The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries
Language: English
Published by The New Press, 2015
- Hardcover
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As shown in pics, Very Good condition. Standard shipping is FREE! The World Is Waiting for You, edited by Tara Grove and Isabel Ostrer, gathers 18 stirring graduation speeches from icons like Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, and Wynton Marsalis. It’s a rallying cry for bold living—urging readers to embrace activism, empathy, and unapologetic optimism in a world that needs their voice.
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- Title
- The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries
- Author
- Tara grove
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1620970902
- ISBN 13
- 9781620970904
- Item weight
- 340 grams
- Dimensions
- 2.54x13.97x19.685 cm
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List of Contributors/Speech Locations
Anna Quindlen - Grinnell College, 2011 (Grinnell, Iowa)
Wynton Marsalis - Connecticut College, 2001 (New London, Connecticut)
Barbara Kingsolver - Duke University, 2008 (Durham, North Carolina)
Marian Wright Edelman - Muhlenberg College, 2008 (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Noam Chomsky - American University of Beirut, 2013 (Lebanon)
Toni Morrison - Rutgers University, 2011 (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Gloria Steinem - Smith College, 2007 (Northampton, Massachusetts)
Tony Kushner - Vassar College, 2002 (Poughkeepsie, New York)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Kalamazoo College, 2009 (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Paul Farmer - University of Delaware, 2013 (Newark, Delaware)
Martha Nussbaum - Connecticut College, 2009 (New London, Connecticut)
Oliver Stone - UCLA, 2009 (Los Angeles, California)
Paul Hawken - University of Portland, 2009 (Portland, Oregon)
Isabel Wilkerson - Bates College, 2014 (Lewiston, Maine)
Howard Zinn - Spelman College, 2005 (Atlanta, Georgia)
Cecile Richards - Barnard College, 2014 (New York, New York)
Theodore Shaw - Wesleyan University, 2014 (Middletown, Connecticut)
Ursula K. Le Guin - Mills College, 1983 (Oakland, California)
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