‘Radical Descent’ reading

Posted 8/21/12

NARROWSBURG, NY — The Upper Delaware Writers Collective (UDWC) presents a reading and book signing with Linda Coleman, the author of “Radical Descent: The Cultivation of an American …

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NARROWSBURG, NY — The Upper Delaware Writers Collective (UDWC) presents a reading and book signing with Linda Coleman, the author of “Radical Descent: The Cultivation of an American Revolutionary,” published in 2014 by Pushcart Press. The reading will take place on Saturday, March 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Krause Recital Hall, Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main St., and will be followed by a wine, cheese and sweets reception. The event is free. Books will be available for purchase for $15.

In the 1970s, Coleman left college for Portland, ME, where she became involved with a revolutionary guerilla cell. Her intimate memoir details the harrowing time she spent with this group, enduring the rape of a co-worker, an attack on the radical bookstore where she worked, transporting money and explosives to be used in bombings, and driving across country with members on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list. All the while, Coleman grapples with the ethics of armed revolution and the painful dilemmas caused by her guilt over her blueblood Mayflower ancestry. Peter Matthiessen described the book as “a rare firsthand account… distinguished by the courage and painful honesty so critical in a memoir of this kind.”

In addition to her writing and community activism, Coleman has been a nurse and nurse practitioner for over 30 years. She is also a practicing Zen monk. For information about the event, call 845/252-7506 or email mogreene44@yahoo.com. For more information about the author, visit www.lindacoleman.net.

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