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DESCRIPTION:Please join Rose Aguilar in celebrating the launch of her new book, "Red 
 Highways: A Liberal's Journey into the Heartland." \n\nSunday, October 18, 
 6:00-8:00 p.m. \nCoffee Bar \n1890 Bryant Street, SF 
 \nhttp://www.coffeebar-usa.com/ \n\nHere's a link with additional 
 information on upcoming events: \nhttp://booktour.com/author/rose_aguilar 
 \n\nThursday, October 30, 7:00 PM \nBooks Inc. Opera Plaza \n601 Van Ness, 
 San Francisco, CA \n\nThursday, November 06, 7:30 PM \nBooksmith \n1644 
 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA \n\nTuesday, November 11, 7:30 PM\nFirst 
 Congregational Church of Berkeley\n2345 Channing Way, Berkeley CA\n\nA San 
 Francisco radio host grown tired of media stereotypes, Rose Aguilar held an 
 auction to raise money, bought a van, and set out on a six-month road trip 
 through the so-called "red states" to find out what voters really care 
 about. Equal parts travelogue, political reportage, and personal discovery, 
 "Red Highways" challenges conventional wisdom, gives a voice to the people 
 we rarely see or hear from in the mainstream media, and calls for a more 
 thoughtful and productive dialogue between Red and Blue America. 
 \n\nSections include: \n\n*Domestic Violence Changed My Politics \n*The 
 Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi \n*Conflicted Christians \n*Segregated 
 Sundays \n*Overworked and Underpaid \n*Off the Front Lines and Forgotten 
 \n*Green Republicans \n\n“"Red Highways" is riveting -- I could not put 
 it down. Alive with the voices of real people, it is both heartening and 
 heart wrenching, both enraging and inspiring, full of insights and 
 information. If you want to understand our country, and care about its 
 future, read this book!” \n-Riane Eisler, author "The Real Wealth of 
 Nations" and "The Chalice and The Blade" \n\n“"Red Highways" takes us out 
 of our personal “Green Zones” to taste the diverse complexity of 
 so-called conservative states, and challenges stereotypes reinforced by the 
 corporate media. For mindless drivel from a pundit, watch CNN; for a clear 
 view of what people of various political ideologies in the U.S. want, 
 think, and believe, read this book.” \n-Dahr Jamail, author of "Beyond 
 the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq" 
 \n\n“The ‘red’ state of Idaho is a hotbed of opposition to the 
 Patriot Act. The ‘blue’ state of Connecticut sends ardent backers of 
 the war in Iraq to Congress. America is neither so red as Republicans would 
 imagine, nor so blue as Democrats hope. It is, in fact, a rich, 
 complicated, at times frightening, at times reassuring shade of purple that 
 Rose Aguilar captures not with the jaundiced eye of a political commentator 
 but with the nuance of a novelist.” \n-John Nichols, political writer, 
 The Nation \n\n“Red Highways is a trip through the USA’s byways, far 
 beyond what the author calls “the media’s obsession with 
 stereotypes.” Rose Aguilar takes us along as the rubber meets the 
 road—and guides us through a remarkable quest for human substance instead 
 of media clichés.” \n-Norman Solomon, author of "Made Love, Got War: 
 Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State" \n\n“Straight-ahead 
 reporting on a road trip into the heart of Red State America for urban 
 liberals who cannot (or dare not) make the tour themselves. Full of 
 surprises.” \n-Joe Bageant, author of "Deer Hunting with Jesus: 
 Dispatches from America’s Class War" \n\n“Rose Aguilar brings curiosity 
 and compassion to this beautiful story of a diehard liberal’s journey 
 into the soul of middle America.” \n-Professor Linda Bilmes, co-author of 
 "The Three Trillion Dollar War" \n\nRose Aguilar is the host of Your Call, 
 a daily, live call-in radio show on NPR-affiliates KALW 91.7 FM in San 
 Francisco and KUSP 88.9 FM in Santa Cruz. Your Call features in-depth 
 conversations about everything from the occupation of Iraq and poverty to 
 the environment and the arts. Rose is a contributor to the book, "Red State 
 Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland." She also writes 
 for Alternet and offers political analysis for the BBC. \n\nFor more 
 information, email: redhighways@yahoo.com \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/15/18544710.php
SUMMARY:Launch Party for "Red Highways: A Liberal's Journey into the Heartland"
LOCATION:Coffee Bar\n1890 Bryant Street, San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/15/18544710.php
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