work as a Mailhandler at a huge mail processing facility in Merrifield VA, an outer D.C. suburb. After four years of moving mail, there was a change]: … Continue reading Tell It Slant, Excerpt #6: Going Postal on EEO & Vietnam at USPS
The Western Friend is continuing evidence (tho it’s still news to some) that there is lively Quaker periodical publishing outside Philadelphia. When the editor learned about Tell It Slant, she didn’t hesitate: Friend Mitchell Santine Gould’s review, the first, was included in its current online newsletter edition. Mitch is a distinguished independent historian with a … Continue reading “Tell It Slant”: The New Quaker Biography’s First Review Is Out!
This excerpt is adapted from the new book, Tell It Slant, which charts Chuck Fager’s prophetic life of adventure & writing on religion, war, and justice, love and laughter. Tell It Slant is available now, in paperback & Kindle versions. Details here. By Emma Lapsansky-Werner A short bio: Emma Jones Lapsansky-Werner is emeritus Professor of … Continue reading “Tell It Slant”: Author Emma Lapsansky-Werner Speaks
A Preview “A life generously served on wry with plenty of mustard and no cheese, Emma Lapsansky-Werner’s compilation with Chuck Fager on his eighty years captures his unique synthesis of investigative journalism with religious concern, activist engagement with theological reflection, Quaker identity with wide-ranging, empathetic identifications. Chuck’s story traces an engaging trajectory through our era, … Continue reading Coming June 19, “Tell It Slant”: The Author Speaks
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