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DESCRIPTION:A Paradise Built in Hell explores our need for community and common 
 purpose, which Solnit argues are fundamental to democratic forms of social 
 and political life. Blending reportage and analysis, the book surveys 
 natural and man-made disasters including the ’06 earthquake, the Halifax 
 explosion of 1917, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, the Sept. 11th attacks, 
 and Hurricane Katrina. Solnit takes a positive view of human behavior 
 showing that disasters can actually create a sense of community and 
 purposefulness. A community’s typical response to catastrophe is 
 self-organization and mutual aid–truly democracy in action–with 
 neighbors and strangers rescuing, feeding and housing each other.\n\nLed by 
 Rebeka Rodriguez, a collaboration with San Francisco Public Library, and 
 inspired by the Intersection for the Arts gallery exhibition (re)collection 
 – A collaboration with Lost and Found: Family photos Swept by the 3.11 
 East Japan Tsunami: 
 http://theintersection.org/2012/08/recollection-a-collaboration-with-lost-and-found-media-release/\n\nRegister 
 here: http://aparadise.eventbrite.com/\nMembers, go to this book store for 
 a discount: TBA\n\nThis fall, San Francisco Public Library will be offering 
 a number of discussion groups, films, preparedness workshops and more 
 events on the theme of the book, including a talk with the author on Oct. 
 11, 2012. http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000516301\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/05/18721021.php
SUMMARY:Book Club: A Paradise Built in Hell
LOCATION:The Intersection for the Arts\n925 Mission Street #109\nCA94103 San 
 Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/05/18721021.php
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