Rad Families: A Celebration

Moniz, Tomas [Editor]; Gore, Ariel [Foreword];

ISBN 10: 1629632309 / ISBN 13: 9781629632308

Published by PM Press, 2016

Seller Inventory # 1629632309-3-24462746

Synopsis:

FROM THE CREATOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING ZINE, RAD DAD

Honours the messy, the painful, playful, beautiful, myriad ways we create families.

RAD FAMILIES: A CELEBRATION honours the messy, the painful, the playful, the beautiful, the myriad ways we create families. This is not an anthology of experts, or how-to articles on perfect parenting; it often doesn't even try to provide answers. Instead, the writers strive to be honest and vulnerable in sharing their stories and experiences, their failures and their regrets.

Gathering parents and writers from diverse communities, it explores the process of getting pregnant from trans birth to adoption, grapples with issues of racism and police brutality, probes raising feminists and feminist parenting. It plumbs the depths of empty nesting and letting go.

Some contributors are recognisable authors and activists but most are everyday parents working and loving and trying to build a better world one nappy change at a time. It's a book that reminds us all that we are not alone, that community can help us get through the difficulties, can, in fact, make us better people. It's a celebration, join us!

Contributors include Jonas Cannon, Ian MacKaye, Burke Stansbury, Danny Goot, Simon Knaphus, Artnoose, Welch Canavan, Daniel Muro LaMere, Jennifer Lewis, Zach Ellis, Alicia Dornadic, Jesse Palmer, Mindi Jackson, Carla Bergman, Rachel Galindo, Robert Trujillo, Dawn Caprice, Shawn Taylor, D.A. Begay, Philana Dollin, Airial Clark, Allison Wolfe, Roger Porter, cubbie rowland-storm, Annakai & Rob Geshlider, Jeremy Adam Smith, Frances Hardinge, Jonathan Shipley, Bronwyn Davies Glover, Amy Abugo Ongiri, Mike Araujo, Craig Elliott, Eleanor Wohlfeiler, Scott Hoshida, Plinio Hernandez, Madison Young, Nathan Torpe, Mike Avila, Sasha Vodnik, Jesse Susannah, Krista Lee Hanson, Carvel Wallace, Dani Burlison, Brian Whitman, scott winn, Kermit Playfoot, Chris Crass and Zora Moniz.

About the Author: Tomas Moniz is the founder and editor of the award winning zine Rad Dad. He has helped raise three children and has been making zines since the late nineties. He teaches basic skills classes and creative writing at Berkeley City College. He is cofounder and cohost of the successful monthly reading series Lyrics and Dirges as well as the more rambunctious open mic, Saturday Night Special.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rad Families: A Celebration
Publisher: PM Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good