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Friday, November 02, 2012

On Howard Zinn

For Immediate Release

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“To hear him speak was like listening to music that you loved: lyrical, uplifting, honest.” --Michael Moore

"Wise, humorous, serious, without one moment of hesitation in tackling who we are as a people, a country, and a world." --Alice Walker

HOWARD ZINN SPEAKS

Collected Speeches 1963-2009 | From the Author of A People's History of the United States | Available for the first time

Edited by Anthony Arnove |
Pub date: Nov. 19 | Haymarket Books, Simultaneous release in

Trade Cloth, $26.95, 320 pp, ISBN 978-1-60846-223-0 | Trade Paper, $18.95, 320 pp, ISBN 978-1-60846-259-9

Enhanced E-book, $12.99, 320 pp, ISBN 978-1-60846-260-5 | E-book, $9.99, 320 pp, ISBN 978-1-60846-228-5

HOWARD ZINN (1922-2010) illuminated our history like no other with his classic, A People's History of the United States. A lifelong activist, WWII veteran, and professor, he was also one of the great orators of the twentieth century.

Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963-2009 spans five decades of Zinn's thought, covering topics on

war, racism, social movements and more. Praise:

"I hesitate to comment on Howard Zinn Speaks because of my unshakable and overt bias for anything Zinn. But then again having a Zinn bias just means you favor truth and justice over lies and oppression." --Lupe Fiasco

“Always enlightening, often stirring, an amalgam of insight, critical history, and wit, blended with charm and appeal.” --Noam Chomsky

“Howard Zinn’s speeches, beautifully gathered together here by Anthony Arnove, are a joy and an inspiration.” --Marisa Tomei

“These speeches are righteous songs filled with the boldness, vision, humor, depth and urgings of his profoundly human voice.” --Eve Ensler

“Howard Zinn was one of us, the best part of us. Enjoy these speeches. Hear his voice. Then hear your own, closely.” --Josh Brolin

"Great reading for students and teachers—especially when read aloud." --Rethinking Schools

HOWARD ZINN (1922–2010) was a historian, playwright, and activist. He wrote the classic A People's History of the United States, “a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories.”

The book, which has sold more than two million copies, has been featured on The Sopranos and Simpsons, and in the film Good Will Hunting. In 2009, HISTORY aired The People Speak, an acclaimed documentary co-directed by Zinn, based on A People's History and a companion volume, Voices of a People's History of the United States.

Zinn grew up in Brooklyn in a working-class, immigrant household. At 18 he became a shipyard worker and then flew bomber missions during World War II. These experiences helped shape his opposition to war and passion for history. After attending college under the GI Bill and earning a Ph.D. in history from Columbia, he taught at Spelman, where he became active in the civil rights movement. After being fired by Spelman for his support for student protesters, Zinn became a professor of Political Science at Boston University, were he taught until his retirement in 1988. Zinn was the author of many books, including an autobiography, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, the play Marx in Soho, and Passionate Declarations. He received the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Eugene V. Debs award for his writing and political activism.

ANTHONY ARNOVE wrote, directed, and produced The People Speak with Howard Zinn, Chris Moore, Josh Brolin, and Matt Damon; and co-edited with Howard Zinn, Voices of a People’s History. Arnove’s writing has appeared in The Financial Times, The Nation, Mother Jones, and more. He has appeared on BBC, Democracy Now!, Sky News, and public radio programs across the country.

PUBLICITY REQUESTS

Please contact Jim Plank, Publicity, Haymarket Books, at jim@haymarketbooks.org or 773-583-7884 for review copy and interview requests. Anthony Arnove is available for select interviews to discuss Howard Zinn Speaks.

ADDITIONAL INFO

Howard Zinn Speaks

Collected Speeches, 1963-2009

Edited by Anthony Arnove

Published by Haymarket Books

Pub date: Oct. 26 | Haymarket Books, Simultaneous release in

Trade Cloth, $26.95, 320 pp, ISBN 978-1-60846-223-0 | Trade Paper, $18.95, 320 pp, ISBN 978-1-60846-259-9

Enhanced E-book, $12.99, 320 pp, ISBN 978-1-60846-260-5 | E-book, $9.99, 320 pp, ISBN 978-1-60846-228-5

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