New Village Press
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New Village Press is a not-for-profit book publisher based in Oakland, CA. It is a national publishing project of Architects/ Designers/ Planners for Social Responsibility ADPSR, an educational non-profit organization founded in 1982. Consortium Book Sales & Distribution distributes their books in the US and Canada.
New Village Press books address topics in the fields of social justice, urban ecology, community development and culture such as community arts, neighborhood commons
, participatory democracy
, and green collar jobs. The Press publishes original trade books, many geared for informal or "popular education
" as well as books that are used in formal academia.
In 2006, New Village Press was selected as the "Best Small Publisher in the East Bay", by East Bay Express
.
, Arlene Goldbard, Stephen A. Goldsmith, Alicia Hokanson, Spoon Jackson
, James Jiler, Anne Kilkelley, Keith Knight, Annie Lanzillotto, Robert H. Leonard, BasSheva Mañjon, Clare Cooper Marcus, Kathryn McCamant, Pamela Michael, Beverly Naidus, Mat Schwarzman, Page Smith, Judith Tannenbaum
, Kate Madden Yee, and Suzanne Young.
New Village Press books address topics in the fields of social justice, urban ecology, community development and culture such as community arts, neighborhood commons
Neighborhood commons
A neighborhood commons is a shared community space where neighborhood residents can come together to celebrate life, and young and old can be in each other’s presence but not in each other’s way...
, participatory democracy
Participatory democracy
Participatory Democracy, also known as Deliberative Democracy, Direct Democracy and Real Democracy , is a process where political decisions are made directly by regular people...
, and green collar jobs. The Press publishes original trade books, many geared for informal or "popular education
Popular education
Popular education is a concept grounded in notions of class, political struggle, and social transformation. The term is a translation from the Spanish educación popular or the Portuguese educação popular and rather than the English usage as when describing a 'popular television program,' popular...
" as well as books that are used in formal academia.
In 2006, New Village Press was selected as the "Best Small Publisher in the East Bay", by East Bay Express
East Bay Express
The East Bay Express is an Oakland-based weekly newspaper serving the Berkeley, Oakland, and East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area...
.
New Village Press Authors
Authors include: Carl Anthony, Heather Beal, Tom Borrup, Linda Frye Burnham, William Cleveland (author), Jan Cohen-Cruz, Cam Collyer, Sharon Danks, Kiko Denzer, Louise Dunlap, Sandra Leibowitz Earley, Lynne Elizabeth, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola EstésClarissa Pinkola Estés
Clarissa Pinkola Estés is an American poet, post-trauma specialist and Jungian psychoanalyst.-Biography:Similar to William Carlos Williams and other poets who also worked in the health or other professions in tandem, Estés is a poet who uses her poems throughout her psychoanalytic books,...
, Arlene Goldbard, Stephen A. Goldsmith, Alicia Hokanson, Spoon Jackson
Spoon jackson
Spoon Jackson was born August 22, 1957 in Barstow, California. He began serving a life without possibility of parole sentence in 1978. He has served time in more than a half-dozen California state prisons and is currently at California State Prison, Sacramento .Spoon began writing poetry during his...
, James Jiler, Anne Kilkelley, Keith Knight, Annie Lanzillotto, Robert H. Leonard, BasSheva Mañjon, Clare Cooper Marcus, Kathryn McCamant, Pamela Michael, Beverly Naidus, Mat Schwarzman, Page Smith, Judith Tannenbaum
Judith Tannenbaum
Judith Tannenbaum is an American teaching artist and writer. Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, she has worked in the field of community-based arts, sharing poetry in a wide variety of settings from primary school classrooms to maximum security prisons...
, Kate Madden Yee, and Suzanne Young.